Pangasius as a Business – Palaisdaan

Pangasius as a Business – Palaisdaan.

I have first heard of pangasius fish from one veterinary friend of mine. According to her this fish is very suited in our country and the demand is high especially in restaurant and fast food. Pangasius fillet is very in-demand also in the USA, Spain and Russia. Continue reading “Pangasius as a Business – Palaisdaan”

Soap Making – Melt and Pour Procedure.

 

Materials:

Waterbath

Melt-and-pour soap base

essental oils /scent

additives: cinnamon, papaya extract , moisturizers.

Procedure:

1. Cut the melt-and-pour soap base to small pieces.

2.  Melt it in a water bath.

3. Stir your soap.

4. You could add coloring, scent and additives.. Example of scent is Ylang ylang, cinnamon,laurel etc.

Additive could be aloe vera for dry and burned skin, glycerin, moisturizes skin,  otamel exfoliate skins.

5 Afterwards pour your. melted soap to the molder. You could spray a releasing agent  like vegetable oil so that the soap can be easily removed from the molder.

6 You could spray lightly alcohol on the soap to eliminate bubbles that form on the surface of the soap.

7 If the soap solidify remove it and let it harden for another 3 hours.

source: Making candle and soaps

picture from: creationherbal.com

Paper making / How to make paper

The word “paper” is derived from the word papyrus. Papyrus is a plant on which the Egyptian used to as a “paper”. To be specific they used the leaf as a paper.

Before the advent of paper, people tend to write on walls, and because you cannot carry a wall with you to deliver a message it was then improved in the form of tablets / stone. Then generation past and people need to lessen the burden of carrying a tablet so they tried to used different materials to make paper. So, the story goes on until they discovered different plats to make paper and in the end process they settled o using pulp of different plant to make paper.

In the last thousand of years of man’s existence it is difficult to imagine our lives without paper. So, to appreciate more the importance of paper, why not make one.

Here is an article about Paper making:

RECYCLE RICE STRAW INTO HANDMADE PAPER

Materials needed:

— rice straw

— sodium hydroxide

— sodium hypochloride

— rosin size

— alum

— cheese cloth

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How to Make Kropeck

KROPECK FROM SHRIMP HEADS

picture from Philippine FoodCorporation

Usually the head of shrimp is considered as inedible or part of it is. So, to address this problem you could processed it and become a income generating product/hobby for you.

KROPECK FROM SHRIMP HEADS
Raw materials:
1 kilo shrimp heads (blanched)
½ kilo rice
2 tbsp. salt
1 tbsp. vetsin
5 tbsp. limewater (prepared by dissolving 1 tbsp. lime in 1 cup water)
pinch of black pepper
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