Harvesting Galyang and Making Alupi: Cooking Our Favorite Delicacies While Enjoying the Views of Toro Toro Mountain

Hello, everyone!

Living in the mountain has many benefits. We have crops to harvest, food to cook, and beautiful views to enjoy. One of the places we can see from our area is Toro Toro Mountain. Our surroundings are green, and we can enjoy the view while doing our daily activities on the farm.

I harvested Palawan, which we also call galyang. While harvesting, I remembered my elementary days when I sell Palawan for only 10 pesos per kilo. Now, it costs around 40 pesos per kilo. The price has really changed! Big difference, so let's keep resourceful plant more.

My siblings continue planting Palawan because we can use it in different ways. We can cook it for our snacks, prepare it as a meals, or sell some of our harvest. My mother also makes alupi using Palawan. I like eating it with a cup of coffee, especially when we have time to sit and relax.

Since many workers are planting crops on our farm, my sister-in-law made inday-inday. It is made from grated cassava and has strips of bukayo, or sweetened coconut. It was delicious, and everyone could enjoy this local delicacy after working.

My mother loves making kakanin. I originally planned to prepare these foods for All Saints' Day, but because we already have many workers on the farm, we decided to buy the ingredients earlier. It is nice to have something to share with the people working with us.

Another thing I enjoy about living here is having banana plants around. Whenever we want bananas, we can harvest them from our farm without buying them at the market. I also planted Saba bananas for Papa so he can have some whenever he wants.

This is our daily life in the mountain. We plant, harvest, prepare food, and share what we have. We also find ways to use our harvest instead of letting it go to waste.

Farming requires hard work, but it also gives us food for our family and extra produce that we can sell. I am happy that we can enjoy our own harvest and homemade delicacies while living here.

This is simple mountain life, and this is how we enjoy our days together.

Thank you for reading! My own photos and lead picture edited in Canva.

Have a nice day! 💛