HAI-HAI!
Inspired by
Bereishit 37:3
Middle East Meets Far East Side Story
Hailo-Hailo {from "halo-halo" = Taglit-Tagalog for "mix"; "hai" = "life" in Hebrew and in Japanese} is a favorite Filipinim dessert or completely satisfying meal. The ice cream [a Western ingredient] may be added to the concoction, but that would be just the surface of the mountainous dessert.
Ha'Filipinim kehillah {community} may be likened to Hailo-Hailo.
A remnant of Ha'Filipinim {Hebrew for "The Philippines" or "The Filipin@s"} trace their exilic roots to Sephardic Spain, then somehow smuggled to Mexico via ship, thus their identification as Crypto-Asians or Conversos/B'nei Anusim — linking West to East. Taglit, Hebrew for "Tagalog," is the official language of The Filipinim Arkipelego. We parabolically bridge the 6 directions of Arba'at Ha'Minim ["The Four Species," having been invaded over the former millennium by the toxic halo-halo likes of Arab Moors from Morocco in North Africa, Eurabian-Conquistadors, Brit-ish Snobs, Cow-Badoy Amerikano-Gringos — who classified Filipinim immigrants as Indo-Filipin@s — and Japanese Homicidal Kamikazes; though, the Filipin@ Tropical Island Sanctuary itself is not known to have ever resorted to brute imperialism or Retaliatory Seizure].
Hai-Hai is basically a mix of kosher preserved beans, fruit, cream, bananas, filled with crushed ice, soy milk {or coconut milk}, and sometimes ice cream. Hailo-Hailo basically is sweet, creamy, and a filling dessert.
The Filipinim concoction is especially popular during the hot summer months. The ice melts, and blends with Far East tropical fruits and beans underneath, which forms the bulk and substance of the thick mixture, the ones that are to be consumed firstly with a spoon. Drinking the melted ice and milk later is the climax of Hailo-Hailo, the creme de la creme in its liquid form. It is usually served in tall, transparent glasses that highlight its keshet {rainbow} contents, stimulating one's taste buds.
Tropikal Fruity List
Kosher Honey
2 TBSP diced organic saging (bananas)
1 TBSP skooped organic pinya (pineapple)
2 TBSP organic sintones (orange)
1 TBSP organic abukado (avocado)
2 TBSP cubed organic mangga (mango) make the Hailo-Hailo a more exotic fare thanks to the year-round seasonal availability
1 TBSP sweet organic garbanzos (chick peas) are added
2 TBSP crushed ice to fill glass. Traditionally, a handful of ice (literally speaking, ice cubes are deftly hand-picked, crushed and placed into your giant glass!) blankets the dessert mountain, making Hai-Hai-eating flavorful fun!
To crown
the almost-done concoction, 2 TBSP of creme karamelo (caramel) and sliced limon (lemon)
2/3 {about an inch} organic niyog dyus (coconut juice) or toyo ng gatas (soy milk) settles
into your long glass
gelatin {in bright spectrum colors} is reminiscent of a fiesta
[a skoop of non-dairy aiskrim (ice cream), on the side, if it cannot fit]
HAI-HAI is meant to fan you in the Yisra'eli air.
Sinim {She'China} also have
their own version of Hai-Hai,
although they are more
available during formal
meals or festivals.
Far East Asian aspects of Filipinim culture include: hospitality, loyalty to family, honoring elders, respect for authority, emphasis on education, preference for Asian cuisine, diligence, proper justice, patience and perseverance amidst adversity.
Filipin@s are like Hobbits because they are a peace-loving, party people, who love to eat, drink, sing, dance, pipe-smoke, and laugh; who are secure in their dreams and visions, seeing well above the ordinary turn of events, giving hope to a cynical and litigious world, preferring, instead, the confines of The Shire.
— Eunice Malijan
We are tribeless and all tribes are ours./ We are homeless and all homes are ours./ We are nameless and all names are ours.
— From 'Open Letter to Filipino Artists' by Emmanuel Lacaba aka The Brown Rimbaud, Salvaged Poems; Author of posthumous collection of poems entitled, Bar Mitzvah.
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