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This picture has been circulating the net. It is an alleged photo of Willie Revillame and his new love interest a nonshowbiz girl named Ms. Gray Chun. According to reports this is taken in Tagaytay. And they have their short vacation / RR (Rest and Recreation) there.
Maybe, the girl was just a friend like Cristine Reyes is?
If you have any info, please post it here.
picture from: espiya.net by ybanag
Skinless longganisa.
We Filipino are pork lovers. Most of our process meat products are from pork like tocino, longganisa, ham etc. I would say that among the other meat products our favorite is the longganisa. This is a recipe i found from the site of BAI.
SKINLESS LONGGANISA
INGREDIENTS
| Meat materials: | Household measure | Wt. in grams (1.0 kg) |
Wt. in grams (5.0 kg) |
| Pork lean, ground | 0.7 kg | 0.7 kg | 3.5 kg |
| Pork backfat, ground | 0.3 kg | 0.3 kg | 1.5 kg |
| Curing mix: | |||
| Salt,refined | 1 Tbsp | 12.0 g | 60.0 g |
| Curing salt, (94% salt,6% sodium nitrite) |
½ tsp | 2.0 g | 10.0 g |
| Phosphate | 1 tsp | 3.0 g | 15.0 g |
| Water(to dissolve phosphate) | ¼ cup | 62.5 g | 312.5 g |
| Seasonings/spices: | |||
| Sugar, refined | 9-12 Tbsp | 90.0-120.0 g | 450.0-600.0 g |
| Ground black pepper | ½-1 Tbsp | 2.5-5.0 g | 12.5-25.0 g |
| Garlic, chopped | 2 Tbsp | 22.0 g | 110.0 g |
| Pineapple juice | 2 Tbsp | 34.0 g | 170.0 g |
| Anisado wine | 2 Tbsp | 24.0 g | 120.0 g |
| Food color | as desired | as desired | as desired |
| Monosodiumglutamate (MSG) | ½ tsp | 2.0 g | 10.0 g |
Continue reading “Skinless longganisa / how to make skinless longganisa”
Tocino/ tosino is a sweet cured product that originated in the Philippines. We love to eat tocino with fried rice, egg hence the word Tosilog (tosino, sinangag, itlog).
Here is a recipe for tocino:
TOCINO
| Meat materials: | Household measure | Wt. in grams (1.0 kg) |
Wt. in grams (5.0 kg) |
| Pork (from shoulder or leg or | 1.0 kg | 1.0 kg | 5.0 kg |
| any portion with fat) | |||
| Curing Mix: | |||
| Salt, refined | 1 Tbsp | 12.0 g | 60.0 g |
| Curing salt (94.0% salt, 6.0% nitrite) | ½ tsp | 2.0 g | 10.0 g |
| Phosphate | 1 tsp | 3.0 g | 15.0 g |
| Water (to dissolve phosphate) | ¼ cup | 62.5 g | 312.5 g |
| Seasonings: | |||
| Sugar, refined | 9-12 Tbsp | 90.0 g | 450.0 g |
| Pineapple juice | ½ cup | 34.0 g | 170.0 g |
| Anisado wine | 2 Tbsp | 18.0 g | 90.0 g |
| Garlic, fresh, chopped | 2 Tbsp | 11.0 g | 55.0 g |
| Monosodium glutamate | ¼ tsp | 2.0 g | 10.0 g |
| Food color | as desired | as desired | as desired |
Bees are hard working insect that gives us honey (what else..). As what they say, honey is the only food that never spoils. Honey is primarily from the nectar of plants on which the honey bees extracted and deposits it in their honey comb.
It is high time to invest in the honey bee production. Currently, USA production is very down. They are experiencing a mass bee death with unknown etiology since last year and currently it is still on going. And if their production is down it only means that they need to import from other countries like the Philippines.
Here is an article about Honey Bee production.
Suitable areas for rearing native honey beesColonies of native bees could easily be established in areas where there are plenty of flowering plants throughout the year. Bees in these areas will practically yield more honey.
Having diversified farms, Cavite and Batangas provide good foraging grounds for bee colonies. In Quezon where coconut palms flower throughout the year, bee colonies under coconut plantations would just be alright. Mindanao is another good area to raise honey bees.
One practical method of assessing the suitability of an area for beekeeping is counting the number of wild bee colonies. If the density of bee colonies is high, it means that the area is suitable for bee culture. Continue reading “Honey bee production / Bee keeping”