Only Contains Natural Ingredients

I'm always amused by products that “Only contain natural ingredients”. While I think this is a good thing in general, its also a little misleading.

After all, asbestos, deadly nightshade and snake venom are all natural ingredients, just not very good for you.

Calamansi Crazy

As Herring said; we have some calamansi cordial (mostly calamansi juice and honey) and it is very nice.

So here we are, in the cold British evening. It really is cold, because I'm resisting turning the heating on; and don't get me started on the current cost of heating!
Anyway, we want a nice warming drink, so hot toddy seems like a good idea. What do we need? Well honey, lemon... Ah!
*lightbulb goes on*

So here I am sipping a Calamansi Toddy. Whether that's a taste of summer or winter I'm not quite sure, but I'm pretty sure there's going to be a lot more of these.

Ube, Ube, Ube! Oi, Oi, Oi!!

Ever since our trip to the Philippines this summer, there are three things we have really missed:

1. Calamansi
2. Ube ice cream
   
3. Cerveza Negra
4. And the lovely warm weather

Umm. The four things we have missed are:

1. Calamansi
2. Ube ice cream
   
3. Cerveza Negra
4. Buko Juice
5. And the lovely warm weather

The five things we have ... well, you get the idea.

Calamansi is a small green citrus fruit, about the size of a large cherry, that tastes like a curious mixture of lemon and lime. A half calamansi is absolutely fantastic in gin.

Ube is a sort of yam, that has a fantastic purple colour. In the philippines, it's traditionally cooked with lots of sugar and used as a dessert. We have a particular fondness for Ube ice cream.

Well, the reason I'm bringing this up is that a Philippino shop has just opened in Aylesbury and is selling, amongst other things, ube, in lots of forms, including ice cream, and calamansi squash! Sadly no whole calamansi, though I will try asking them next time we're in.

On a cold autumnal day, ube ice cream is like a little bit of (purple) summer and a reminder of the ones we love that are so far away. See you soon!