Lasang Pinoy 1st Anniversary: Definitively Pinoy
The Filipino food bloggers’ event, Lasang Pinoy celebrates it’s first year anniversary this month of August. Congratulations and here’s to more participants and anniversaries!
This month’s theme, Definitively Pinoy, was not so easy for me. I wanted to do the Ilokano dishes “dinengdeng” or “pinakbet” that my mother does so well. I could, but it just wouldn’t be the same without the best ingredients. So instead, I decided to feature a very Pinoy food product everyone who grew up in the Philippines will remember from their childhood: Choc-Nut. Just the mention of this chocolate and peanut confection elicits happy memories for Pinoys.
I mentioned this in a previous post on Ben & Jerry’s Peanut Butter Cup ice cream of all things. It’s just one of those things that with just a little bite, conjures up so many memories and faces from your childhood.
It hasn’t changed at all and I’m grateful for that. Even in Colorado, a world away from my home, it still brings me back and reminds me how definitively Pinoy I’ll always be….no matter where I wake up.
August 21st, 2006 at 9:58 am
Yep, I remember this too!
I don’t know what it is, chocolate snobs would turn their noses up at our choc nut, but it is definitely very Pinoy and I’m sure holds a special place in everyone who grew up on these sweet treats.
August 21st, 2006 at 11:03 am
dang… I always wanted to be a food snob. but when it comes to food, there’s no such thing as snobbery for me – all foods are created equal in my eyes and I’ll try and judge them on their own merits. LOL!
August 24th, 2006 at 4:01 am
Yep, choc-nut is pinoy na pinoy.
August 24th, 2006 at 6:21 am
hello lani, thanks for visiting my blog!
August 27th, 2006 at 8:15 pm
Yap choc nut is the best…. though there’s a new brand called “Choco Mani”
August 27th, 2006 at 9:53 pm
hello millette!!! thank you naman for visiting…i’m very excited to see you posting a comment here.
August 28th, 2006 at 2:04 pm
definitely Pinoy! i will go get some in the Pinoy store and let the kids taste this…
August 29th, 2006 at 8:40 am
This is one of my favorite sweets. I do not mind the snobbery!
August 31st, 2006 at 8:21 pm
hi mita! chocnut reminds me of a lot of things. lov it as a kid pero merong karanasang d makakalimutan kaya after 20yrs yata ako uli tumikim. definitely pinoy na pinoy!
September 1st, 2006 at 8:08 am
hi cinderella, diba ang sarap-sarap? nauna ang Pinoy sa Peanut-Choco sweets eh…ganun din ang Chocolate Eh.
iska, ako naman hanggang ngayon sige pa din. kesehodang ikatataba ko…
ces, hope your kids like it!
September 7th, 2006 at 3:13 pm
ay naku, mita, i won’t argue with you on this one. pinoy na pinoy!!! choc nut is most definitely pinoy food. sniff. waaah!!!! naglaway tuloy ako. Thanks again for joining us for LP!! Here’s to another great year!
September 7th, 2006 at 3:32 pm
[...] Mita reminds us of every Pinoy’s favorite chocolate: Choc-Nut! [...]
September 10th, 2006 at 6:55 am
yummy and pinoy na pinoy talaga ang chocnut! my fave since it came out in the market eons ago . . . happy 1st lp anniversary!
March 4th, 2008 at 10:45 am
Chocnut!! Kahit yan lang, masaya na ko! Sama mo pa Flat Tops