Comments on: Atis

By: Lace

Lace — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:56:23 +0000

i remember being a kid and loving every meat on each atis seed! hahaha
my mom used to buy them from Crossing (market) and sometimes from her officemates.

i like the real big ones! but there was one time, just last year i think, i was munching on atis heartfully when i saw something moving… i got a closer look and oh my! fruit worms!!! they are white too so its hard to spot them. my mom does not believe me when i said there were tiny white worms..

since then, i am careful when buying and eating atis. : ) but i still love them!

By: lui

lui — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:13:04 +0000

I remember my younger years when I see an atis. Same with Noemi, we have a tree at my parent’s house, together with other fruit-bearing trees. Ever since we moved to our grandparents’ house in Manila 13 years ago, I haven’t eaten one again

Oo nga pala, SHSian ka pala, Toni. I can’t recall what my section was in Prep A. All I can remember is that our classroom’s beside Atis, the first room you’d see if you’re coming from the gate. And I was ‘pang-umaga’ then. Would you know?

By: Pat

Pat — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 02:39:21 +0000

Hi Toni,

I always looked forward to eating the fruit…until I found an itsy-bitsy white worm inside. That was the end for me… heheheh

By: rach

rach — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:49:33 +0000

I love eating atis since I was a little girl. My yaya would tell me not to swallow the atis seeds because if I do they might grow inside my tummy … and I believed her. ha! ha! It was a good deterrent not to eat those black seeds.

I realized my son hasn’t tasted atis yet. I should definitely let him try it. I’m sure he will like it too.

By: smarie

smarie — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 08:22:24 +0000

i want some too! wala nyan dito sa nigeria. i remember saving the seeds to play with as playmoney/coin when i was a kid. i think i even used it to mark the bingo cards when we played at home. it’s delicious!

By: jojo

jojo — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 01:30:01 +0000

eto talagang si Toni…how on earth am i going to get an atis here in Singapore?!?!? hehehe

i remember my mom…chatting away while spitting the seeds on a plate and munching the atis “meat”

arrggghhhhh…i want!

By: noemi

noemi — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:22:12 +0000

We had a tree at our backyard back home but I think they cut it down. Too bad, it was a childhood favorite tree.

By: Pia

Pia — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:22:49 +0000

I remember being young and munching on an atis fruit, only to find out that my loose front tooth came off and I was horrified that I swallowed it, along with the atis. I cried and cried, knowing that it is the end of my young life. When I finally got my senses back together and picked-up the atis to eat it again, lo and behold, there was the wayward tooth, stuck in the atis — camouflaged, blending right into the fruit.

I remember the smell, the texture, the sweetness of it. Argh! I want some!!!