Street foods

As we can see , here in Bulan,  one of  the common source of income is  selling foods along the streets.  We often see them in churches, schools , and parks.

People are fond of buying such foods because of its low price and it is good to savor and eat especially when it is served newly-cooked. 

                           

     

What is street foods?

This is also known as  "Pagkaing Kalye" in Filipino, is a wide variety of inexpensive cuisine that you can buy from vendors or peddlers on the streets. It is essentially influenced by other neighboring countries' dishes like Chinese and Japanese, taken to the next level and given a Filipino twist.

  Cooking street food mainly involves grilling, frying and steaming, while others simply require mixing of ingredients to prepare. Chicken and pork are the top choices for the ingredients in making street food.

                                           

                                       Let’s try some !

      

  

Street foods are mostly spotted on school terminals, church, and parks.          Street vendors are selling newly- cooked food that lure the palate or  taste of bystanders.

POPULAR STREET FOODS

There are many types of foods sold in the street and here are certain favorites found in almost every place :

KWEK-KWEK (made of quail eggs covered in orange dough and deep fried)

              

 ISAW (chicken intestine put on a stick and grilled)

  BALUT ( pre-hatched duck egg)

BETAMAX (a cubed, curdled blood of a chicken)

HELMET (the grilled head of a chicken)

there’s more!

“GINAMOS”(a combination of bananas and flour, deep fried until golden brown)

FOR DRINKS:
                                       
                                   BUKO JUICE     

        (coconut juice that
  can be drunk
       directly from the
        buko itself)                                                                                           

SAGO AND GULAMAN (a refreshingly cold drink made out of tapioca and jelly)

Eating street foods   is an extreme experience but are we certain that the food we in take are safe?

Concerns of cleanliness and freshness often discourage people from eating street foods.

 According to Dr. Estrella Payoyo, all street food, cooked or raw, can cause:

v gastroenteritis

v typhoid

v hepatitis

- depending on the bacteria or viral infection they contain.

Most contamination is caused by contact with feces.

Other causes of infection are the food growing yeast, because it’s not stored properly, and flies.

In accordance with this ,we have conducted an interview to cite information about the dangers in eating street foods.

THINGS TO PONDER....

DANGERS IN EATING STREET FOODS

Eating food purchased from street vendors can usually affect the stomach and the intestines leading to common bacterial illnesses like gastroenteritis, diarrhea and jaundice among others.

Also, the food prepared in these stalls use baking soda as a cooking substitution, which can lead to acidity, vomiting and even hyper-acidity in some cases. Worse is that bacterial infection can lead to loss of appetite and even typhoid . Generally people tend to get attracted towards these street food preparations because it is cheap and is served quickly.

Even if the some of these preparations are served hot, it does not mean that the germs are destroyed. Germs can be transferred by serving food in dirty plates and when vendors don’t wash their hands. Especially students and those who stay in hostels eat at such stalls. It is important to spread awareness among the general public to eat at hygienic places.

DISEASES that we might get:
E. COLI is one of several types of bacteria that normally inhabit the intestine of humans and animals. Though most of the strains are considered as harmless, others can cause kidney damage and severe diarrhea and even death.
SALMONELLA is a kind of bacteria that can survive many weeks and months in optimum conditions and cause diseases like typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever or other food-borne borne illnesses. Death is not uncommon in salmonella infection.

Eating food purchased from street vendors can usually affect the stomach and the intestines leading to common bacterial illnesses like gastroenteritis, diarrhea and jaundice among others.

Also, the food prepared in these stalls use baking soda as a cooking substitution, which can lead to acidity, vomiting and even hyper-acidity in some cases. Worse is that bacterial infection can lead to loss of appetite and even typhoid .

 Generally people tend to get attracted towards these street food preparations because it is cheap and is served quickly.

Regarding this issue, we also gather data on the Sangguniang Barangay about the resolution that the municipality of Bulan have done. 

RESOLUTION NO. 94066

 Resolution regulating and controlling streets food preparation through RHU by conducting seminar for an integrated quality and safety program on street foods.

REMEMBER!!!

SAFETY PRECAUTION IS AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION, we must think first before we eat.

VEGETABLES THAT CAN BE MADE AS DESSERT

What time is it?

It’s VEGGIE time!!!

INTRODUCTION

We eat vegetables in a traditional way ,  such as sauté vegetable,  veggie salad and etc.

But you know what, these can be made into delicious component of a meal that anyone would love to try.

we baked a home-made dessert from carrots and pineapple and we called it “ CARROT-PINEAPPLE CAKE” .

We will show you how to make a HOME-MADE CARROT-PINEAPPLE CAKE.

                                                                                                                

                 THINGS YOU’LL NEED

                                   

INGREDIENTS

4 cups of all-purpose flour
4 cups of white sugar

4 tsps. baking soda
4 tsps. baking powder 
2 tsps. sea salt
2 tsps. cinnamon powder
2 - 1/4 cups vegetable or palm oil
6 cups of coarsely grated fresh carrots
8 whole eggs
3 tsps.  Pure vanilla
¼ cups raisins
¼ cup pineapple crushed

PROCEDURE:

    1. Gather  the ingredients listed in the things you’ll need section . You’ll also need a fairly large mixing bowl and a sturdy spoon. A wooden spoon works well for stirring the batter.

2.Grate carrots using a food processor or a hand grater.the carrots to be grated using the l;arge holes on the hand grater. Set aside.

3.Sift the flour , baking powder, baking soda, and salt into the large mixing bowl . Adding the baking powder  , baking soda, and salt to the flour sifter helps incorporate these ingredients better than stirring alone.

4. Stir into the flour mixture , the sugar and cinnamon. Use the spoon to mix these dry ingredients thoroughly , at  least three minutes.

5. To the dry ingredients , add the oil .Mix while pouring the oil to incorporate these ingredients.

6. Next, add the grated carrots , pineapple crushed and the eggs to this mixture. Add the eggs one at a time , stirring after adding each egg.

7. After this had all been incorporated thoroughly , stir in the vanilla and raisins . it’s not necessary  to use raisins but they add texture and flavor .

8. Grease and flour the rectangle cake pan . this recipe works best using this size pan.

9. Bake the home made pineapple carrot cake for 50- 60 minutes in a 350° F oven.

 PRESENTING…

        

PINEAPPLE-CARROT CAKE

LET'S EAT !!!J

We would like to extend our gratitude to Mrs. Maria Luisa Realce, a TLE teacher of the Bulan National High school , who give her time and countless effort in helping us in making this dessert.