FoodRecap

Pinoy food technologies, resources, news and reviews. Includes food safety and health issues

When the Syrup is Better than Crystals

sugar crystals

Sugar usually come in crystal form. Wait, It is not usual. It is crystal most of the time. It is used to sweetened coffee, milk, tea, and thousand of mouthwatering foods. For food preparations, crystal sugar can be mixed directly to other ingredients. Or it can be converted to syrup beforehand. There are cases which [...]

The Panutsang Bao

panutsang bao

I have been looking for panutsang bao for weeks. I was very glad cause I finally found one. Ooops! I was not the one who found it. My better half found it for me. The above picture is panutsang bao. The shape is like a flying saucer, two half flying saucer that was put together. [...]

Chesto Cola: It Has Side Effects Due To Magic Sugar / Sodium Cyclamate

magic word

The officials of Manila Health Department did an inspection at the vicinity of Sto. Cristo, Divisoria. The inspection was done cause they discovered the cheap Chesto Cola is contaminated with magic sugar. They wanted to confirm if the product is still in active trade. Chesto cola is a juice drink sold for only one peso [...]

Adding Sugar To Make Corn and Watermelon Taste Better

watermelon halves

In buying watermelon, it is usual to ask the vendor repeatedly whether the fruit  is sweet or not. Obviously, no vendor will say that his commodities taste blunt. He is very willing to give a slice for free taste just to convince you to buy. Then he will ask you to select the fruit of [...]

A Taste of Piyaya Bread

piyaya bread

Someone asked me to make a demo for fruit wine making, mango wine to be specific. I will post the name of requester and the video when I get my file copy. I never know the type of demo they want. A full technical demonstration with quality control measures or just a simple cooking recipe. [...]

Sugar is Not a Necessity!

high price of sugar

Human are born with a sweet tooth, we love all sort of sweet stuffs. We love eating ripe mangoes, apples, watermelons, ponkan, lychee, rambutan and jackfruit. Sugar production technologies was invented due to human love for sweet. The first sugar are the traditional muscovado sugar and the brown sugar. Purification technologies make the sugar white [...]

Sugar Palm Syrup for Kaong Meat Preserve, Minatamis na Irok

minatamis na kaong

Fe N. Dimero, G. C. Panganiban, M. J. Austria and L. B. Catuncan developed a technology to utilized sugar palm sap for processing of kaong meat preserve / minatamis na irok. This is a healthier alternative because sugar palm syrup has  low glycemic index.  Sap Extraction. Sap was collected from cut stalk of male florescence [...]