{"id":5599,"date":"2019-02-09T15:27:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T15:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/queencitycebu.com\/?p=5599"},"modified":"2023-12-21T03:37:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T03:37:52","slug":"heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-budbud-kabog-festival-of-catmon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queencitycebu.com\/heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-budbud-kabog-festival-of-catmon\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s all you need to know about Budbud Kabog Festival of Catmon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The rich agricultural landscape of the Philippines produced a number of products by which people converted into livelihood. One of them is the budbud kabog<\/strong> \u2013 a special type of delicacy that originated in Catmon, Cebu. While many people are familiar with the sticky rice cooked with coconut milk then wrapped with banana leaf (budbud)<\/strong><\/em> often sold in the market or in front of the churches, budbud kabog is made from millet grass<\/strong>, which grows abundantly in the area. These seeds are then mixed with sugar and coconut milk and wrapped with banana leaf. If you are from Visayas, you\u2019ll know that kabog<\/em> actually refers to the fruit bats in the island. Since these seeds found to be a favorite of these bats, farmers tried cooking them and discovered an ingenious recipe that is coarse and bland to the taste. They began experimenting them by adding sugar and coconut milk resulting to mouth-watering delicacy the town became known for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n