Everybody knows that the coconut is referred to as the tree of life as almost all of it can be use. From its fruits and leaves to its trunk for food to shelter, it seems, like what I like to say, imagination is the only limit to its usefuleness. As this blog focuses on food, so will it feature one of the gastronic side of the coconut. Cut the trunk away and you'll find at its center, the pith, known as ubod. Mainly used as filling for fresh lumpia and atchara, we often find it already chopped and often wonder how it looks like. Today I, myself was suprised to have seen this one before being prepared into cooking size. At first I thought it was ubad but after seeing it, many times as large and not as fleshy, then I thought this must be really ubod. Luckily, there in a separate container there were already chopped ones so I didn't hard time preparing for this photoshoot.
