Minatamis na Saging. Minatamis na Saging is a dessert dish wherein plantains (locally known as âsaging na sabaâ) are sweetened by cooking in a sweet mixture composed of water, brown sugar, salt, and vanilla extract. This is one of the quick and easy Filipino dessert recipes that we have.
Chris Beckman gave a great explanation of how that is possible. I'd be a little wary of the 11 pounds estimate. For example Human head article on Wikipedia puts that figure down to 5-11 lbs. But this is quite irrelevant since in many cultures you see people (especially women) carrying great loads atop their heads either for cultural reasons.
1 Size: are between 55.9 to 71.1 cm (22-28 inches). 2  Weight: for the adult specimens the weight should be 33-50 kg for the male and 30-37 kg for the female. 3  Head: Long, of wedge-shape (triangular), 20 to 23 cm from the external occipital protuberance to the tip of the nose; rounded forehead, slightly wrinkled brow furrows. Weight: for the adult specimens the weight should be 33-50 kg for the male and 30-37 kg for the female. 2  Head: Long, of wedge-shape (triangular), 20 to 23 cm from the external occipital protuberance to the tip of the nose; rounded forehead, slightly wrinkled brow furrows.