To Give & To Receive: The Giver & The Receiver

Giving and sharing is always common gesture of  every Filipino families whether they are in their own countries of origin or abroad. If someone has given you something you have that habit of receiving the gift and then give the giver something in return as if the word "thank you" is not enough.

My hubby has that kind of attitude of giving generously, sometimes to the point of being too kind, very kind as if he is running for office or he wants to be a saint. Just kidding. Recently, he used his boat as a fishing charter for free. I don't mind nor he minds about it because he personally knew the "passengers" of his boat anyway. At least he can also go fishing and crabbing together with those people he knew. They caught no fish (only dogfish which they released right immediately). It's hard to believe that how wide the ocean out there and there's no salmon, nor any kind of edible fish? What is going on? Impossible right? No cruise ships passing for more than 4 months and no fish? Anyway they caught few crabs. My husband brought one piece of crab for me and he cleaned and boiled it for me and I cooked it with coconut milk. I was waiting for him to buy me a can of young green jackfruit so that I can mix it with the crab. It was a big crab so half of the crab meat I mixed it with the vegetable salad with dill dressing for my family and the crab with coconut milk just for me.No jackfruit, so better have an alternative cauliflower instead. It's fine with fresh cauliflower.

 Because my hubby is a generous giver, my niece CY. brought us a bowl of spicy chicken curry, after I had given them a bowl of  chicken chowmein.

Another niece CQ brought us a plate of homemade ube roll (cake). I think she baked it.

 It was so yummy delicious! Thanks a lot! Look at those young coconut meat inside the cake roll and the ube yam, wow!! Parang Goldilocks ang lasa.Thanks so much!

I roasted a lechon (roast pork) thinking I should give them a piece of roast. However, the roast pork is not that big enough. Oh my, better luck next time. I will roast bigger pork next time.

My husband told them to pick up some raspberries at the garden. Only my brother-in-law picked up the berries. Some of the raspberries were then stored in the freezer for future use: for ice cream and or for smoothies.