Seaweed is a plant that grows in the sea. There are thousands of different kinds of seaweed all over the world. Like plants that are grown on land, some seaweeds are also farmed to give you both food and money. One seaweed species is particularly well known, the Eucheuma. It has been farmed now for [...]

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 [...]

Milkfish or popularly known as “bangus” is the Philippines national fish. The demand for milkfish is increasing yearly as the consumer population increases. The popularity of milkfish as a food fish may be traced to its abundance in the local market as well as to its good and tasty white meat. However, with the growing [...]

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 [...]

Coconut Fiber-Cement Board (CFB) is a panel manufactured from the mixture of fibrous materials like coconut coir or shredded woody portion of coconut tree and Portland cement at a ratio of 60-70% cement to 30 -40% fiber by weight. It is made by forming the cement-fiber mixture into mats and pressing them to the desired [...]

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 (Artocarpus altilis) or popularly known as Kolo or Rimas here in the Philippines, is a species of flowering tree in the mulberry family, Moraceae, that is a native of the Pacific Islands. Its name is derived from the fact that, when cooked, the fruit of the breadfruit tree has a potato-like flavor, similar 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 [...]

Sugarcane (Saccharum) or popularly known as “Tubo” here in the Philippines, refers to any of tall perennial grasses of the family Gramineae ( grass family). Native to warm temperate to tropical regions of Asia, they have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sugar, and measure two to six meters tall.  All sugar cane [...]

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 [...]