Now about that bar-b-que I went to. I had a really good time except I was so tired all I wanted to do was sleep. I didn’t get one single picture or even a great story but I did get some great food. My son in-law is Filipino and he makes meaty, juicy ribs that are to die for. His parents were there so we had lumpia and banana lumpia too.
Lumpia is like a spring roll and you can never eat just one, 10 maybe but not one. A banana lumpia has brown sugar-coated bananas sliced in half and rolled in the lumpia wrapper (instead of meat and vegetables) and then deep-fried, this is unbelievable good. I brought homemade navy beans since this was a pot luck and even though I know they are good they looked pretty sad next to all that sticky, deep-fried, carb-heaven, goodness. This may be the reason I was so tired, too. much. food. There was a Hawaiian Rainbow cake for desert, I didn’t get any. I was trying to be good and with all the other things I had eaten there was just no way I could eat cake. Too bad because if you haven’t tried one, its delicious. In the end I went home early and took a nap. I think maybe I am getting old. Oh! and the picture above is from google images. I told you not one single photo. lol.
passions and soapboxes 
Don’t you hate when you build up an event for blog-worthiness and get nothing? Note I have no day-after Halloween blog. At least you got good homemade food.
The banana lumpia sounds heavenly! Yummy picture – I don’t care where it came from!
Lumpia = yummia!
It was lame, but that’s all I got :)
I can’t tell you how much I wish I had a plate of lumpia for breakfast this morning.
…saying that out loud sounds really strange, though.
I have got to get me some lumpia.
Or maybe I’ll just spend my day saying it over and over again. Either way…great fun!
Mmmmmmmmmm!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Lumpia!!! I always get confused about the plural….so is it Lumpia or Lumpias?? or like Moose and Moose? :)
Like Moose it’s lumpia.
It is Lumpia no matter how many there are…….the Banana is called Torrone (foggy on the spelling)……..It is cooked in many different ways depending on the Asian Culture it comes from. I once had it with mango inside. It was coated with so much sugar that it was hard on the outside. ………..so good. I can’t wait for Thanksgiving