Mother's Guide in Care of Children
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Part of The Young Citizen: The Magazine for Young People
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- Mother's Guide in Care of Children
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- 1937
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- 68 THE YOUNG CITIZEN MOTHERS' GUIDE IN CARE OF CHILDREN The dry breeze and awfully hot noons invariably remind us of the Holy Week. This season is a cause of much prcpara rion, especially in the provinces. for it is the time chat mo.;t Manila residents go home to renew associations with close rclativrs. le is celebrated in much th.• same way as Xmas-by paying homage, rounding up old acquaintances, reviving memoril's of the past and by ··cats." But. while roasted pig (lee hon) , stuffed chicken ( relleno) , custard (lee he flan). ham and oranges express Xmas. suman. ripe mango. sweet macapuno and puto signify th~· Resurrection, the last Sunday of the Holy Week (Domingo de Pascua). All of us must have enjoyed the smacking sweetness of eating suman su ibos with either ripe mango or sweet macapuno: yet-how many of us know ,. Teacher of Home Economics, Emilio Jacinto Elamentary School. lht !loung €itiltn PANTRY BY MISS JULIANA MILLAN ' how this very common dish~ suman sa ibos is prepared? Truf enough, it is such a cheap and common preparation that it can be bought in neighboring stores whenever we wish to serve it, but still won't it be worthwhik to know how io prepare such an everyday recipe as this and take pride in claiming that we prepared it~ I shall then discuss how to prepare some common kinds of suman. "Suman sa /bos" 3 c. glutinous rice I tbsp. colored' rice 1 coconut ~~ tsp. salt ibos leaves {nipa palm leaves) Mix the glutinous and colored rice. Sort and wash. Extract the firt milk of th~ coconut and dissolve the salt. Soak the washed rice in this for a few minutes. Pour by tablespoons in tube-like ibOs leaves prepared for the purpose. Seal with small, pointed pieces ol bamboo and tie securely. Arrange nicely in a pot or kettle. Extract the rest of the coconut milk and fill the pot with as much water as when cooking rice. Put weight on the top of the suman to prevent them from floating. Boil until the rice is cooked. This suman lends itself to various ways of serving. namely: I. Cover with hot ashes and serve with chocolate. 2. Soak in chocolate and serve. 3. Fry in deep, hot fat and serve with sugar. 4. Serve with ripe mango. 5. Serve with sweet maca puno. "Suman sa Lihia" 3 c. glutinous rice Y. esp. lye (lihia) banana leaves (butuan) (Please t11m to vage 71)