When I was a kid, I remember getting mixed emotions whenever a huge bowl of siniguelas would be placed on the dining table.
First, excitement. Summer is the siniguelas’ chosen season. I remember feeling giddy when I’d see the green and purple fruits. Yahoo! Summer vacation pa rin! It was time to visit family in the province! It was still okay to wake up late!
Second, anxiety. We’d usually get bunches of siniguelas during the month of May. This meant that it was only a month till school starts again. This meant my summer vacation time was limited. This meant that I had to make the most of the remaining days of my summer.
Until this day, whenever I’d see those purple and green fruits, those emotions would come to me. Yey, it’s summer! And even though I no longer study, a little anxiety still sneaks up on me. Perhaps it is my reminder that I have just a little more time to enjoy the summer. True enough, summertime is almost over and I still haven’t done anything summer-y like go to the beach.
And so with every bite into the juicy yellow flesh of siniguelas, I relish what is left of the summer days and take note of the little siniguelas taunting me in a sing-song voice, “Summer’s almost over! Summer’s almost over!” I silence them all with my munching. Heehee.
Hi! I'm Toni Tiu,
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at Wifely Steps since 2003. This started as a blog to help newly weds adjust to married life. It has evolved into a home and parenting blog. I write about things close to my heart -- good eats, good reads, family, marriage, and the little things that make everyday happy.
kaoko
June 4, 2007 at 12:41 am (17 years ago)My summer fruit is manga. Cause ever since I was a kid, I’d make mango ice candy whenever summer came around. Kaso this summer, because of work, I wasn’t able to make any. *sob sob sob* Maybe maki-summer memories na lang ako with you by buying a big bag of siniguelas XD
cookie
June 4, 2007 at 7:40 am (17 years ago)We were just talking about it yesterday over breakfast. My MIL was saying that I should teach my kids to appreciate the same things we used to enjoy during summer back in the day. Kasama na yang sineguelas. Yep, it brings back all those memories.
Linnor
June 4, 2007 at 7:52 am (17 years ago)I prefer the kind of sineguelas that’s bordering na on the over-ripe. Heheh…. Sarap lalo na if chilled. 😉
notsquare
June 4, 2007 at 9:54 am (17 years ago)oh oh oh! you know what i miss??? DUHAT!!!
lady cess
June 4, 2007 at 10:18 am (17 years ago)i learned something new here, and that is siniguelas means malapit na ang pasukan. just saw bilaos of siniguelas being sold in the market. i never noticed na tuwing ganitong panahon available yan
ela
June 4, 2007 at 12:12 pm (17 years ago)ay peborit ko yang siniguelas during summer! hay miss ko na talaga mga prutas naten dyan!
ernesto
June 4, 2007 at 1:48 pm (17 years ago)My mom also loves sinigwelas
annastasa
June 4, 2007 at 3:28 pm (17 years ago)my “fruity” memories of summer include climbing the aratiles tree. too bad Milenyo mowed down our tree hu hu hu…
Kay
June 4, 2007 at 3:46 pm (17 years ago)Pardon me but siniguelas reminds me of LBM … i get one when I eat them e … but I still love them … tangy fruity … I can’t describe it …
May
June 4, 2007 at 4:42 pm (17 years ago)Ode to the siniguelas, hehehe. Summer is definitely over. My ultimate summer fruit is mango, though. Yum!
rach
June 4, 2007 at 8:35 pm (17 years ago)Jules bought some sineguelas for me a few days ago. Peace offering kasi may konting tampuhan kami. Effective yung peace offering nya.
Christianne
June 5, 2007 at 1:50 am (17 years ago)I love juicy siniguelas with rock salt! YUM!!! It’s sad that you associate them with the end of summer though.
barbara
June 5, 2007 at 6:05 pm (17 years ago)Oh My God Toni!!
I so miss this fruit – couldn’t get it here in Oz.. 16 years na akong nag-ke crave.
oh man, I used to eat it in a number of ways.
1. green ones na matigas, crunch and eat as is.
2. green ones na matigas, peel, eat the peel by itself, tapos eat the rest
3. purple green ones na malambot na, eat as is, with asin or without or bagoong.
waaaaaaaaaaaaaa.. I’m sad na, so want to come back there soon and eat this all day. including Indian Mango and santol and lansones.. those are my summer fruits noon and pakwan.
–Miss B
BabyPink
June 8, 2007 at 3:54 am (17 years ago)weird, nahihirapan akong kumain ng sineguelas. simula pa noong bata ako. ewan ko ba. hehehe:)