TIRA-TIRA / BALIKUTSA / BUTONG-BUTONG Long before colorful sweets filled store shelves, there was Tira tira, a golden hand pulled candy born from the sugarcane towns of the Philippines. It was made by slowly boiling sugarcane juice until it thickened into muscovado or raw sugar, then pulling the hot syrup by hand and shaping it into chewy sticks or curls that glistened under the sun. Each bite carried the gentle sweetness of provincial life, crafted by locals who knew how to turn simple sugar in
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TIRA-TIRA / BALIKUTSA / BUTONG-BUTONG Long before colorful sweets filled store shelves, there was Tira tira, a golden hand pulled candy born from the sugarcane towns of the Philippines. It was made by slowly boiling sugarcane juice until it thickened into muscovado or raw sugar, then pulling the hot syrup by hand and shaping it into chewy sticks or curls that glistened under the sun. Each bite carried the gentle sweetness of provincial life, crafted by locals who knew how to turn simple sugar in
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