PILI NUT CANDY
by: Jan Angel Maravilla I did some research about the Pili nut called as "King of Nuts." According to the Department of Trade and Industry, our country is the only one capable of commercially producing and processing pili-based food. Bicol, in particular, supplies 80 percent of the overall output volume in the Philippines. Even though Pili is a great resource for our community, it did not receive financing or attention many years ago. Pili Trees can be found in bushes throughout tropical Asia and other Pacific islands, however the ones cultivated in the Bicol Region, on the southeastern end of the Philippine island of Luzon, were said to have been the finest yet. The region contains the best variables for growing Pili. Pili nut candy is a homemade delicacy offered in airports, terminals, and popular tourist destinations around Bicol, Albay. Foreigners, in my experience, enjoy the sweetness of this delicacy. My mother used to produce Pili nut ...