Dried Squid or popularly known as Bulad Pusit, is a salted and sun dried seafood product commonly produce in the Philippines. It is made from a fresh and cleaned squids. The process in making Dried Squid is very simple and a good business to start at home. Ingredients: Squid Salt Procedure: Sort out the squid [...]
Cornmeal is a type of flour coming from dried maize or American corn. It is a common staple food, and is ground to fine, medium, and coarse consistencies. Farmers who grow corn may not realize that they can make use of the corn they grow instead of selling it to local merchants. They can add [...]
Corned beef, also called salt-cured beef, has been a part of Filipino staple food not only for breakfast but it has been more popular when the eatery business introduce the “silog” meal such as Tapsilog (Fried Beef with Egg), Longsilog (Longganisa with Egg) and Cornsilog (Corned Beef with Egg). It is also being used in [...]
Eucheuma Candy is made of eucheuma seaweeds, milk, sugar and fruits. According to the people who were asked to judge its taste, they found it highly acceptable. Eucheuma contains fats, sodium, carbohydrates, protein and minerals that are essential for health. Aside from its being delicious and nutritious, euchema candy making can be a profitable livelihood [...]
In the Philippines, dried fish products are very popular including daing na bangus, tinapa, tuyo, danggit, etc. It is one of the Filipino’s favorite breakfast food because aside from being nutritious, it is convenient to cook and easy to prepare. Best paired with garlic rice and tomato salad or sometimes combined with a spicy vinegar [...]
Yogurt or yoghurt is a dairy product produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. The bacteria used to make yogurt are known as “yogurt cultures”. Fermentation of lactose by these bacteria produces lactic acid, which acts on milk protein to give yogurt its texture and its characteristic tang. Worldwide, cow’s milk is most commonly used to [...]
Breadfruit is a staple fruit cultured in a variety of places, as long as the weather is warm, because breadfruit cannot tolerate cool climates. The breadfruit tree is a majestic, dark leaved specimen that can reach heights of 85 feet (26 meters). The fruits appear at the tips of the branches in groups of three [...]
Vinegar is a versatile liquid use in some food preparation, as an ingredient and condiment. The key ingredient of vinegar is acetic acid, which gives it an acidic taste. There are many different types of vinegars, depending on what liquid the ethanol has been fermented in, and one of which is the Cane vinegar. Cane [...]
Lemon grass is one of the famous wonder plants originated in the Philippines. It can easily be grown at home for personal consumption or commercially in a large farm. It has many benefits. It is widely used in the Asian cuisine to provide the specific taste and smell, peculiar to lemongrass. Lemongrass oil is one [...]
Tiger Grass or locally called “Tambo” in Tagalog has a great economic potential because it is a main source of material in the soft broom-making industry. It is a viable source of livelihood for upland communities. It is usually harvested in late January and February, if dried correctly, can be stored up to a year. [...]