Balao-balao or buro, a native delicacy made from rice and shrimps, comes from the province of Pampanga. Also known as salted shrimps, it is tastier when eaten with eggplant, lettuce, mustard, and other vegetables.
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Cashew processing, using manual techniques, was started in India in the first half of the twentieth century. It was exported from there to the wealthy western markets, particularly the United States. In the 1960s, some of the producing countries in East Africa began to process nuts domestically rather than sending them to India for processing. This allowed them to benefit from the sale of both processed nuts and the extracted cashew nut shell liquid.
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Your earnings will depend on how much you can cook. It will take one day to cook 30 kilos worth of banana chips; and if you want to make the sugared kind, you have to cook the bananas a second time, so that takes up another day.
Believe or not, good banana chips are highly in-demand overseas. So be patient in perfecting your cooking skills — you may be looking at exporting your products soon.
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Sea Cucumber Noodles
With its nutritional composition, the product is a potential substitute for commercial noodles which is served either as a meal or part of a meal.
Using the 9-point Hedonic Scale, organoleptic test showed that in terms of flavor, texture and firmness/dryness, the product is generally acceptable. It has a protein content of 24.98%, fat 3.24%, and moisture 12.03%
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Sea Cucumber Chips
This is a crunchy product which is a potential substitute for pork chicharon. Flavorings like garlic, ginger, and bay leaf may be added to satisfy the palate of consumers.
Sensorial quality of sea cucumber chips showed that the treatment of ginger, garlic and bay leaf had no significant effect in the flavor, odor and general acceptability of the product. Proximate analysis showed that the product has a protein content of 24.9%, fat 3.24% and moisture 12.03%. The product lasts for 8 months.
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Saucy beche-de-mer, an alternative product for snack foods like meat balls, fish balls, shrimp balls, and squid balls, provide protein and minerals. The curative properties of sea cucumber can create demand for health conscious consumers.
The general acceptability of the product was tested in terms of flavor, odor and texture. Using the 9-point Hedonic Scale, sensory evaluation showed that the product had a rating score of 8.2, or that it is very much liked by the taste panelists.
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