This is Number 6 in the Top Ten Flavors from Ben & Jerry’s.  I’m surprised it isn’t higher on the list!  I scooped out a bit of the ice cream to show some of the chunks.  If you’ll look closely, the ice cream is almost overflowing.  That’s really because of the lower air pressure… [Continue Reading]

    We went food shopping at the Peterson AFB Commissary this afternoon and I saw MRE packs on a shelf.  It’s not the first time they went on sale at the commissary. They had individual packs going for $7.32 and boxes at about $87.00.  As I was sifting through the packs, Spouse came up… [Continue Reading]

    Green papayas are not always available in the Filipino Sari-Sari Store here in Colorado Springs.  I normally use potatoes or chayote for my Chicken Tinola but there’s no substitute for green papayas when it comes to Atsara.  I picked up a bottle of this Tropical Atsara to go with my Daing na Bangus…. [Continue Reading]

    Aahhh…bangus. I haven’t found a Filipino bangus in stores here since I moved five years ago.  Most of the time, the bangus (milkfish) available in stores here are from Taiwan.  It’s just not the same. Last time I was at the Filipino Sari-Sari Store, they had Philippine bangus!  It’s frozen and vacuum-packed and… [Continue Reading]