Bohol's TRU Ubi

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Do you know that the most popular ice cream among Filipinos is ubi ice cream?  Ubi cake is also among the best sellers in cake.  Fiesta is not complete without the ubi dessert.

Ubi (Dioscorea Alata Linn) is sacred.  Yes, in Bohol Province,  ubi is venerated by Boholano as a sacred crop.  There is a unique tradition in Bohol that people kiss the "ubi" everytime it falls to the ground as a sign of reverence.  When you spek of "ubi" to the Boholano, there is always a story to tell.  It is connected to the rich history of the ordeals of the Boholanos and their resiliency  as a people to triumph over natural and man-made adversities.  Legend has it that the tuber saved the early Boholano settlers from famine.  Ubi as the agro-religious symbol of Bohol is the only  staple food that is mentioned in the Bohol Hymn.

Although there maybe 15 ubi  varieties in Bohol, none stands out so prominently as aromatic purple "kinampay".  Bohol, the largest ubi-producing province in the country is recognized as the source of this rare "kinampay" variety,  whose aroma seems to vanish if planted outside the province.