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Oh yeah, I finally saw the images on email!

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Traditionally, Mama prepares her native kakanin during the Feast of All Saints. I don't exactly know why, but there wasn't a year that she has not placed a bandehado on the dining table and the sacred altar (Imagine!) . The former was for the whole family to feast on, whereas the latter was for the lost, tired, and hungry souls to devour (...Mama strongly believes so). Well, that custom of offering food to the spirits may appear un-Christian and idolatrous, but we don't question her.

So still in relation to her customary preparation for the Undas, it had always been a Biko Day(made of malagkit rice, latik or coconut extracts, and some sweetening agent...haha, surely I'll never be a good cook book writer) . But this year, Mama experimented on Bibingka, which I think she didn't ever attempt cooking. Since she already bought tons of kamoteng kahoy, she went on with the grating, extracting, mixing, and cooking all those ingredients. She placed a tray into the pre-heated decades-old La Germania oven, and after about an hour or so...daraaan!!!! the Bibingka was finally fit for human consumption.

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I had the first big bite. Okay naman, but as I fed myself with more and more slices, the Bibingka started to taste really weird. It was "coco-sweet," but it would leave a bizaare after-taste. I asked Mama if she put any other ingredient besides those I saw on the Pinoy cook-book, but she said she circumspectly followed all the directions. I didn't do further interrogation, but later on, I found out that she used scoops and scoops of Star Margarine!

Me: Ma, gumamit ka ng Star Margarine!
Mama: Meron talaga nyan. Kahit yung binibili natin sa Ilocos.
Me: Garlic Flavor?!!
Mama: (inspects the container) Ay! Garlic nga! Haha! Ayaw nyo yun, heart-friendly?! (sabay tawa na lang...)

Everybody thought it sayang to just dispose one big tray. So regardless of the tang, we savored Mama's kakanin like it was the best in the world! Swear, we were simply laughing our hearts out recalling Mama's blooper. It was such a blessing that the human palate wasn't hostile. 'Yun nga lang, we're not sure if the spirits' were. Hehe! =)