I love saba bananas. Yum. I love having it in Adobo or Nilaga. Yum yum. Or fry it and serve as part of an arroz ala cubana meal. Yum yum yum. For merienda, I love having it sliced length-wise, frying it, and then eating it with a bit of butter and sugar. Or you can dip the slices in a flour and water batter before frying. You can boil the saba, make a sweet syrup, then stir in milk, mini sago and ice for a cold snack. And how about banana-que? Turon with sliced saba inside? Ginataan? Oh I could go on and on. All hail the saba banana!
P.S. I just felt like Bubba in that shrimp scene from “Forrest Gump.”
Hi! I'm Toni Tiu,
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vina
May 11, 2006 at 11:53 am (18 years ago)hi tons! i love saba too! it’s one of my comfort food, along with corn. i just want it simple. fried over-ripe saba does it for me!
Lissa
May 11, 2006 at 1:40 pm (18 years ago)ooh.. I love saba. I eat them raw sometimes. hahaha.. About the asparagus, I just looked until they looked bright green. I’m assuming I steamed them no more than 10 minutes. Pero i-try out mo to make sure. You don’t want them to steamed kasi you still have to fry them with the bacon afterwards.
Now I want some turon!
denden
May 11, 2006 at 6:57 pm (18 years ago)i suddenly have a craving of saging con yelo 😛 and i love them overriped too.
dexie
May 11, 2006 at 8:15 pm (18 years ago)“You can boil the saba, make a sweet syrup, then stir in milk, mini sago and ice for a cold snack.”
I remember my Uncle making that for us when my brother and I were little. Sooooo good.
purplegirl
May 11, 2006 at 10:35 pm (18 years ago)boo hoo we don’t have saba here. at all. love it just boiled. the closest we have to saba is plantain but still not as good. oh well. ikain mo na lang ako (he, he).
honey
May 12, 2006 at 2:56 am (18 years ago)i have never had those nor heard of those, but they look insanely delicious.
Pao
May 12, 2006 at 7:39 am (18 years ago)makiki-SABAy na rin ako. 😆
how about pochero, toni? this dish usually have saba and i so love it! my hubby craved for banana cue and turon with langka. hehehe!
kaiskee
May 12, 2006 at 8:08 am (18 years ago)dyou want the creme brulee recipe? 😀 bananasogood!
jane
May 14, 2006 at 4:56 pm (18 years ago)wow sarap. i love banana-q, turon , nilaga saba and fried saba!
I grow saba and have no idea how to eat it?
February 8, 2007 at 6:38 am (17 years ago)I hear all of you raving about saba, I grow it and presently have about a 20lb bunch, ripening in my garage; I have absolutely no idea how t prepare it; I’m used to all my other bananas (dessert) ie. ice cream, apple, cavandish etc. any advice would be greatly appreciated…thanks Nick