{"product_id":"philadelphia-stories-collection-siling-labuyo-pepper-poster","title":"Philadelphia Stories Collection: Siling Labuyo Pepper *POSTER*","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis illustration is part of the Philadelphia Museum of Art's \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/philamuseum.org\/learn\/community-engagement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eCommunity Spotlight\u003c\/a\u003e initiative.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/trueloveseeds.sbs\/products\/siling-labuyo-pepper\"\u003eSiling Labuyo Pepper\u003c\/a\u003e poster on glossy paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 11\" x 17\"\u003cbr\u003eWeight: 100lb\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted in Philadelphia by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fireballprinting.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eFireball Printing\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlease note:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Posters are shipped separately from seeds\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, in mailing tubes ($3.00 will be added to your shipping fee). For international orders, please contact us about shipping costs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeeds and frame not included.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eARTIST:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaria Dumlao works with combined media, including film, video, animation, sound, photography, embroidery and installation. Her work explores individual and collective history as mediated experience. Born in the Philippines, Maria immigrated to the US mainland, where she currently lives and works in the traditional territory of the Lenni-Lenape (Philadelphia area).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Seed:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis small, spicy, bright red pepper, that is also eaten semi-ripe or green, is often used to make \u003cem\u003esawsawan\u003c\/em\u003e—dipping sauces made with different combinations of vinegar, herbs, peppers, onion, garlic, and other spices. The leaves of the siling labuyo plant are also used in various Filipino dishes, including the soup dish chicken tinola. Siling labuyo is becoming increasingly difficult to find in the Philippines, as imported crops continue to dominate the culinary landscape. In 2014, it was added to the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.fondazioneslowfood.com\/en\/ark-of-taste-slow-food\/siling-labuyo-2\/\"\u003eSlow Food Foundation's Ark of Taste\u003c\/a\u003e, a global catalog of at-risk and endangered heritage foods of importance to their communities. Siling labuyo is used as a medicinal plant in some Filipino healing traditions, treating conditions such as arthritis and toothache. While \u003cem\u003esiling labuyo\u003c\/em\u003e (translated to \"wild pepper\") is the Tagalog name of the plant, it has many other names in indigenous Filipino languages, including \u003cem\u003esiling kolikot\u003c\/em\u003e in the Visayan language, \u003cem\u003erimorimo\u003c\/em\u003e in Bicolano, and \u003cem\u003epaktin\u003c\/em\u003e in Ifugao.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese siling labuyo seeds come from seed keeper and artist Nicky Uy, whose mother has been cultivating them in the Philippines. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ClwcLpJpKE3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eNicky and her partner Omar Buenaventura have been growing the plant in Philadelphia for several years\u003c\/a\u003e, often sharing seeds and peppers with their communities. In 2022, Nicky and Omar gave seeds to Bitter Kalli of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/trueloveseeds.sbs\/collections\/star-apple-farm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eStar Apple Farm\u003c\/a\u003e, who grew and harvested them for Truelove. Nicky says:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\"Siling Labuyo and its fruit have made us feel connected to so many. To my mom who thought to save it for me. To others in diaspora and in the motherland who respond lovingly whenever we post about siling labuyo. I can post a small dish of suka (vinegar) with chopped up chilis and know that someone out there can look at the picture and connect with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\"To me, it tastes like the sweet sourness of coconut vinegar that's had fresh garlic and sili marinating in it, with the bracing hotness of pepper that hits the nose first with its breath. Siling labuyo is what I associate 'anghang' (hot spiciness) with.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/trueloveseeds.sbs\/products\/siling-labuyo-pepper\"\u003eBuy the seeds here.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44312845254894,"sku":"PRNT-014","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2406\/3467\/files\/11x17vert_2023-08_artpacketposter_SilingLabuyo_v3_RGBcr.jpg?v=1693949064","url":"https:\/\/trueloveseeds.sbs\/products\/philadelphia-stories-collection-siling-labuyo-pepper-poster","provider":"Truelove Seeds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}