What if I tell you food can transform you?--Holy Week Reflections Entry #2

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐—œ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚?
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Let me share with you a true story Hanna of MushAwaited told me.
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Some weeks ago, when Hanna and I were merely kapit-merchants, she bought a box of ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป.
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She told me that her partner loved it considering he is not a fan of turon.
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From viewing turon as merely โ€˜basicโ€™ into experiencing it in an elevated form as the Candy Turon, it made him appreciate this Pinoy favorite.
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From feeling โ€˜mehโ€™ about classic Pinoy favorites to seeing it in a different light, is this the transformation Iโ€™m talking about?
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Yes, but just a part of it.
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It is because of the Candy Turon that from just an acquaintance, Hanna is now a warm, lovely face I look forward to seeing every market day.
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It is because of the Yema with Pili Spread that from being just a candy most of us grew to know, I get to talk a bit about being a Bicolana, champion the Pili nuts, and revisit my connection to local ingredients.
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๐™Ž๐™ค ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™จ, ๐™›๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ง๐™š๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™จ, ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™—๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™›๐™จ.
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How about you, how has food helped you transform any aspect in your life?
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