I checked my Trader Joe’s ube shortbread cookie box and the pancake mix….they did mention the Philippines on the back of the box. I remember JP licks icecream store also served ube as a limited time flavor and did credit the philippines. I agree that the Philippines shouldn’t be lost in the introduction of ube to the mainstream market.
Hey M LP, thank you for sharing! I had to look it up and got excited to see that the Philippines is, in fact, credited on their packagings! I think it’s still important to note that this hasn’t always been the case so discussions like this are important so large corporations continue to credit the people whose food they use in the products they sell. But anyway, I’m still hoping they restock their Ube products because they run out every time I visit and I heard they’re pretty good! :))
@@onedownmedia America didn't steal ube. Most people know that ube comes from the Philippines. It's just that ube has only gotten popular recently. And there's no Filipino that confuses taro to ube.
Yeah. I think if there is someone who actually knows that taro and ube are different, it's the Filipinos. Lol. Ube is ube. You can't fool a Filipino with color alone.
There so so much misinformation in this video 1. Filipinos do not mistake taro(gabi) for ube. In the Filipino cuisine, taro(gabi) is an ingredient in sinigang. I have yet to meet a Filipino who mistakenly put taro in a halohalo 2. Ube is not "exclusive" to the Philippines. It is also found in Southeast Asia and to a certain extent, the Pacific Islands 3. Ube is not as popular in the US as this video makes it out to be (I live in the US) 4. The irony of all, the video was able to explain the significance of matcha in the Japanese culture but it never put the same effort its cultural significance in the Filipino culture esp around the holidays. I suspect that the people who made this video did not grow up eating ube and was just interested in ube when it became trending in social media.
It's because they are american, probably never even set foot in the philippines and definitely identify themselves pacific islander which i never even heard of until i went to america. Also there are ube in okinawa and also indonesia but ube halaya might be exclusive to us.
yes. it is them (filipinos abroad) that always mistake other kinds of potatoes and yams as ube just because they're purple. Filipinos know well what's Ube.
they are AMERICANS FROM CALIFORNIA with filipino descent. All this porma porma to be filipino yet ironically influenced so hard by California Boba liberal mindset that they get ultra sensitive and whine and complain about a lot of trivial things while 100% cultural filipinos in philippines got real problems to deal with.
Aren't you Fil-Ams culturally appropriating the whininess of woke white people? Filipinos here in the Philippines, I for one, are just happy that the ingredient is being recognized internationally. People will be naturally curios as to where Ube comes from and it is undeniable that it came here. So what's the problem?
It's those SJW schtick they're doing. Thinking that their American Identity Politics applies to the rest of the world. These Filipinx are so out of touch of Filipino culture that they have no idea that we don't really care about media representation in western media. All we care is how this government is treating our people especially with the poor pandemic response of our government.
Ohhh. You point out the hypocrisy pretty well. This channel is toxic to the core, delighting in seeing themselves as victims like the woke, miserable mob here in the states. 😆
Ah, I think it’s fine as long as they keep calling it ube or matcha. Using the actual word the culture it comes from uses is enough credit and representation to me. Mislabeling it (like taro or green tea) is where it gets misrepresented but for the most part (live in Hawai’i) I’ve seen it called ube and matcha. Like should we be calling it Filipino yam boba the same way we call Thai tea thai tea?
Kumusta Mariel! Great point! :) I agree that representation is indeed present when people and corporations acknowledge the original terms for the food and products they sell. I also believe that by doing so, some may be curious and be inclined to search up more information including fun facts about them (such as with ube & matcha). However, something that we have to watch out for is when they become overly commercialized. Matcha, for example, was never intended to be this fast, to-go trendy flavor as it holds an important part of a formal ceremony in Japanese culture and we lose that when it’s mass produced by companies.
@@onedownmedia I feel this video should have also included the significance of ube in Filipino culture like how matcha preparation in Japan is part of their culture. I feel like comparing ube to matcha is comparing apples to oranges. The fact that matcha originated from China doesn’t get credited either. The quick production of matcha powder was one way for the general public to enjoy and consume matcha so it wasn’t limited to the elites. The same way conveyor belt sushi allowed everyone to enjoy sushi. I went to tea farms in Japan when I lived there and talked to farmers about how the globalization and interest of their tea has helped continue their legacy of proper farming. Idk if the growing interest of ube will do the same for ube farmers in the Philippines, but it’s great to hear a word that I grew up knowing become part of every day conversations. I know people are cautious, but I feel like we shouldn’t be gate keeping it. Filipino culture is about sharing food with the people we care about. At least it is for me.
@@onedownmedia do we really though? I mean coffee is a thing that's from Ethiopia and tea is from china. Do we really need to know the cultural significance of coffee and tea to enjoy it? I don't like this video because it feels like gatekeeping your culture to people outside it because they don't know, like if you want them to know then educate them about it. I know the difference between ube and taro, if you want them to not be confused about it then share actual ube products to them not only will you educate them about it but also you can support local businesses just sayin'
This channel has built their foundation on gatekeeping shit and getting offended about everything. You ever see Italians trying to gate keep Pizza Hut or Chinese people trying shut down Panda Express? Ganito dapat ang filipino? Maoffend tayo and whine about every little thing? Why cant this channel celebrate Filipino culture without turning everything into a negative?
Filipino Americans acting all woke... that's what this channel is all about. It could have been great like spreading and sharing Pinoy culture, like how Koreans are with theirs, but nope. This channel makes Pinoys act like victims and whiny.
This channel is just another woke wannabe who delights on prostrating themselves as victims. I refuse to associate myself with kababayans like the ones running this channel. So embarrassing.
You failed to discuss the significance of Ube in the Filipino culture. When is it consumed? Why? You focus too much on what is Filipino, but you fail to emphasize its siginificance to the actual culture.
She's just saying that Filipinos is not well educated. In fact, the likes of her should be educated. And she thinks that un Philippines there's no taro.
Why would America “steal” ube. I have a mixed feeling of getting annoyed and amused with our pride at our stuff getting some recognition here in the US and at the same time feeling possessive about it. It is food - no need to learn the history of whatever you are eating unless you really want to. There is no requirement to attend a lecture and get a certificate before you eat a food item that is not from your country’s cuisine. And by the way, fix that map of yours. It’s embarrassing to see your mistake of coloring Taiwan as part of the Philippines.
I need you to sit your filipino part bloodline ass and stop speaking on us native! That certain ube ingredients that westerner are using is already food delicacy here and we called it "ube halaya or hinalukay ube" that contains ube yam (crop), coconut milk and sugar and you can eat that already without associating it to any food product and it originated to us and should be acknowledged not to appropriate!
Taro is gabi. Ube is ube. Perhaps someone needs to go to the Philippines and learn the culture first. Nobody stole anything. Ube is cultivated in other parts of Asia too. Pinoys just popularized it in the US. Even Filipinos use a share of foods that is used without crediting other countries. Do Filipino companies identify the historical/cultural point or origin when they sell bananas or mangoes? What about tskolate?fried chicken? Do pinoys in general appreciate where their food came from and it's history? It's important to understand the dynamics of food migration and trade. If you want credit why not do a segment how The Philippine gov't and Filipinos are just not very good at marketing. So what do you think others will do? Make a profit out of it because Filipinos didn't do anything to market it. Look at Thailand. They slap the word Thai on everything; Thai coconut, Thai noodles, Thai sauce. FYI Matcha isn't a Japanese thing either. It originated in China. Koreans have used it as well for centuries. Are you guys running out of content? Most of your episodes make pinoys sound like a victim. This breaking the taboo segment of yours is just full of nonsense drama. Why don't you just create a teleserye. Why not cover more important topics like why are first generation Filipino Americans not know anything about Pinoy culture or speak the language? I'm 1/4 Pinay and my grandma would've thrown that slipper at us if we spoke English at her home and not her native dialect.
As someone who grew up in the Philippines and now calls New York City home, I couldn’t agree more to everything you said. This content is lightly embarrassing at best, and really cringeworthy.
Yes that's different, taro can use to some dishes food in the philippines but ube is using for dessert. Taro is Gabi in Tagalog and ube is Ube in tagalog
Creating drama where there doesn't need to be any. The US doesn't credit Germany every time someone eats a bratwurst either. It's just called bratwurst. Every time we refer to a dish from India we don't preface it with the word Indian first. Just call it by it's name. I'm sure every single time a person in the Philippians uses a food, product or other things invented in the US or other countries they don't always say the country of origins name either. With all the very real problems in the world that need attention, this is kind of a distraction
Ube is originally from the philippines, with the arrival of americans in 1899, they introduced condensed milk & filipino are creative & that's why we have this kind of ube desserts today.
This is one of the most ridiculous and childish things I’ve ever come across as a Filipino American, with a dash of hypocrisy as well. Filipinos emulate almost all things American to their lifestyle, from politics to entertainment and so on and no one bats an eye. I don’t hear the Japanese moaning and making such a big deal about their matcha being so popular in the states either. Ube nowadays have soared to popularity thanks to the growing chains of Asian stores and diverse grocery sites like Trader Joe’s all across USA. This should bring pride and joy in the hearts of Filipino knowing that people from other continent have come to enjoy and love their vegetables. It’s a food, people not a freaking Museum artifacts.
While I do agree. This part "Filipinos emulate almost all things American to their lifestyle, from politics to entertainment and so on and no one bats an eye." Filipinos are essentially part American due to the country being a colony/territory/protectorate for 50 ish years. This was an imposition by the United States to the islands. Its not like it was a free choice to emulate the United States, in fact, it was very much against our will as Filipinos resisted very fervently against the invasion. So our affinity with the United States is more of a residual of colonialism for which we really cannot be faulted.
I don’t really understand why this is a huge issue. It’s not like this is a unique thing to Filipinos either. When you think of potatoes many people think of Ireland but they actually came from the central America’s, and as other people mentioned it’s not a good strictly in the Philippines
This video is so absurd. I'm Filipino American and a big proponent of more people being exposed to Filipino cuisine, so I'm happy ube has become the new pumpkin spice. But the thing is ube first became popular within the Asian American community before it became more mainstream like matcha. Ube is a tuber. It is an ingredient. It's not a prepared food like adobo or sinigang. So its not cultural appropriation if you sell ube flavored products. The ube mochi pancake mix from Trader Joe's is not cultural appropriation because that type of product didn't even exist in the Philippines. It's a mashup of Filipino-Japanese and American influences. I mean really, every time you see a chili pepper used in Chinese, Indian, Thai or even Hungarian cuisine, do you automatically remember that chili peppers originated from Mexico? Do you think it's cultural appropriation that so many cuisines now have chili peppers as an essential ingredient in many of their dishes? If other countries outside of the Philippines start using ube to create new foods and such made or flavored with ube, the better. I keep on wishing calamansi and dalandan eventually have their own break out moment like ube has in the USA. Also, it's really easy to figure out where ube originated from - just wiki it.
I agree, appropriating food is ok and people do it all the time. It's just the whiny anglophones that think that it is not heck they even get offended in other's behalf.
mate you're filipino american, your food is just a bland/ whitewashed version of REAL filipino food. you really have no rights to talk about filipino food. Just go eat your adowbow and jollibee 😂
@@allcruz259 news flash! Not all Filipino Americans eat at Jollibee. I personally detest that restaurant. I was born in the Philippines and have visited many times - I know what "authentic" Pinoy food. I live in Carson, CA which has a very large Filipino diaspora population. So I regularly eat Filipino food not catering to White/American clientele. I don't really care for Adobo - I prefer dinuguan, ukoy, pinakbet, bulalo, and sinigang.
This is just cringe. 🙄🙄🙄. A lot of countries have ube, you don't hear them complain about credit and representation. So what if they "murder" ube with taro. We did the same to spaghetti but you don't hear the italians complaining. This is just unnecessary pat to the back for cookie points. Shameful. Filipinx is what Filipinx does 🙄🙄
How can these be recognized on the world stages through the framework this video is requesting? are there actionable steps you think a specific start up or established company could take when presenting these products on the world stage?
girl, overacting ka. ube is one search away para malaman nilang galing Pilipinas..kailangan bang ipangalandakan?? hindi naman ganon ka-big deal yung ube kaloka. mukha tuloy tayong nag-gagatekeep e pagkain lang naman--nakakahiya to
No, they didn't. Lots of us moved here and so we opened restaurants and made it. Lots of Filipinos live in America now. Stop being a racist liberal because you see people like our food.
THANK YOU!! They see food from other cultures being enjoyed by ppl who arent from said culture and cry "racist!! Thats MY food!!" But if no one enjoyed it, theyd cry "youre racist if you dont like my culture's food!!"
Yeah about that, the ube cultivar used in making ube halaya (the main ingredient used in most of these recipes) are "native" to the Philippines. Not all purple yams are the same. But yeah, I do get your point.
But it is purple yams are everywhere but ube is native to the Philippine islands maybe they went to other countries as exports but ube are native to the Philippines and are way more integral to culture then in other countries
I help create awareness and buying opportunities for Philippine products in the US market. While I do agree that there should be a connection between Philippines and Ube in the US market , Im more concerned that whatever Ube is being used to make the products is actually coming from the Philippines. I love our culture but creating livelihood to some of the poor farmers in the Philippines is right up there in importance …at least to me.
Edit: Ordinary folk actually ignore Ube Ice Cream tbh. Uh no. Ube is just a trivial food here in the Philippines and it's mostly only eaten on festivals. We don't make it as if it's our whole life or food here- there's also bunch of other different flavors that makes Filipino food- Filipino.
Nope! In our home since its our favorite flavor we always eat ube as desserts: ice cream; halo-halo and ube halaya. We don't to wait for a fiesta or any occasions just to eat ube.
Lawrdeemercy! The wokeness of this video turned me off. Can we please take pride in our culture without going so far as to emulate the Euro-American liberals who want to label every single thing lest they become misappropriated? Educating others is fine, this? Not so much. Yikes!
People not associating ube with the philippines isnt gonna erase our culture. You just want someone to pat you on the back whenever they indulge in something your sorta relate to via your race.
I love Sapphire and your horror show but this one is just absurd and I'm Filipino. Ube is also not unique to Philippines. It is actually pretty common in South East Asia. Just as common as pandan. So Philippines shouldnt be the only one who gets the credit. I dont know why this is even an issue its literally a root crop. Is this a Fil-Am thing?
@@boiled_egg3919 originally native or not, this video shouldn't even make a big deal out of it. Like come on, literally everyone uses tomatoes, margarine or palm oil in Philippines and not a single one consumer would think about its origins and cultural significance. Now this video demands that kind of way of thinking making issues out of a mundane root crop.
@@Chinoiserie9839 yes, i also agree with that..we don’t even gate-keep ube but this content creator made it seem like a big issue when it’s not-its just a freakin food-i was just correcting u because ube is originally native to ph, not common in SEA
i understand where this video is coming from... but at the same time lets look at rock music (from america for example) has become part of filipino culture and they called it opm (original pilipino music)
At first, I thought this was going to be a weak topic, but I got a little passionate in my video response. But yeah, still some fair points. One of them being treat Taro & Ube as separate things.
Our culture is far more resilient than you give it credit for, Sapphire. And it's definitely not defined by ube, since the root crop is NOT unique to the Philippines. Just leave people be and just be happy that the West has come to appreciate it. Just be happy that out of all the words for purple yam from the places that have it as a local crop, it is 'ube' that is most known. What you said doesn't even make sense wherein using the Filipino word for it disassociates it from Filipino culture and disconnects if from Filipino history... even though what happens is that it actually preserves the link. You clearly started with an already broken tabo, and that's not yet including the bit where you claimed Taiwan XD You should've also made it clear that you meant the diaspora regarding Taro because that's called 'gabi' in the Philippines, which locals know is another root crop and not ube. Or, you could just not fault them for it and cut them some slack, for the simple reason that PH-based Filipinos don't mind & don't love them any less for not knowing anyway. Following your logic, we would need to condemn the Mexicans for not coming up with their own name for Tuba, because, according to you, their using the Filipino word for it steals and/or erases our culture, since they learned that from us. One Down would have better use of their so-called advocacy by instead calling out Ramar Food USA since that's actually connected to what this video wants to discuss: that company is more related to the "awareness" this video is trying to raise because the family behind it continues to steal from the Philippines by selling fake Magnolia dairy products like ice cream and such, deliberately using the Magnolia name and even the logo itself, both of which pre-date their own company by several decades, as stupid as that is. So... should we also condemn our local food joints and stop enjoying Lechon since we don't cite where that Hispanic name came from? > coz that would mean we're stealing Peruvian/Cuban/Puerto Rican/Spanish/etc culture every time we have it? So we should also stop enjoying champorado because that misrepresents and steals the culture of the other places that have it as a hot chocolate drink? Are we also supposed to never shorten the name of our 'Lumpiang Shanghai', ever? = coz according to you, we disrespect and steal and erase Chinese culture if we only say 'Lumpia'. So all our carinderias/restaurants/etc need to get some sort of license from the Cantonese region of China before they can sell Pancit Canton? = we should boycott and sue Lucky Me, as well as have DTI revoke their business license and all other applicable punishments for being so brazenly irresponsible?
Also nata de coco aka coconut jelly is also from the philippines. However, mogu mogu, a papular drink from thailand, able to take advantage and make a profit from it.
Alot of people think taro and ube are the same and i used to think that too and i really like it! But the thing is that they don't even give us some credit for ube. Because if they don't give us credit some people will think they invented ube.
You pinoys that agree with this need to get off your high horses. It’s a dessert for crying out loud. The origin of most of the things we eat is unknown or not clearly printed. Content like this will only cause separation and resentment. Geez
Just create a contract to buy ube from Filipino farmers for export to USA or Canada. Sell it alongside the mainstream UBE that's available in US markets... If it's from Philippines then it's the real deal so I think UBE is now an American mainstay.
I grew up eating ube. Sometimes it is in a form of candies, cookies, sweets, cake, bread, drink. I always thought ube come from Philippines because I grew up seeing and eating it.
No more did the Philippines "stole" Fried Chicken, Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, Spaghetti, etc. Should the Philippines get credit for Ube? Absolutely. But just because other countries are enjoying it doesnt constitute an act of theft.
Hi! This video is not implying that nobody outside of Filipinos can enjoy ube; we celebrate representation in food when there’s actual representation. Our main point - in the same argument as matcha and chai - is that companies cannot take our food for their profit and ignore its origins. Hope this clarifies, and thanks so much for your thoughts on this video!
Being forced to adapt to a foreign culture does not fall under the 'stealing' category lmao. So does culture sharing through trade such us pancit from the chinese, and chicken curry from the Indians.
I can guarantee, most people here don't care if Yanks, Aussies, Tommies or anyone from outside of the Philippines, if they eat or sell ube. If it helps put Filipino delicacies in the global stage and help improve our economy thru imports, we're fine with it. Plus a video of white or black dude eating ube and loving it will stroke "Pinoy Pride".
When I saw this video I INSTANTLY thought of the “ube” shortbread cookies from Trader Joe’s. I always wondered why they couldn’t throw on a silhouette of the Philippines Islands on the purple packaging. 🤷♀️ P.s. Those cookies have no ube flavor and hella sweet, sooooo perhaps blessing in disguise because Lolo and Lola were disappointed. lol
Ube grows worldwide. In Nigeria it is grown by millions of tons but people prefer the yellow varietry. I am growing it in my backyard (Central Florida)>many farmers don't like the time toharvest of one year. Most Filipino farmers also like short 3 months to harvest. Many people easily takes substitute not genuine stuff. like Japanese purple Camote, or just mixing a few drops of "Ink". Pretty soon the real taste of luxury will be watered down by fakes.
Ube is NOT unique to the Philippines. They have it throughout the Pacific Islands and Austronesian areas. In Indonesian and Malay- ubi, Malagasy- ovy, Fijian- uvi, Tongan- ufi, Samoan- ufi, Māori and Hawaiian- uhi. So technically it was in the US (Hawaii) before Filipinos brought it. The thing this channel NEVER wants to talk about is our ancient connection to the Pacific.
@Koko martin Who said Filipinos are Pacific Islanders? I simply said we have an ancient connection. Search the Austronesian migration. Filipinos, Indonesians, Malays, Polynesians, Malagasy, Melanesians, and Micronesians are all Austronesians. We speak languages in the same language family. Our DNA is connected and out cultures are too. There's a reason why Ube spread throughout all those places, and the word is very similar in all of them. Don't be ignorant. Just because we're Asian doesn't mean we're more related to everyone on the Asian continent. Between our Vietnamese neighbors and our Micronesian (Palau) neighbors, we're much more related to our Micronesian neighbors. That's not to say we're Pacific Islanders. We're not. But we're also Austronesians and related to people on BOTH sides of the made-up Asian/Pacific Islander divide.
@@dominicgarethquiroga5802 Do they even teach the Austronesian migration in the Philippines? It's fact. Based on anthropology, linguistics, and DNA. I never said Filipinos are Pacific Islanders. I just said we have an ancient connection to them. We're all Austronesians, along with Indonesians, Malays, Melanesians, Micronesians, and Malagasy. Don't fool yourself into thinking that we're related to all Asians and not related to any Pacific Islanders just because we're considered Asian. Asian is just a geographic label. It doesn't define who we're related to.
@Koko martin You forgot Palau. Why are we supposed to act like we're related to everyone in Asia but not related to anyone in the Pacific Islands? Between our neighbor Palau and our neighbor Vietnam, we're actually much more closely related to Palauans, even though they're Pacific Islanders and we're Asian. Palau was even part of the First Philippine Republic. We are linked by ancient connections but also by colonization. Don't let the Asian vs Pacific Islander thing divide people who are related. There's no wall in the ocean that separates Asians and Pacific Islanders. Search Micronesian drift voyages. Micronesians have been trading with us for thousands of years. Just like we've traded with Mainland Asians. You're trying to box in Filipinos to make it seem like we're only connected to Asians. We're not. Please show me the wall in the middle of the ocean that separates us.
@Koko martin Polynesians have Papuan blood while Filipinos have Negrito blood. Negritos and Papuans are related. Ifugaos are a special case. They're one of the few Filipino groups that's NOT MIXED with Negrito. This is proven by a very large DNA study called "Multiple migrations to the Philippines during the last 50,000 years" Search up this study because if I post the link, sometimes youtube channel won't show the comment: The study says this about Negrito admixture in Filipinos: "Moreover, formal tests using f3 admixture and f4 statistics provide direct evidence that Central Cordillerans retained to be the only ethnic groups within the Philippines who did not receive gene flow from Negritos" The study also talks about how some Southern Filipinos have Papuan admixture. Negritos and Papuans are related anyway. Don't use Ifugaos as you're example for all Filipinos because they're actually one of the few Filipino groups not mixed with Negrito. They're pure Austronesian, while most Filipinos are Austronesian mixed with some Negrito. That's proven by DNA. I know it hurts to admit being part Negrito, but DNA doesn't lie.
Considering culturally filipino people (refers to people actually part of the culture regardless of ethnic background) know damn well taro and ube are different one goes into a soup and the other is a staple flavor that we don’t really think about much it just exist it is yummy but it’s not some over glorified thing for me? Sure i love that stuff i love ube but for most it’s just a staple food/flavour/colour that people like
Filipinos get the credit for ube, but it's just weird for us why Americans of Filipino descent are treating balut and ube like they're some kind of sacrilegious food and gatekeeping it from everyone else.
@@darthkarnage7538 as a Filipina, I think it has something to do with acknowledgement or being seen. That's the message I'm getting from this video, which is fine but I don't appreciate the wokism part.
I have to chime in here because what the Philippines calls “Ube” is not singular to being a “Philippine crop” as this has been grown in Hawaii, Japan and Korea for hundreds of years. Dioscorea alata is the specific name of this root vegetable, and can be found throughout many southeastern Asian countries going as far back as half a millennia. Polynesians brought this root when they colonized Hawaii, there is evidence this was also grown in south and western japan over 1,000 years ago. Please do not make the mistake as this being a crop only indigenous to the Philippines- because it is not.
I counted about 150 objects in your video that originated in a country, that you did not credit or explain, including your shirt and art. Likewise, there were about 2000 words with deep etymological roots in foreign cultures, their stories completely ignored. For example: How many times did you say "they," "them" or "their"? At no time did you ever recognize the Scandinavian origin of the word, simply used it for your own mainstream purpose. Perhaps there's a line you can draw for us - when are we wrong for not focusing 100% on cultural origin that an individual deems necessary; and when can we just speak a language, wear a shirt, and have an ice cream ?
Hello! Thanks for taking the time to do all that; the line is pretty simple for us. We don't make any money off of any of those things you stated above, and we're not purposely appropriating any of them for our sole benefit and profit. As for ube, we are so happy when we see it shared and used by everyone - including those who aren't Filipino. Our one point in this video is that if American companies are going to start using ube and profiting off of it, it shouldn't be separated from the people and culture from which it originated. If you don't agree with this point, you are also welcome to disagree! Thanks for engaging!
@@onedownmedia Do you also believe that Filipino companies like Jollibee, Bench, Penshoppe, San Miguel, Emperador etc. should do the same? Why just focus on American companies when local companies do the same thing?
Taro are mostly from Samoa Ube are mostly from the Philippines Ube or the purple yum can be mistaken to a violet yum from Europe being called "Vitelotte"
"Did America Steal Ube From Filipinos?" ayya that's funny UBE is awesomest food ever! Finally, Everyone will know! Magical purple Yam ay Ube! We finally get a win!
In time, when ube is all blown out, another country will plant ube and produce more than the Philippines can ever do and become the biggest exporter of it. So the Filipinos must hurry associating ube with the country before another does. Know that Vietnam and Thailand did not know how to plant and grow rice until they learned it from Filipinos, and now they are two of the biggest exporters of rice while the Philippines is one of the biggest importers. How the table has turned.
To all filipinos buy the product of original Filipino products. Ube is from the philippines. And it's not taro it's different. And buy to the filipinos selling ube products. That has a made in philippines
Well i guess now its time to take advantage of situation make the Philippines the worlds largest producer of ube so in turn create more jobs and i get to eat more ube goodness
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you should make an update about this, you talk a lot how now Filipino should appreciate ube but you yourself didnt know what real ube is. You iterally show a purple sweet potato and not real ube.
I thought they used real ube in the US and not some alternative like taro. Since we both have in the Philippines, Filipinos are aware of their differences, tastes, and uses. If they kept on calling something made of taro Ube, I think that's misrepresentation.
CLICKBAIT! FIRST: I've never heard of anyone here in the PH call taro(gabi) an ube. SECOND: You always mention ube this and ube that and yet you used a picture of a PURPLE SWEET POTATO! THIRD: You are giving me and my fellow Filipinos a bad rep by subscribing to this culture appropriation BS. STOP IT!
I checked my Trader Joe’s ube shortbread cookie box and the pancake mix….they did mention the Philippines on the back of the box. I remember JP licks icecream store also served ube as a limited time flavor and did credit the philippines. I agree that the Philippines shouldn’t be lost in the introduction of ube to the mainstream market.
Hey M LP, thank you for sharing! I had to look it up and got excited to see that the Philippines is, in fact, credited on their packagings!
I think it’s still important to note that this hasn’t always been the case so discussions like this are important so large corporations continue to credit the people whose food they use in the products they sell. But anyway, I’m still hoping they restock their Ube products because they run out every time I visit and I heard they’re pretty good! :))
Why not recognize the origin of all the ingredients used to make Ube?
@@mr2timer100 she didn't even know what's the difference between ube and sweet potato
@@onedownmedia America didn't steal ube. Most people know that ube comes from the Philippines. It's just that ube has only gotten popular recently.
And there's no Filipino that confuses taro to ube.
Who in the Philippines confuses taro and ube? Lol
Yeah. I think if there is someone who actually knows that taro and ube are different, it's the Filipinos. Lol. Ube is ube. You can't fool a Filipino with color alone.
@@chantararix taro is not even a popular term in the Philippines. We call it GABI and use it in sinigang
Yeah odd, we have bobba tea shops here that have menus that separates both as two different flavors.
Yeah, daheck. It's probably the fil ams, but not us natives
I'm more confused between ube and gabi than ube to taro 😂🤣
There so so much misinformation in this video
1. Filipinos do not mistake taro(gabi) for ube. In the Filipino cuisine, taro(gabi) is an ingredient in sinigang. I have yet to meet a Filipino who mistakenly put taro in a halohalo
2. Ube is not "exclusive" to the Philippines. It is also found in Southeast Asia and to a certain extent, the Pacific Islands
3. Ube is not as popular in the US as this video makes it out to be (I live in the US)
4. The irony of all, the video was able to explain the significance of matcha in the Japanese culture but it never put the same effort its cultural significance in the Filipino culture esp around the holidays. I suspect that the people who made this video did not grow up eating ube and was just interested in ube when it became trending in social media.
It's because they are american, probably never even set foot in the philippines and definitely identify themselves pacific islander which i never even heard of until i went to america. Also there are ube in okinawa and also indonesia but ube halaya might be exclusive to us.
Don't forget the Leaves in Gata
yes. it is them (filipinos abroad) that always mistake other kinds of potatoes and yams as ube just because they're purple. Filipinos know well what's Ube.
they are AMERICANS FROM CALIFORNIA with filipino descent.
All this porma porma to be filipino yet ironically influenced so hard by California Boba liberal mindset that they get ultra sensitive and whine and complain about a lot of trivial things while 100% cultural filipinos in philippines got real problems to deal with.
Mga nagiinarte lang yung di alam ang talagang ube 🙄
Aren't you Fil-Ams culturally appropriating the whininess of woke white people? Filipinos here in the Philippines, I for one, are just happy that the ingredient is being recognized internationally. People will be naturally curios as to where Ube comes from and it is undeniable that it came here. So what's the problem?
It's those SJW schtick they're doing. Thinking that their American Identity Politics applies to the rest of the world. These Filipinx are so out of touch of Filipino culture that they have no idea that we don't really care about media representation in western media. All we care is how this government is treating our people especially with the poor pandemic response of our government.
Ohhh. You point out the hypocrisy pretty well. This channel is toxic to the core, delighting in seeing themselves as victims like the woke, miserable mob here in the states. 😆
True. Another overly woke Americans who are sensitive to every little thing.
Ah, I think it’s fine as long as they keep calling it ube or matcha. Using the actual word the culture it comes from uses is enough credit and representation to me. Mislabeling it (like taro or green tea) is where it gets misrepresented but for the most part (live in Hawai’i) I’ve seen it called ube and matcha. Like should we be calling it Filipino yam boba the same way we call Thai tea thai tea?
Kumusta Mariel! Great point! :)
I agree that representation is indeed present when people and corporations acknowledge the original terms for the food and products they sell. I also believe that by doing so, some may be curious and be inclined to search up more information including fun facts about them (such as with ube & matcha). However, something that we have to watch out for is when they become overly commercialized. Matcha, for example, was never intended to be this fast, to-go trendy flavor as it holds an important part of a formal ceremony in Japanese culture and we lose that when it’s mass produced by companies.
@@onedownmedia I feel this video should have also included the significance of ube in Filipino culture like how matcha preparation in Japan is part of their culture. I feel like comparing ube to matcha is comparing apples to oranges. The fact that matcha originated from China doesn’t get credited either. The quick production of matcha powder was one way for the general public to enjoy and consume matcha so it wasn’t limited to the elites. The same way conveyor belt sushi allowed everyone to enjoy sushi. I went to tea farms in Japan when I lived there and talked to farmers about how the globalization and interest of their tea has helped continue their legacy of proper farming. Idk if the growing interest of ube will do the same for ube farmers in the Philippines, but it’s great to hear a word that I grew up knowing become part of every day conversations. I know people are cautious, but I feel like we shouldn’t be gate keeping it. Filipino culture is about sharing food with the people we care about. At least it is for me.
@@onedownmedia do we really though? I mean coffee is a thing that's from Ethiopia and tea is from china. Do we really need to know the cultural significance of coffee and tea to enjoy it? I don't like this video because it feels like gatekeeping your culture to people outside it because they don't know, like if you want them to know then educate them about it. I know the difference between ube and taro, if you want them to not be confused about it then share actual ube products to them not only will you educate them about it but also you can support local businesses just sayin'
This channel has built their foundation on gatekeeping shit and getting offended about everything. You ever see Italians trying to gate keep Pizza Hut or Chinese people trying shut down Panda Express?
Ganito dapat ang filipino? Maoffend tayo and whine about every little thing? Why cant this channel celebrate Filipino culture without turning everything into a negative?
Mga Fil-Am siguro to, they're the same people pushing "Filipinx" as a substitute, or use "Pacific Islander". Mga fake Filipino
Filipino Americans acting all woke... that's what this channel is all about. It could have been great like spreading and sharing Pinoy culture, like how Koreans are with theirs, but nope. This channel makes Pinoys act like victims and whiny.
agree with this jusko po
pre mga filipino-American yan kaya asahan mo na ma offend sila "American" eh
This channel is just another woke wannabe who delights on prostrating themselves as victims. I refuse to associate myself with kababayans like the ones running this channel. So embarrassing.
You failed to discuss the significance of Ube in the Filipino culture. When is it consumed? Why? You focus too much on what is Filipino, but you fail to emphasize its siginificance to the actual culture.
This and this. Ube hardly gets noticed here in the Philippines except as desserts. Heck, ube ice cream is not that popular to eat.
She's just saying that Filipinos is not well educated. In fact, the likes of her should be educated. And she thinks that un Philippines there's no taro.
@@patmonte8426 Not educated? Guess my college degree doesn't mean shit if isn't some big shot university in AmeriKKKa.
The filipino focus on the Leaves of the ube part which is Laing.
@@patmonte8426 ube ice cream is popular in the Philippines. It' s the default ice cream that goes to halo-halo
Why would America “steal” ube. I have a mixed feeling of getting annoyed and amused with our pride at our stuff getting some recognition here in the US and at the same time feeling possessive about it. It is food - no need to learn the history of whatever you are eating unless you really want to. There is no requirement to attend a lecture and get a certificate before you eat a food item that is not from your country’s cuisine.
And by the way, fix that map of yours. It’s embarrassing to see your mistake of coloring Taiwan as part of the Philippines.
i don't think she's even filipino, might be fil-am.
@@manuelmacalinao500 Am American of Filipino descent. Unfortunately, it has become the norm to attach race to everything in this country.
Louder please! This Filipino pride is so embarrassing and downright ridiculous.
I need you to sit your filipino part bloodline ass and stop speaking on us native! That certain ube ingredients that westerner are using is already food delicacy here and we called it "ube halaya or hinalukay ube" that contains ube yam (crop), coconut milk and sugar and you can eat that already without associating it to any food product and it originated to us and should be acknowledged not to appropriate!
@@MaevaStardust Why you're embarrassed?
Taro is gabi. Ube is ube. Perhaps someone needs to go to the Philippines and learn the culture first.
Nobody stole anything. Ube is cultivated in other parts of Asia too. Pinoys just popularized it in the US. Even Filipinos use a share of foods that is used without crediting other countries. Do Filipino companies identify the historical/cultural point or origin when they sell bananas or mangoes? What about tskolate?fried chicken? Do pinoys in general appreciate where their food came from and it's history? It's important to understand the dynamics of food migration and trade. If you want credit why not do a segment how The Philippine gov't and Filipinos are just not very good at marketing. So what do you think others will do? Make a profit out of it because Filipinos didn't do anything to market it. Look at Thailand. They slap the word Thai on everything; Thai coconut, Thai noodles, Thai sauce. FYI Matcha isn't a Japanese thing either. It originated in China. Koreans have used it as well for centuries.
Are you guys running out of content? Most of your episodes make pinoys sound like a victim. This breaking the taboo segment of yours is just full of nonsense drama. Why don't you just create a teleserye. Why not cover more important topics like why are first generation Filipino Americans not know anything about Pinoy culture or speak the language? I'm 1/4 Pinay and my grandma would've thrown that slipper at us if we spoke English at her home and not her native dialect.
As someone who grew up in the Philippines and now calls New York City home, I couldn’t agree more to everything you said. This content is lightly embarrassing at best, and really cringeworthy.
Louder, girl!
What is your native dialect?
Yes that's different, taro can use to some dishes food in the philippines but ube is using for dessert. Taro is Gabi in Tagalog and ube is Ube in tagalog
Hindi mo kasi alam na ang Ube ay originally native sa Pilipinas. Ito ay natatangi.
Creating drama where there doesn't need to be any. The US doesn't credit Germany every time someone eats a bratwurst either. It's just called bratwurst. Every time we refer to a dish from India we don't preface it with the word Indian first. Just call it by it's name. I'm sure every single time a person in the Philippians uses a food, product or other things invented in the US or other countries they don't always say the country of origins name either. With all the very real problems in the world that need attention, this is kind of a distraction
Ube is originally from the philippines, with the arrival of americans in 1899, they introduced condensed milk & filipino are creative & that's why we have this kind of ube desserts today.
omg Gatas ng pinalapot at Ube sounds yummy!
This video seems to be aimed at American-Filipinos. Everyone knows the difference here in the Philippines
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!Our bad
As a Filipino native, I really despise those Fil-Ams. They bastardise our culture
This is one of the most ridiculous and childish things I’ve ever come across as a Filipino American, with a dash of hypocrisy as well. Filipinos emulate almost all things American to their lifestyle, from politics to entertainment and so on and no one bats an eye. I don’t hear the Japanese moaning and making such a big deal about their matcha being so popular in the states either. Ube nowadays have soared to popularity thanks to the growing chains of Asian stores and diverse grocery sites like Trader Joe’s all across USA. This should bring pride and joy in the hearts of Filipino knowing that people from other continent have come to enjoy and love their vegetables. It’s a food, people not a freaking Museum artifacts.
While I do agree. This part "Filipinos emulate almost all things American to their lifestyle, from politics to entertainment and so on and no one bats an eye."
Filipinos are essentially part American due to the country being a colony/territory/protectorate for 50 ish years. This was an imposition by the United States to the islands. Its not like it was a free choice to emulate the United States, in fact, it was very much against our will as Filipinos resisted very fervently against the invasion.
So our affinity with the United States is more of a residual of colonialism for which we really cannot be faulted.
I'm really embarrassed to be a Filipino after watching this video. Just shows the typical Filipino pride...
I don’t really understand why this is a huge issue. It’s not like this is a unique thing to Filipinos either. When you think of potatoes many people think of Ireland but they actually came from the central America’s, and as other people mentioned it’s not a good strictly in the Philippines
Ube can be found on South East Asia. However the extensive use of it is found in the Philippines.
This video is so absurd. I'm Filipino American and a big proponent of more people being exposed to Filipino cuisine, so I'm happy ube has become the new pumpkin spice. But the thing is ube first became popular within the Asian American community before it became more mainstream like matcha. Ube is a tuber. It is an ingredient. It's not a prepared food like adobo or sinigang. So its not cultural appropriation if you sell ube flavored products. The ube mochi pancake mix from Trader Joe's is not cultural appropriation because that type of product didn't even exist in the Philippines. It's a mashup of Filipino-Japanese and American influences. I mean really, every time you see a chili pepper used in Chinese, Indian, Thai or even Hungarian cuisine, do you automatically remember that chili peppers originated from Mexico? Do you think it's cultural appropriation that so many cuisines now have chili peppers as an essential ingredient in many of their dishes? If other countries outside of the Philippines start using ube to create new foods and such made or flavored with ube, the better. I keep on wishing calamansi and dalandan eventually have their own break out moment like ube has in the USA. Also, it's really easy to figure out where ube originated from - just wiki it.
I agree, appropriating food is ok and people do it all the time. It's just the whiny anglophones that think that it is not heck they even get offended in other's behalf.
This shows your ignorance. Ube halaya is a significant Christmas food in the Philippines like Bibingka at putubumbung
mate you're filipino american, your food is just a bland/ whitewashed version of REAL filipino food. you really have no rights to talk about filipino food. Just go eat your adowbow and jollibee 😂
@@allcruz259 news flash! Not all Filipino Americans eat at Jollibee. I personally detest that restaurant. I was born in the Philippines and have visited many times - I know what "authentic" Pinoy food. I live in Carson, CA which has a very large Filipino diaspora population. So I regularly eat Filipino food not catering to White/American clientele. I don't really care for Adobo - I prefer dinuguan, ukoy, pinakbet, bulalo, and sinigang.
@@rjhemedes hate sinigang, but love larang.
This is just cringe. 🙄🙄🙄. A lot of countries have ube, you don't hear them complain about credit and representation. So what if they "murder" ube with taro. We did the same to spaghetti but you don't hear the italians complaining. This is just unnecessary pat to the back for cookie points. Shameful. Filipinx is what Filipinx does 🙄🙄
facts
No. Ube is only a native of the Philippines. Everyone has taro but not UBE. UBE taste different from taro, but I agree with everything you said.
Bro, she don't even know what's the difference of ube and sweet potato
@@DArRen-fo8gk malaki ang difference ng kamote at ube. Every Filipino knows the difference.
@@destroyerself needs to be revised this video.
I hope Calamansi and Pili nuts will soon become recognized as well.
o my gosh! some of our team members are from Bicol - we 100% agree!
@@onedownmedia Great to hear…let’s all uplift the Philippines flag together
How can these be recognized on the world stages through the framework this video is requesting? are there actionable steps you think a specific start up or established company could take when presenting these products on the world stage?
It will and I know where it will start.
calamansi grows in the us but sold as a decorative plant
So you want the world to call it Japanese matcha and Filipino ube?
girl, overacting ka. ube is one search away para malaman nilang galing Pilipinas..kailangan bang ipangalandakan?? hindi naman ganon ka-big deal yung ube kaloka. mukha tuloy tayong nag-gagatekeep e pagkain lang naman--nakakahiya to
No, they didn't. Lots of us moved here and so we opened restaurants and made it. Lots of Filipinos live in America now. Stop being a racist liberal because you see people like our food.
THANK YOU!!
They see food from other cultures being enjoyed by ppl who arent from said culture and cry "racist!! Thats MY food!!"
But if no one enjoyed it, theyd cry "youre racist if you dont like my culture's food!!"
Hi! I just wanna clarify that ube isn't only native to the philippines. It can be found in different countries across Southeast Asia.
Yeah about that, the ube cultivar used in making ube halaya (the main ingredient used in most of these recipes) are "native" to the Philippines. Not all purple yams are the same.
But yeah, I do get your point.
Hmmm but the main ingredient is only found in the Philippines, right?
Nobody will say other countries name when they hear the word Ube it is already ingrained in filipino culture. 😂
the breed of Ube we used are native in the Philippines
But it is purple yams are everywhere but ube is native to the Philippine islands maybe they went to other countries as exports but ube are native to the Philippines and are way more integral to culture then in other countries
I help create awareness and buying opportunities for Philippine products in the US market. While I do agree that there should be a connection between Philippines and Ube in the US market , Im more concerned that whatever Ube is being used to make the products is actually coming from the Philippines. I love our culture but creating livelihood to some of the poor farmers in the Philippines is right up there in importance …at least to me.
Edit: Ordinary folk actually ignore Ube Ice Cream tbh.
Uh no. Ube is just a trivial food here in the Philippines and it's mostly only eaten on festivals. We don't make it as if it's our whole life or food here- there's also bunch of other different flavors that makes Filipino food- Filipino.
Nah ube ice cream is 🍦👌💜
@@darthkarnage7538 welp point still stands for these obtuse creators. That we don't treat it as God or something.
I hate Ube ice cream. I hate it more when it is added to Halo-halo. I good with Ube Halaya.
@@Siddhartha040107 I actually like this one. Especially the good shepherd brand of Ube Jam
Nope! In our home since its our favorite flavor we always eat ube as desserts: ice cream; halo-halo and ube halaya. We don't to wait for a fiesta or any occasions just to eat ube.
Lawrdeemercy! The wokeness of this video turned me off. Can we please take pride in our culture without going so far as to emulate the Euro-American liberals who want to label every single thing lest they become misappropriated? Educating others is fine, this? Not so much. Yikes!
Food is food, don't care if it comes from my country or not. All I care is the flavors.
People not associating ube with the philippines isnt gonna erase our culture. You just want someone to pat you on the back whenever they indulge in something your sorta relate to via your race.
I love Sapphire and your horror show but this one is just absurd and I'm Filipino. Ube is also not unique to Philippines. It is actually pretty common in South East Asia. Just as common as pandan. So Philippines shouldnt be the only one who gets the credit. I dont know why this is even an issue its literally a root crop. Is this a Fil-Am thing?
ube is ORIGINALLY NATIVE to the Philippines
@@boiled_egg3919 it's not.
@@Moss_piglets drop your credible sources
@@boiled_egg3919 originally native or not, this video shouldn't even make a big deal out of it. Like come on, literally everyone uses tomatoes, margarine or palm oil in Philippines and not a single one consumer would think about its origins and cultural significance. Now this video demands that kind of way of thinking making issues out of a mundane root crop.
@@Chinoiserie9839 yes, i also agree with that..we don’t even gate-keep ube but this content creator made it seem like a big issue when it’s not-its just a freakin food-i was just correcting u because ube is originally native to ph, not common in SEA
i understand where this video is coming from... but at the same time lets look at
rock music (from america for example) has become part of filipino culture and they called it opm (original pilipino music)
At first, I thought this was going to be a weak topic, but I got a little passionate in my video response. But yeah, still some fair points. One of them being treat Taro & Ube as separate things.
Our culture is far more resilient than you give it credit for, Sapphire. And it's definitely not defined by ube, since the root crop is NOT unique to the Philippines. Just leave people be and just be happy that the West has come to appreciate it. Just be happy that out of all the words for purple yam from the places that have it as a local crop, it is 'ube' that is most known. What you said doesn't even make sense wherein using the Filipino word for it disassociates it from Filipino culture and disconnects if from Filipino history... even though what happens is that it actually preserves the link. You clearly started with an already broken tabo, and that's not yet including the bit where you claimed Taiwan XD
You should've also made it clear that you meant the diaspora regarding Taro because that's called 'gabi' in the Philippines, which locals know is another root crop and not ube. Or, you could just not fault them for it and cut them some slack, for the simple reason that PH-based Filipinos don't mind & don't love them any less for not knowing anyway. Following your logic, we would need to condemn the Mexicans for not coming up with their own name for Tuba, because, according to you, their using the Filipino word for it steals and/or erases our culture, since they learned that from us. One Down would have better use of their so-called advocacy by instead calling out Ramar Food USA since that's actually connected to what this video wants to discuss: that company is more related to the "awareness" this video is trying to raise because the family behind it continues to steal from the Philippines by selling fake Magnolia dairy products like ice cream and such, deliberately using the Magnolia name and even the logo itself, both of which pre-date their own company by several decades, as stupid as that is.
So... should we also condemn our local food joints and stop enjoying Lechon since we don't cite where that Hispanic name came from? > coz that would mean we're stealing Peruvian/Cuban/Puerto Rican/Spanish/etc culture every time we have it? So we should also stop enjoying champorado because that misrepresents and steals the culture of the other places that have it as a hot chocolate drink? Are we also supposed to never shorten the name of our 'Lumpiang Shanghai', ever? = coz according to you, we disrespect and steal and erase Chinese culture if we only say 'Lumpia'. So all our carinderias/restaurants/etc need to get some sort of license from the Cantonese region of China before they can sell Pancit Canton? = we should boycott and sue Lucky Me, as well as have DTI revoke their business license and all other applicable punishments for being so brazenly irresponsible?
Loved this video! Super informative. I was thinking about this the other day when I was at 99 Ranch Market.
Ahhh! Thank you so much
Also nata de coco aka coconut jelly is also from the philippines. However, mogu mogu, a papular drink from thailand, able to take advantage and make a profit from it.
When I saw that Thinx had a color called Ube, I do remember seeing on their site that they used that name because one of their staff is Filipino.
For me Ube has a more richer marshmallow vanilla like taste to it that I cant explain
you can explain it.. it's Ube!
Alot of people think taro and ube are the same and i used to think that too and i really like it! But the thing is that they don't even give us some credit for ube. Because if they don't give us credit some people will think they invented ube.
You pinoys that agree with this need to get off your high horses. It’s a dessert for crying out loud. The origin of most of the things we eat is unknown or not clearly printed. Content like this will only cause separation and resentment. Geez
Its a "woke" thing.
that's Liberal Woke Lefttism
Just create a contract to buy ube from Filipino farmers for export to USA or Canada. Sell it alongside the mainstream UBE that's available in US markets... If it's from Philippines then it's the real deal so I think UBE is now an American mainstay.
i like thinx but was weirded out when i saw "ube" as one of their colors.
I grew up eating ube. Sometimes it is in a form of candies, cookies, sweets, cake, bread, drink. I always thought ube come from Philippines because I grew up seeing and eating it.
This is a another case of a fil-am misrepresented again my culture, my country.
No more did the Philippines "stole" Fried Chicken, Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, Spaghetti, etc. Should the Philippines get credit for Ube? Absolutely. But just because other countries are enjoying it doesnt constitute an act of theft.
Hi! This video is not implying that nobody outside of Filipinos can enjoy ube; we celebrate representation in food when there’s actual representation. Our main point - in the same argument as matcha and chai - is that companies cannot take our food for their profit and ignore its origins. Hope this clarifies, and thanks so much for your thoughts on this video!
Being forced to adapt to a foreign culture does not fall under the 'stealing' category lmao. So does culture sharing through trade such us pancit from the chinese, and chicken curry from the Indians.
That food was introduced to our country. We didn't steal your junk food!
@@jaycasman1754 As was Ube to ours.
I can guarantee, most people here don't care if Yanks, Aussies, Tommies or anyone from outside of the Philippines, if they eat or sell ube.
If it helps put Filipino delicacies in the global stage and help improve our economy thru imports, we're fine with it.
Plus a video of white or black dude eating ube and loving it will stroke "Pinoy Pride".
I honestly didn’t see the problem here! 😂 this is we are going as human beings? Always about identity politics and misrepresentation? Hahaha!
When I saw this video I INSTANTLY thought of the “ube” shortbread cookies from
Trader Joe’s. I always wondered why they couldn’t throw on a silhouette of the Philippines Islands on the purple packaging. 🤷♀️
P.s. Those cookies have no ube flavor and hella sweet, sooooo perhaps blessing in disguise because Lolo and Lola were disappointed. lol
Ube grows worldwide. In Nigeria it is grown by millions of tons but people prefer the yellow varietry. I am growing it in my backyard (Central Florida)>many farmers don't like the time toharvest of one year. Most Filipino farmers also like short 3 months to harvest. Many people easily takes substitute not genuine stuff. like Japanese purple Camote, or just mixing a few drops of "Ink". Pretty soon the real taste of luxury will be watered down by fakes.
Sad to think that theres no food flavors that has the same as Ube , its the only one in the world that has its own flavor.
Ube is NOT unique to the Philippines. They have it throughout the Pacific Islands and Austronesian areas. In Indonesian and Malay- ubi, Malagasy- ovy, Fijian- uvi, Tongan- ufi, Samoan- ufi, Māori and Hawaiian- uhi. So technically it was in the US (Hawaii) before Filipinos brought it. The thing this channel NEVER wants to talk about is our ancient connection to the Pacific.
@Koko martin I agree, no Filipino born and raised from the Philippines say that we are pacific islanders, only fil-ams say that
@Koko martin Who said Filipinos are Pacific Islanders? I simply said we have an ancient connection. Search the Austronesian migration. Filipinos, Indonesians, Malays, Polynesians, Malagasy, Melanesians, and Micronesians are all Austronesians. We speak languages in the same language family. Our DNA is connected and out cultures are too. There's a reason why Ube spread throughout all those places, and the word is very similar in all of them. Don't be ignorant. Just because we're Asian doesn't mean we're more related to everyone on the Asian continent. Between our Vietnamese neighbors and our Micronesian (Palau) neighbors, we're much more related to our Micronesian neighbors. That's not to say we're Pacific Islanders. We're not. But we're also Austronesians and related to people on BOTH sides of the made-up Asian/Pacific Islander divide.
@@dominicgarethquiroga5802 Do they even teach the Austronesian migration in the Philippines? It's fact. Based on anthropology, linguistics, and DNA. I never said Filipinos are Pacific Islanders. I just said we have an ancient connection to them. We're all Austronesians, along with Indonesians, Malays, Melanesians, Micronesians, and Malagasy. Don't fool yourself into thinking that we're related to all Asians and not related to any Pacific Islanders just because we're considered Asian. Asian is just a geographic label. It doesn't define who we're related to.
@Koko martin You forgot Palau. Why are we supposed to act like we're related to everyone in Asia but not related to anyone in the Pacific Islands? Between our neighbor Palau and our neighbor Vietnam, we're actually much more closely related to Palauans, even though they're Pacific Islanders and we're Asian. Palau was even part of the First Philippine Republic. We are linked by ancient connections but also by colonization. Don't let the Asian vs Pacific Islander thing divide people who are related. There's no wall in the ocean that separates Asians and Pacific Islanders. Search Micronesian drift voyages. Micronesians have been trading with us for thousands of years. Just like we've traded with Mainland Asians. You're trying to box in Filipinos to make it seem like we're only connected to Asians. We're not. Please show me the wall in the middle of the ocean that separates us.
@Koko martin Polynesians have Papuan blood while Filipinos have Negrito blood. Negritos and Papuans are related. Ifugaos are a special case. They're one of the few Filipino groups that's NOT MIXED with Negrito. This is proven by a very large DNA study called "Multiple migrations to the Philippines during the last 50,000 years" Search up this study because if I post the link, sometimes youtube channel won't show the comment:
The study says this about Negrito admixture in Filipinos: "Moreover, formal tests using f3 admixture and f4 statistics provide direct evidence that Central Cordillerans retained to be the only ethnic groups within the Philippines who did not receive gene flow from Negritos"
The study also talks about how some Southern Filipinos have Papuan admixture. Negritos and Papuans are related anyway. Don't use Ifugaos as you're example for all Filipinos because they're actually one of the few Filipino groups not mixed with Negrito. They're pure Austronesian, while most Filipinos are Austronesian mixed with some Negrito. That's proven by DNA. I know it hurts to admit being part Negrito, but DNA doesn't lie.
BGM is so loud, I can't hear ate saph :(
Hey Jordane! Thanks for letting us know. We'll take a note of this :)
I dont understand the frustration, as long as the food is named Ube theres nothing to get mad about.
Many people think that purple sweet potato and purple yam are the same...
Since When were we Filipinos confused with Taro and Ube?
Since they were 2nd generation Americans! LOL ohhh
Considering culturally filipino people (refers to people actually part of the culture regardless of ethnic background) know damn well taro and ube are different one goes into a soup and the other is a staple flavor that we don’t really think about much it just exist it is yummy but it’s not some over glorified thing for me? Sure i love that stuff i love ube but for most it’s just a staple food/flavour/colour that people like
You’re making this a Woke issue. Filipinos don’t have the rights or own ube.
Filipinos get the credit for ube, but it's just weird for us why Americans of Filipino descent are treating balut and ube like they're some kind of sacrilegious food and gatekeeping it from everyone else.
@@darthkarnage7538 as a Filipina, I think it has something to do with acknowledgement or being seen. That's the message I'm getting from this video, which is fine but I don't appreciate the wokism part.
Do you know what's the difference between ube and sweet potato?
Pshht.. You know you read that title and were like P**a I*a.. LOL
@@DArRen-fo8gk ONe is orange one is purple!
Preach!
I have to chime in here because what the Philippines calls “Ube” is not singular to being a “Philippine crop” as this has been grown in Hawaii, Japan and Korea for hundreds of years. Dioscorea alata is the specific name of this root vegetable, and can be found throughout many southeastern Asian countries going as far back as half a millennia. Polynesians brought this root when they colonized Hawaii, there is evidence this was also grown in south and western japan over 1,000 years ago. Please do not make the mistake as this being a crop only indigenous to the Philippines- because it is not.
Steal is a very strong word.
Hey there, Deb Em! Feel free to let us know how you'll describe it. :)
I counted about 150 objects in your video that originated in a country, that you did not credit or explain, including your shirt and art. Likewise, there were about 2000 words with deep etymological roots in foreign cultures, their stories completely ignored.
For example: How many times did you say "they," "them" or "their"? At no time did you ever recognize the Scandinavian origin of the word, simply used it for your own mainstream purpose.
Perhaps there's a line you can draw for us - when are we wrong for not focusing 100% on cultural origin that an individual deems necessary; and when can we just speak a language, wear a shirt, and have an ice cream ?
Hello! Thanks for taking the time to do all that; the line is pretty simple for us. We don't make any money off of any of those things you stated above, and we're not purposely appropriating any of them for our sole benefit and profit.
As for ube, we are so happy when we see it shared and used by everyone - including those who aren't Filipino. Our one point in this video is that if American companies are going to start using ube and profiting off of it, it shouldn't be separated from the people and culture from which it originated. If you don't agree with this point, you are also welcome to disagree! Thanks for engaging!
@@onedownmedia Thank you for choosing to demonetize the video! Inspirational!
@@onedownmedia you really screwed this up!
@@onedownmedia Do you also believe that Filipino companies like Jollibee, Bench, Penshoppe, San Miguel, Emperador etc. should do the same? Why just focus on American companies when local companies do the same thing?
Taro are mostly from Samoa
Ube are mostly from the Philippines
Ube or the purple yum can be mistaken to a violet yum from Europe being called "Vitelotte"
Fil-Ams (derogatory). Ampota sino bang na coconfuse sa ube at gabi kaloka.
sila lang hahahahaha
No one in the Philippines mistakes taro for an ube. They know the difference. That's all you guys back there in the west that kept messing it up.
"Did America Steal Ube From Filipinos?" ayya that's funny
UBE is awesomest food ever! Finally, Everyone will know! Magical purple Yam ay Ube! We finally get a win!
Taro: I'm good for Ube making
Ube: Hold my jam!
Potato: Wait for me!
In time, when ube is all blown out, another country will plant ube and produce more than the Philippines can ever do and become the biggest exporter of it. So the Filipinos must hurry associating ube with the country before another does.
Know that Vietnam and Thailand did not know how to plant and grow rice until they learned it from Filipinos, and now they are two of the biggest exporters of rice while the Philippines is one of the biggest importers. How the table has turned.
too late.. vietnam is already doing it with ube and calamansi
If you guys want to taste 100% real, authentic ube. Go to the Philppines. The difference in taste is night and day.
0:27 why is taiwan a part of the philippines?
LOL
Didn't you hear? Bongbong annexed it as part of his recovery plan
To all filipinos buy the product of original Filipino products. Ube is from the philippines. And it's not taro it's different. And buy to the filipinos selling ube products. That has a made in philippines
Ube > taro 💜
They both have great things to offer, but nothing beats ube for me. :D
Tastes good so I don’t care that much
Idk man that be like saying Weisswurst is Italian!
Okay then…
I’m filipino and you’re trippin
Good to know, Xtian! :)
@@onedownmedia Yep and others agree.
@@onedownmedia Word you trippin?
Did Filipinos steal corn and potatoes from America ?
Not as bad as when the Taiwanese stole coco jelly from us.
lmao what
Right P**a lol
should jollibee give credit to other nations every time they serve their menu items taken from ..... 🤔
On point Ate!
it is hard to understand when you are talking & the background music is also playing.
this video is so under rated, gentrification can also be seen in cultural foods and rituals, hope this video blows up
This is Like wasabi. Mainstream wasabis are not real wasabi they are mostly radish.
thankk you
Never heard of it.
Well i guess now its time to take advantage of situation make the Philippines the worlds largest producer of ube so in turn create more jobs and i get to eat more ube goodness
People just complain and not do anything about it. Just like how corruption is rampant and nothing is done. Just keep complaining.
You know they gonna grow that in Sa and mex in like 5 mins!
I just hope to hear your voice louder than your background music. Have to use cc to understand it.
Fun Fact: Ube Is Lean of the Philippines.
😈😈LEAN😈😈
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Weve been murdered again. Thank you West!
Ohh no
you should make an update about this, you talk a lot how now Filipino should appreciate ube but you yourself didnt know what real ube is. You iterally show a purple sweet potato and not real ube.
I thought they used real ube in the US and not some alternative like taro. Since we both have in the Philippines, Filipinos are aware of their differences, tastes, and uses. If they kept on calling something made of taro Ube, I think that's misrepresentation.
Misinterpretations mostly are americans.
This is creepy. The planet and nature, including all of its lovely plants, are for all to enjoy. This sounds like division and hate.
Mga nagiinarte lang di alam ang totoong ube 🙄🙄🙄
The music background is annoying loud can't understand your talking.
Ube is purple yam not taro
CLICKBAIT!
FIRST: I've never heard of anyone here in the PH call taro(gabi) an ube.
SECOND: You always mention ube this and ube that and yet you used a picture of a PURPLE SWEET POTATO!
THIRD: You are giving me and my fellow Filipinos a bad rep by subscribing to this culture appropriation BS. STOP IT!
ATE SAPPHIRE
Real sh*t? Uber is is sh*t? Wtf
It’s an ingredient not a dish ffs
Its been happening to my people forever. Doesn't feel so good does it.?... no one has given us credit for anything
omg ate sapphire?