Pinoy food technologies, resources, news and reviews. Includes food safety and health issues
This thing always happen to me before. A cracking glass with water. To make it clear, its a cracking glass with a recently boiled water. A cracking sound was heard just before the water pouring was finished. A non-straight line was then seen on glass side. In some instances, the glass broke completely and the [...]
A man pushing a large container is coming again. He is getting peoples’ attention by ringing his bell. Then children are rushing to side street to buy sorbetes or the so called dirty ice cream. Sorbetes is a real hit for children. Around five pesos per apa. Add another five pesos and it will become [...]
Want some lechon? Perhaps you want the unique taste of Lechon Cebu. Well! There are many in Talisay, Cebu. They are free but not given to anyone and no one is allowed to eat it. Puzzled? About 200 plus live pigs were turned to litson accidentally at Talisay, Cebu. The piggery caught a fire, the [...]
The National Food Authority started the bidding of 11 million sacks of stored rice. There is a problem though. According to Rice Watch and Action Networks, most of the rice have been stored for 12 months up to three years. Rice are old stocks. The shelf life of rice is only six months. They added [...]
The following is a part of my post about, “No Preservatives Added Declaration“. ——————- 2. Monosodium Glutamate – It is a flavor enhancer made by fermentation of carbohydrate. Popular for giving food the umami flavor. I heard many testimonies about its bad effects but there are no solid evidences yet. ——————- JL was very kind [...]
I have been thinking about this question for a long time. Is blood safe to eat or Is blood dirty? I will not include explanation about religious belief. Its all about scientific explanations. Animal blood has become one of the popular street food, the inihaw na dugo. It would be dirty if the process of [...]
Is it to safe eat raw meat? Maybe it is safe or maybe it is not. I am not really sure! 1) From the point of view of vegetarianism, meat and meat products are bad for our health. It should not be eaten by humans cause we are designed to eat fruits and vegetables. So [...]
