palamig is what you call a type of drink that cools you down and are usually sold by street vendors. magic water is a type of palamig and is called as such because it looks like an ordinary water but it surprisingly has gelatin and flavor. palamig has a range of flavors not just this one and it usually has a some type of jelly and/or fruit shaving inside the drink. we have them everywhere so we can cool ourselves.
@@bellascythe9594we always use to drink coffee too during 12:00 noon. But we don't drink coffee outside, seems it's our tradition to drink coffee in summer days but it's weird to drink coffee outside.
Who is Aleng Bebe? I'm near 50, I've never heard of that woman. The original 'palamig' is either sugar cane water (katas ng tubo) and either 'gulaman' (agar-agar set fruit juice or simple syrup, usually with coloring), grated melon or crushed pineapple and juice For the traditional 'Sago't Gulaman'', 'pulot' (molasses from palm sugar as opposed to pulot-pukyutan (honey)), with water flavoured with vanilla, tapioca pearls and set agar-agar. Other popular variation is sugar cane water, coconut milk, grated young coconut and agar-agar set syrup flavored with pandan leaves and colored green. I understand that nowadays it's just water and sugar with unnatural flavorings added like: ube, banana, Tang Melon and even almonds. Original though were something else taste wise. I leave this here so younger Filipinos do not lose knowledge of these and one day revive them.
@@jamespadilioni4259Yes it is stop pretending like it's not, you little slimy Zoomer! Old man recipe more healthy and benefits wise...drink in the video it just tons of sugar , Gelatin and ice !
@@pixelzebra8440 No definitely grandma, who grew up during WW2 in Germany and ice was something rare that you usually only found at birthday parties. She sees ice in water as a true treat, assumed the same of her children/grandchildren.
Keep it in mind that gelatin is from animal. Southeast asian malays usually use agar agar. From seaweed because it's plenty there. Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Brunei. Agar agar is their usual thing. Not gelatin. Usually....
I have recently become very interested in a lot of these drinks from around the world. Most of them typically are sold by street vendors I will NEVER visit. (I don't like traveling much) so I am trying to make them myself. I tried the 1 with strawberry, coconut milk and condensed milk. OMG IT IS SO GOOD. I am adding this to my list of "Must Try Drinks".
I want to try the Brazilian lime drink You blend the limes (skin and all) with condensed milk, water and ice. It’s supposed to be so refreshing and it looks amazing.
The majority of gelatin in the world comes from boiling pig and cow flesh and sometimes horse bones and hide. This extracts the collagen. It is indeed gross but jello is delicious.
Sometimes it doesn’t help to know about how our food is made to enjoy it. That’s the case with all foods, be it vegetarian or otherwise. Doesn’t mean we shouldn’t call out industry abuses when they come to light; but don’t pretend eating a pack of Strawberries came to your local grocery store delivered by heavenly angels. The amount of back breaking labor and suffering that was needed for your meal to be on the table is substantial.
Aling Bebe's Magic Water is sold in Tondo, Manila. She became viral on social media reccentky but she has been selling it for years now! Its so clear that you think youll drink water but its sweet and refreshing. Whenever i go there i always drop by to get something from her.
Damn, I didn’t even know Filipino banana essence was even a thing. The fact that they have their own version of vanilla extract essentially sounds amazing.
bro it’s water with some gelatin it’s almost like boba do you not like boba? and you wouldn’t randomly be drinking this someone wouldn’t give it to you and you not know what it is lol
@Jonathan-rw8uw OP needs to work on their material. People who try to make a joke that doesn't land don't need you to baby them, they just need more practice
Alright 5 year bartender. Called glacier water. Fill a shaker with almost mostly ice and then add water shake for a min then strain. Best water you’ll ever have.
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you still can see the ice. the selling point was the clear gulaman. when she sells it she doesn't scoop the ice, just the gulaman and the juice which looks so flushed in the bag.
@@Pwnners Mostly see it in school lunches. Peanut butter crackers, Kool aid and ramen are more common. It was really big in the 1940s-50s because it preserved and extended the amount of food they had.
@@terrafletcher1930 Yup it fills your belly for 1-2 hours, thats smart. And dry wall (ramen) is a worldwide thing, even i sometimes have to ingest these chinese dry wall packs.
People NEEDS to chill out. Magic water is actually a thing and mostly sold in the streets of Manila. It's cheap and is meant to quench thirst just think of it as a milk tea with grass jelly minus the milk tea of course. Also gelatin isn't traditionally used for making the "jello" but instead they use gulaman. It's like agar agar since it's also made out of seaweeds... that's all...no need to be OA.
Filipinos have interesting culinary ideas about "nice tasting" food and drinks. Friend of mine married to a Filipino woman said after a trip to the Philippines that the food there resembles "like a 5 year old blind child trying to cook something" But to them it's amazing and brings back great memories. Food is super subjective.
Haha I would agree. It’s they like a bunch of nasty ass shit that has to be said twice cuz it’s twice as bad. Like pag pag or a fish that’s eaten only after it’s got maggots…
@@justanotherfan6hd280What part of the Philippines are you talking about lol? You better know what you're talking about before you shit talk my country
@@justanotherfan6hd280filipinos have nice tasting food and drinks.. those pagpag you are talking about are chicken left overs from restaurants which are very few, only super poor filipino cooked ( keep in your mind that not all Filipino eat those food only few people whose very poor) they cook it three times before serving it again. first they will wash those chicken then boil it to clean bacteria then deep fried it after that they will cook it again with sauce so its cleaner than you moms cooking and those food your talking about with maggots i never heard of it ive never see a filipino eating food with maggots. maybe if its real maybe only from tribes or in remote province because you can never see food with maggots in the city. maybe its like cheese from Europe it become tastier with maggots but every country have their own delicacy. you better not insult filipinos. they are clean people. their food are prepared clean and they take a bath every day unlike other countries.
@@justanotherfan6hd280 pagpag is food that poor families cook and eat in most poor areas. It's not a staple. Comment tried to have an oomph factor but failed.
Hey I'm sorry you're getting a lot of lame and ignorant comments. This looks super refreshing, I bet it tastes amazing during an extra hot day, kind of like how we drink lemonade or cucumber water in the US!
The post is lame and ignorant who if ur having crispy gelatine then I think its gone bad and if ur having gelatine in ur water I think you’ve gone bad.
@@justanotherfan6hd280It's literally street food for people who aren't as fortunate as you. It's mostly sold in slums and called "street food." If you can't respect foreign food, then don't expect respect to be handed out to you too lol
@@madmaddox3451 i've never ever seen this as a street food nor anywhere else ever at least not with this (lack of) color. we do have drinks that make use of gelatin, but they also get served in restaurants and parties; it's not just food for the slums.
I worked in the kitchen of the hospital they have this thing called thicken water which helps people who can't swallow pills swallow. That's what this reminds me of.
YAYYY OUR MALAMIG IS FINALLY GETTING RECOGNIZED ITS SO NICE DINKING THEM WHILE ITS LITERALLY 43 DEGREES AND HAVE TO WALK SO FAR TO GO HOME(AND DEF IGNORING THOSE BAD COMMETS ABOUT OUR MALAMIG PLUS ITS ONLY 5 *PESOS* SO ITS GREAT TO HAVE NOW STFUP FOREIGNERS!)
I havent tried this but I love drinking sago & gulaman. It taste so good and refreshing but kinda lost popularity when boba took over in the philippines
@@whengrapespop5728When were there pig snouts and that other stuff you said lol? Stay ignorant lol, we don't disrespect your foreign food, so don't disrespect ours
BANANA flavoring?!? Why hasn't anyone told me of this. I knew about banana milk and I'm stoked to try some but now I've got to try this too. I'm so excited
@@travisyarbrough4033Snot water? You're so disrespectful to my country and it's food lol. There was no snot or any of the bs you're yapping about. You can cry and eat your bland mashed potatoes 😂
I had a bottled japanese version of this. It was strange, but it had an interesting cooling chemical in it that made the drink feel colder in your mouth. Kinda neat. You could chew the water
Samalamig! Although that is a bit pale, I think it still would taste wonderful. It is usually made with gulaman, which is a totally different texture as it is 'crispy' and crumbly compared to Jello - it holds its shape well when cut, even at Philippine temps of 32 degrees XD. Grass jelly and agar are also awesome to use, and are used to provide texture and something to chew. Sago pearls (not the big chewy boba ones) are also commonly used in samalamig. These add-ons are usually unsweetened and unflavoured. Jello can be quite interesting though, as I reckon it would be similar to Jelly Juice back in the 90s-2000s era where juice drinks have a bit of jelly part that is fun to chew while drinking it. XD I've seen some jelly drinks with collagen or L-carnitine or what have you in the recent days with the boom of vitamin waters and supplement drinks. Also, would prefer a mix of coconut and banana essence on that with a hint of vanilla, and would use caramelized brown or raw sugar for added flavour in the arnibal (the syrup base). Or add some red food colouring in the syrup and pour over shaved ice and the gulaman and sago to make sno-ball, which is a popular street dessert in the hotter months.
You are so desperate to make it seem like that joke of a drink is Cultural or is at leasr traditional. People need write an essay about a drink cslled Magic Water, which was geared towards vloggers, who flood the streets of Manila in search for something exotic or cultural.
@@eduardochavacano Exactly. Magic Water is a sad symptom of the economy - - that people are too poor to buy proper ingredients to sago't gulaman. I say just freaking help out Aling Bebe buy her ingredients. Magic water is just sad.
Sir, you're referring to a different kind of palamig. Magic water is different from Sago't Gulaman (aka just Gulaman). As you can see, Magic Water is called as it is because of its appearance which looks like an ordinary iced water. Gulaman on the other hand has a darker color that's typically has sago and/or gulaman.
@chanmaran5107 so we call it fancy when a French made an onion soup when it's basically just an cheap and quick soup but when we made like this, it's " a symptoms of economy " and " just sad ". Have you study culinary history or any history at all???
@@chanmaran5107 Most cuisine is a sad symptom of the economy. If the economy was always good, every country would only be eating steak with salt everyday, no other dishes.
Call me goofy bit growing up, the best people I ever met were all Filipino. My best friend's all through my childhood were all Filipino. Best BBQ and nicest people I ever met. I can still hear Grandma saying stuff in Tagalog I didn't understand but she was the best. Love Filipino people and culture!
This is like that time when that one Bee Hamburger company unveiled their new mascot and the CEO was like, "Is that good enough?" And the artist was like, "You know it's good enough." And they all just went home. And now that Bee is just the mascot. This is like that.
I’m with the comments on just not being into jello in a beverage and a healthy working gag reflex. However, I do consume many vanilla flavoured protein shakes that could be banana flavoured. Tell me about this essence
@@NomadicIslanders ya. I got that. Just the thought of some slimy piece of jello in my drink is enough to gag me. Like spoiled milk or some other nasty thing with chunks in it🤮🤮
@@Just-wondering301I get what you mean. Jello is slimy. I myself don't like western jello brands because of this. the gelatin that's normally used for this drink though isn't. it's chewy and more solid unlike the jello packets/candies you get in stores. it's closer to the texture for boba/pearls.
@@AiSyYoo again I got it, it’s chewy. That doesn’t make it better, it’s just the skin when you don’t stir jello enough. And it’s still slimy af stop it. Just face it man your not talking me or most of the people in here to try this barf induction beverage unless we’re trying to induce vommiting
Except it is. It just doesn't look like the one featured here since palamig or sago't gulaman usually uses brown sugar for the drink itself and the gelatin is usually colored. I've also never heard of it being called "magic water", so I guess it's a marketing for tourists thing.
Never use Filipino banana essence. Always use Jamaican banana essence! I'm actually have zero clue what I'm talking about. I didn't even know essence of banana was a thing until he just said it lol
i've lived in Philippines all my life and i've never seen nor heard of this before. we do have jelly drinks and we just call them something like "gulaman" and they're usually very colorful.
