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Browning of apple flesh is so quick. Bite an apple and you will notice that its flesh color turns brown before you made another bite. Open a bangkok santol fruit, suck up one seed. You will also notice that peel turns brown before you finish sucking the first seed, unless you are mad enough to [...]
I heard these three story of cancer cure miracles from Jessica Soho of GMA-7. I want to share it with you guys. Neng Tiwana, a radio announcer, suffered from mayoma (bukol sa matris). Doctor advised her to undergo surgical operation but she declined because she was afraid of the operation cost. She took herbal especially [...]
Ingredients: 1 kilo cavendish (saba) bananas 1 head onion 1 pc red bell pepper 1 head garlic 3¾ liter water 10 pcs chili pepper 500 mL vinegar 1 kilo brown sugar 100 grams rock salt 1/8 tsp cloves (fine clavo de comer) 1/8 tsp cinnamon 1/8 tsp paprika 1 tsp catsup red # 600 1/8 [...]
A very common practice is cutting calamansi in middle crosswise prior to squeezing. We are doing this because it is easy to do so. Second, halves calamansi are easier to squeeze. Lastly, we are attempting to maximize the usage of calamasi, e.g. half calamansi per serving of pancit. When cutting calamansi in its middle part, [...]
Just like papaya and mango, jackfruit can be dried successfully to a sweet fruit snack. Choose a firm ripe jackfruit flesh for optimum quality. Procedures: Gather firm ripe jackfruit flesh. Slice it into halves. Add white sugar (30% by weight) to jackfruit flesh. The sugar is allowed to melt in jackfruit. (Another method of syruping [...]
Why do we need to adjust wine acidity? Many wine making beginners just follow the major rule: adjust sugar content to 25 Brix for sweet wine and 20 Brix for dry wine. But often fail to adjust acidity. Acidity provides the crisp, slightly tart taste of wine on your palate. Too little acid, and your [...]
What do you call “puso ng saging” in English. If you’re a Filipino, 80% chance that your first answer is “banana heart”. Am I wrong? The right horticultural term is banana blossom. Drop a comment if you beg to disagree. My mother loves to cook ginataang puso ng saging but my hubby loves to cook [...]
