Aired (January 18, 2025): Ligtas nga ba kainin itong uod na creamy at mala-cheese raw ang lasa?! Panoorin ang video.
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00:00Thank you for the ice cream. So good. What a delicious strawberry. Ice cream yummy. Ice cream good. Ice cream yummy. Ice cream good.
00:12All of this is also an ice cream dance trend.
00:15Ice cream yummy. Ice cream good. Ice cream yummy.
00:22But this girl seems to be on a different ice cream trip.
00:25What is this white and creamy dessert in the video?
00:31It's just the inside. It's like we're just sipping it.
00:36What Maya is eating in the video is not ice cream or ice candy, but a worm.
00:44Those worms are called Uok or coconut beetle larvae.
00:47Here in Caloocan, we found a girl eating Uok.
00:52I'm Marian Ignacio. I'm the one who uploaded the video of me eating Uok.
01:00Cheers!
01:01Marian's viral video was taken in Mindoro when her family was on vacation last Christmas.
01:07So we just added a little water and a little salt.
01:11And it reached almost 30.8 million views.
01:16Eating Uok is not new to her.
01:20When I was young, I could see my siblings or my parents eating Uok.
01:27And when my siblings asked me to taste it, I refused.
01:33Uok can grow in a dead coconut tree in just three months.
01:38It evolves from an egg to a larva, pupa, and adult beetle.
01:45You know a lot, Kim.
01:48Thank you for the ice cream. So good. What a delicious strawberry.
01:53It's so good.
01:55It's so good.
01:57It's so good.
01:58Thank you for the ice cream. So good. What a delicious strawberry.
02:02Ice cream yummy.
02:04Ice cream good.
02:06Ice cream yummy.
02:07Is Uok yummy or yucky?
02:11Ice cream yummy.
02:13Ice cream good.
02:15Ice cream yummy.
02:17Ice cream good.
02:18I want to show you something.
02:21Where did you get that?
02:24We got it in Nyug.
02:25In Nyug?
02:26Yes.
02:27Underneath?
02:28Underneath.
02:29Uok?
02:30Yes.
02:31Have you ever eaten Uok?
02:33Not yet, but there's a lot.
02:35Is it yummy or not?
02:36It's yummy.
02:37Wow, it's so big.
02:40But Uok in Marian's place is not common.
02:45Instead of the tree of Nyug, you can see it in other trees.
02:49Uok in our place is big.
02:52And you can only get it from the hard wood.
02:56The wood is already dead.
02:57Then they get the wood from the inside.
03:03Even though it's big, it has a different taste.
03:06It's so good. It's tasty.
03:08And it's really yummy.
03:11That's why Marian was convinced to try it.
03:15One day, I tasted it and I liked it.
03:20And every time we go back to Mindoro, I always look for it.
03:25The Uok in the mountains is a source of income for some of Marian's fellow villagers.
03:30And they sell it for P700 per kilo.
03:34When we buy it, it's still alive.
03:36And what we do to it is we steam it.
03:40It's like a steam.
03:42We remove the seeds.
03:44We just pull it.
03:46And after we remove it, we can eat it.
03:52But are you curious?
03:54What does it taste like?
03:56The one I tasted is the taste of enoki mushroom.
03:59The other one is the taste of cheese.
04:02If you're going to ask, are you willing to eat this?
04:05The taste is earthy and creamy.
04:10Is it safe to eat Uok?
04:12I still haven't suggested that it's raw.
04:15It's cooked properly but it's safe to eat since it only eats tree bark.
04:20This one has proteins.
04:22This one has omega fatty acids.
04:24This one is healthy for us.
04:26It's an alternative for beef, chicken, and meats.
04:30That's why our fellow villagers say,
04:33Uok yummy.
04:35Uok yummy.
04:37If you want to know the taste, why don't you try it?
04:40Uok yummy.
05:10Uok yummy.