What rice cake is traditionally sold during Christmas season in the Philippines?
Puto bumbong is a Filipino purple rice cake made by steaming a bamboo tube filled with pulverized purple rice. In Filipino, the tube is referred to as "bumbong ng kawayan." It's possible that this is why it was given that name.
Because it is usually sold outside the church during the customary simbang gabi, puto bumbong has been connected with the Christmas season. Using an oddly shaped steamer, the puto bumbong merchant can be seen boiling a powdery mixture within a bamboo tube. The steamed rice cake is then placed on a banana leaf that has been pre-cut and topped with muscovado sugar, freshly shredded coconut, and margarine (or butter).
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elizawheeler
I picked the name just because it made me smile.
Char
Never heard of it period don't live nor have visited there
james parrillo
Louella Wilson, Do you know why some players are complaining about this question? I thought it was quite good. I am unfamiliar with all four options. Thank you.
james parrillo
Louella Wilson, I am trying to imagine the taste of sweet rice. It seems like rice pudding, minus the milk? Thank you, Christine, James' wife
earlepg
Albeck1994, I have the feeling you are right about the loss of contributors since I stopped out of frustration after two attempts. Unfortunately, fellow participants are a great obstacle to overcome. Some seem to succeed while others don't. The result of rejections is obviously fewer questions being presented. Admin is just as obviously turning to using their clones to fill the gap and erroneously seeming to think that it's doing the job. Something different is needed because as it is just isn't satisfactory.
David Bartlett
Symantec is also a rice cake. You didn’t specify purple.
Louella Wilson
Peter Gilchrist, bibingka commonly refers to a type of baked rice cake that is traditionally cooked in a terracotta oven lined with banana leaves and is usually eaten for breakfast or as merienda especially during the Christmas season. put bumbong is as described.
I've eaten both of them many times!
Robert Mookerdum
Somewhat similar rice is available in Burma/Myanmar. It is called 'Kaukhnyinnpaung' and sticky rice is steamed in a bamboo tube.There is banana and jaggery as sweeteners or sesamesalt as savoury.
Merri Sillery
Peter Gilchrist, I agree with Julie Allen, completely different dish.
Merri Sillery
Charles Strader, completely different.
Elsy O. Stromberg
Pretty bad name in Spanish.
William Laughlin
William Laughlin,
Oops. "Too easy to recognize."
William Laughlin
anneli,
Quizzclub thinks they are fooling us. They want us to think the questions come from players like us. That's not true and their clones are to easy to recognize.
I wish Quizzclub would simply take credit for the embarrassing questions and answers they write, but I believe they know how bad that would make them look.
Albeck1994
anneli, yes absolutely, the reason is because quiz club has run out of questions as real players find it almost impossible to get a question past review. There are over 100 clones now
Julie Allen
Peter Gilchrist, Totally different.