Da Story:
Adoboloco all started from my love of Chicken and Pork Adobo, easily
one of my favorite meals. My mom showed me how to cook it when I was
about 12. She learned it from a Filipino family friend here in
Kihei.
A few years ago when I still lived in Bend Oregon I created a blog
called Adoboloco.com to share and post different Adobo recipes from
around the world http://recipes.adoboloco.com/ . I had to cook my
own all the time since there were no Filipino restaurants in Bend
Oregon. People seemed to really like the fact that they could find
these recipes in one place.
Then I had an idea about creating some products under the Adoboloco
name. I trademarked it last year, then started with the first idea
of creating a traditional sauce. The best adobo is pretty easy to
cook but it takes awhile to really master the flavor balance. So I
originally wanted to create a true Adobo ( Filipino Style ) sauce
that someone could use for a quick adobo meal. Just cut up your
choice of protein or vegetables, throw in the pan, pour on the sauce
and have a tasty meal in minutes. Unfortunately I couldn't get the
flavors right in the pre mixed form that would be shelf stable. So I
scrapped the product idea and kept developing other adobo recipes
and sharing them on the blog.
Last year my wife, kids and I started a garden. We planted a bunch
of Jalapeño peppers. They grew so well we didn't know what to do
with all the ripe peppers and I didn't want them to go to waste so I
created a sauce with them. I had no idea that it would work but it
did. Family and friends would come over and I would have it on the
table with meals in an old shoyu bottle. They liked it so much that
they requested their own bottles. I started making larger and larger
batches and couldn't keep up with the requests. At that point I knew
it was time to go bigger. Now my immediate family is addicted to it
along with my extended family and friends. Seriously one bottle will
be drained by the end of a meal sometimes.
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