HW:9 Turon

Ingredients

• 8 lumpia wrappers
• 3 medium-sized ripe bananas
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg, beaten (optional)
• 3 cups cooking oil
• powdered sugar to dust (optional)

Preparation

1. Peel and cut bananas into pieces to fit lumpia wrappers. 
2. Roll banana pieces in sugar to coat.
3. Roll up sugared bananas in lumpia wrappers. Fold over the corners of wrapper and press down firmly to seal. 
4. Brush with beaten egg to seal edges of wrappers (optional).
5. Heat oil in a wok to 350-375°F.
6. Place 4 turon in the hot oil, frying until crisp and golden (approx. 5-7 minutes).
7. Remove turon from wok with a spatula or tongs and place on paper towels to drain. Fry remaining turon.
8. Sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired and serve hot.

Nutrients per serving

• Calories: 243
• Protein: 4 g
• Carbohydrate: 41 g
• Fat: 7 g
• Cholesterol: 11 mg
• Sodium: 60 mg
• Potassium: 182 mg
• Phosphorus: 29  mg
• Calcium: 18 mg
• Fiber: 1.7 g

Renal and Renal Diabetic Food Choices

• 1 starch
• 1 fruit, medium potassium
• 1 fat
• 1/2 high calorie

Carbohydrate Choices

• 3 

Helpful Hints

• Lumpia wrappers are a thin pastry made from flour or cornstarch, eggs and water. Look for them at any Asian grocery store. If unavailable, substitute egg roll wrappers.
• Plantains can be substituted for the bananas if a potassium restricted diet is not required.
• Limit to only one portion to keep potassium in control. Each turon contains 1/3 of a medium-sized banana.

Turon is very popular specially when afternoon we don't know that toron is a kind of dessert too, this dessert is very practical for 10 pesos only you can buy turon every where most of the peddlers of what we called"merienda" always had this dessert for them to sell to the costumers . This is the steps and ingredients on how to make your own toron in your house .

HW:8 Could the Breakfast of Weight Loss Champions be Dessert?

Could the Breakfast of Weight Loss Champions be Dessert?

I saw this in a recent issue of Oprah magazine, and promptly wondered why I always skip the donuts/muffins in the morning.

“Could the Breakfast of Weight Loss Champions Be…Dessert? If you’re trying to lose weight, breakfast may not be complete without dessert: Intriguing new research suggests dieting is more about when to indulge than what to avoid.”

Who knew? That piece of luscious chocolate cake, if consumed at breakfast, may actually help you lose weight! The article went on …

“It sounds too delicious to be true, but according to Israeli researchers, finishing off a protein-rich breakfast with something sweet — like a doughnut, a slice of cake, even chocolate mousse might be the ever-elusive secret to shedding pounds and keeping them off.

“In the study, two groups of overweight and obese people were instructed to consume the same number of calories daily; the difference was that one group ate a modest breakfast each morning, while the other went all out with a high-calorie, high-carb, high-protein meal that included a sugary treat.

“After eight months, the dessert-at-breakfast group had lost an average of 38 more pounds per person than the traditional dieters.”

The article also said that part of the secret is that people who indulge in a dessert early feel more satisfied throughout the day and are less likely to reach for another sweet in the afternoon or evening. Plus the hormones that help convert food to energy are at their peak in the morning, so in theory those sweets are less fattening in the a.m. than in the p.m.

I actually have some anecdotal evidence that this works. Several years ago when I was trying to drop five pounds, I made just two changes to my diet. I drank lots and lots of water and I swore off any sweets after noon. But I continued to enjoy sweets for breakfast or an early lunch. And I lost the weight.

(http://www.oprah.com/health/Dessert-for-Breakfast-to-Lose-Weight)

HW:7 Italian Tiramisu

A tiramisu recipe seemed to me to be one of the authentic Italian dessert recipes. After a little research, I found one report that this dessert originated about 1979 or 1980 and maybe not even in Italy. Another report says it was created in Siena and migrated to Florence in the nineteenth century. Recently the mascarpone cheese was added to the original custard. There are other stories linked to tiramisu and it could have begun in Greece or another country. Like the cannoli recipe the tiramisu recipe seemed to me to be one of the authentic Italian dessert recipes.

This is the italian tiramisu , one day I want to make my own version of tiramisu , this is very popular in Italy because the taste of tiramisu is very delicious and the softness of the bread and the creaminess . I'll show the recipe on how this dessert made and the procedures . How do you make this classic Italian delicacy at home? Here is the recipe.Ingredients You Need:Savoiardi sponge fingers – 24Eggs – 6Sugar – 4 tablespoonsMascarpone cheese- 500 gEspresso/mocha – 2 cupsMarsala wine/Tia Maria – 150 mlCocoa powder – 2-3 tablespoonsMethod of Preparation: Separate the egg whites from the yolks. Take the yolks in a pan, add half of the sugar, and beat until smooth. Add the mascarpone with this and blend until creamy (there must be no lumps).In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until a little stiff. Add the remaining sugar and beat until little peaks form. Fold together the egg yolk-sugar-mascarpone mix and the egg white-sugar mix until it reaches a thick creamy consistency.Add together the espresso and the sweetened alcohol, take the sponge fingers one at a time, dip thoroughly in this liquid and place side by side on a big glass dish. Put a layer of the custard on top, drizzle with cocoa powder. Repeat the layers.Cover with foil and refrigerate for at least a few hours (it is better if you could keep these in the fridge all night).Serving Suggestions: Take it out of the refrigerator, cut into the portions you want, and serve. (http://www.diningsecret.com/delicious-drsserts/tiramisu-a-taste-of-sweet-bliss)

HW:6 Chapter 3

CHAPTER 3

SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

SUMMARY

            This paper attempted to determine the difference of Filipino desserts form western desserts.

            This research design used in this study is the descriptive research method wherein data from documents and interviews were used to answer the research question posed. The research findings are the following.

1.      Not all the desserts is have to be sweet and special a small kind of fruit we can called as a dessert and satisfied our taste to complete our one meal

2.      Many people says that dessert is unhealthy or it can destroyed their diets but dessert is the most effective dietary supplement we can take like banana it contains a protein that helps to supply our body needs

3.      All dessert is not perfect for every meal it also has an appropriate where you can combined it  and on what kind of occasion or weather it will suits

CONCLUSIONS

            Based on the findings of this study, the following conclusions are:

1.      Filipinos is prefer our own delicacies than the foreign one because as my survey many of them said that it’s good to be promote our own than the others and be proud on what we have.

2.      Important of ingredient storage to make the dessert more delicious and the importance of proper preparing and ingredients of any kinds of desserts.

RECOMMENDATIONS

            After the conclusions of the study, the researcher hereby make the following recommendation/suggestions:

1.      Instead of being afraid of dessert and trying to control craving for sweet desserts, it would be better to experiment with food and try to develop desserts that are both nutritionally valuable and tasty

REFERENCES:

ONLINE REFERENCES:

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dessert)

(http://spanishfood.about.com/od/glossaryofspanishterms/g/merienda.htm).

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dessert

http://garrubbo.com/traditional-italian-dessert/

HW:5 Chapter 2

CHAPTER 2

DISCUSSION

What are the differences of Filipino desserts from Western desserts? 

Now a days, many people knows that the dessert is defined as a sweet course only that serves after a heavy meal like ice creams, fruits, candies and other sweet food. But in western cultures biscuits and pies known as a dessert. Here in Philippines our desserts are “kakanins” so here are the differences between the Filipino desserts from Western desserts.

I. Definition and Types of Desserts

Definitions of desserts include different kinds of sweet foods that people eat after a heavy meal .Desserts defined as the usually sweet course that concludes a meal. The food that composes the dessert course includes but is not limited to sweet foods. There is a wide variety of desserts. In western cultures now including (cakes, cookies, biscuits ,gelatins ,pastries, ice-cream, pies, pudding, and candies). Fruit is also commonly found in dessert courses because of its natural sweetness.

There are different types of desserts, baked desserts, fried desserts, frozen desserts, chilled desserts. Baked desserts are made by putting the ingredients in a hot oven. Baked desserts include cakes, muffins and cookies. Second, fried desserts are made using a cooking process called deep frying. To deep-fry food, a large pot filled with oil is heated, and then the food is placed into the pot. Deep-fried desserts include doughnuts. Third the frozen desserts are made by blending the ingredients in a freezer. Frozen desserts include ice cream and milk shakes and last the frozen dessert this is the popular among of all the types of dessert because chilled dessert made without using the oven or the freezer. Trifle is an English dessert made by soaking ladyfinger biscuits in sherry, covering them with whipped cream, and then letting it chill in the refrigerator. Some types of instant pudding and instant mousse desserts can be made without cooking; a person simply mixes the instant pudding powder with milk and chills it in the refrigerator.

II. Filipino Desserts

            The Philippines is best known for its numerous mouth watering desserts. A majority of desserts are very sweet, but one bite of these desserts is like a taste of heaven. The following names of popular desserts will let you find out on your own what they are made of. These are the Halo-halo, leche flan, turon, suman, ube, bibingka, buko pandan, yema, cuchinta, ice-cream macapuno and many many more they are the desserts that very popular here in the Philippines.

           The common ingredients that they used are sticky rice and of course sugar to make it sweeter, flour and different kind of fruits like banana. Filipino desserts matched with the occasion to know what dessert is perfect for the occasion or in weather. For example the best and most popular dessert in summer is Halo-halo because apart from spending too much money to eat a dessert to make you feel cooler and refresh halo-halo is made up of a fruit that contains protein, potassium and fibers. You make satisfied yourself plus you eat healthy without hesitating that you can be fat by eating a dessert. Because in other countries their desserts is not healthy like cakes it contains many sugar and it depends on what ingredients that the maker put it there, for example chocolate it compose a lot of carbohyrdrates that makes people fat if it has no control in eating that kind of dessert.

III. Western Desserts

           

            As I said the western desserts is puddings and cakes but not all their desserts is process food to make it sweeter the fruit is included as a dessert in western culture because of the natural sweetness. In Italy different desserts were born for different reasons, some dry cookie-like desserts were thought to be made for sailors who needed long lasting food items to take on their voyages. Other more elaborate desserts were created to commemorate important historic events or holidays in Italy. Many of these recipes have been passed down through families for generations. Great care is taken to preserve their traditional characteristics.

As you maybe know as I recalled a few times in reading information, Italy has many differences from region to region. These differences deal with language or dialects, traditions, way of living, of thinking, and of course, food. One of the most popular desserts in Italy is tiramisu. Tiramisu is one of the best-known and best-loved Italian deserts. Somewhat surprising for such a famous recipe, it can only be traced back to about 1970, when it apparently was developed in the northern Italian

The name actually means "pick me up", and with lots of sugar and the strong Espresso coffee, that is just what it does. The raw egg yolk is also supposed to help people recover from certain strenuous honeymoon activity. I think the stunning taste comes from the creamy, sweet Mascarpone creme, and the slightly bitter combination of coffee and real cocoa powder which contains theobromine, supposed to make people happy.

Filipino desserts vs. Western Dessert

            Filipino dessert is more on natural resources than western dessert because most of the ingredients that western culture used are processed like the mascarpone crème it is an Italian triple cream dessert that usually found in tiramisu we know that cheese is made up of cow milk but before it come up as a cheese it had goes to the process. But in Filipino desserts they usually use a natural like fresh milk, eggs and fresh fruits.

HW:4 Survey Report

I did my survey report by asking 20 people including friends, classmates and my family; I asked them about on what they preferred a Filipino dessert or the foreign one, if they had to choose a chocolate dessert person or a fruit dessert person, did they have their own recipe in making dessert and does dessert affect their lives and how. These are the question that come up in my research, this survey question I made it online , and it answered online it is very easy than printing a lot of papers and give it to your classmates because all they have to do is choose yes or no and why. And this question is very helpful as the researcher to be able to know if a lot of people are interested not just in other common food but also in dessert.

As the result of my survey report a lot of Filipino still wants our own specialties in terms of desserts and more people is concern about their health because they preferred more in fruit dessert that chocolate dessert but not all of them has a recipe or interest in making their own desserts or version of dessert but all of them answered that dessert affect their mood and life when they in not in a good mood when they eat a dessert their bad mood turns into a good mood.

The result of my survey is accurate because many people still now what’s the best and who will be patronized in terms of desserts and a lot of people care about their health and know how to control eating too much of desserts and the effects of desserts in their lives is good not bad.

HW:3 SURVEY QUESTION

SWEETS FOR ALL PEOPLE

SURVEY QUESTION

NAME:­

AGE (Optional):

GENDER:

DATE:

INSTRUCTION: Answer the following questions in your own opinion.

1)      What do you prefer to eat Filipino dessert or foreign dessert? And why?

Answer (essay)

2)      If you had to choose, are you more of a chocolate dessert person or a fruit dessert person? Why?

Answer (essay)

3)      Do you have your own recipe in making dessert?

Answer (yes or none)

If yes, what dessert recipe of your own that you’re most proud of/love the most and why?

Answer (essay)

4)      Does eating dessert affect your life? If yes, why?

Answer (essay)

HW:2 SURVEY COVER LETTER

SURVEY COVER LETTER

Date:

Dear Respondent:

I am an undergraduate student under the direction of Mr. Dustin Celestino in the English Department at Asia Pacific College.  I am conducting a research study this research study already discussed and entitled, “The effect of dessert in human life” The purpose of this study is to know if there is a certain good or bad effect in one’s life. The participants will be teenagers up to adults.

Your participation will involve answering a survey form and should only take 1 to 5 minutes.  Your involvement in the study is voluntary, and you may choose not to participate or to stop at any time.  The results of the research study may be published, but your name will not be used.  Your identity will not be associated with your responses in any published format.

If you have any questions about this research project, please feel free to call me at this number, 0926-717-6616 or send an e-mail to this address, iahservidad@gmail.com. Questions about your rights as a research participant or concerns about the project should be directed to the English Department at Asia Pacific College at 852-9232.

By returning this questionnaire in the envelope provided, you will be agreeing to

participate in the above described project.

Thanks for your consideration!

Sincerely,

Mary Keziah R. Servidad

Bachelor of Science Major in Accountancy Student, Asia Pacific College

CHAPTER 1(REVISE)

Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the study

The Philippines just isn't only known for its lovely scenery and friendly people, it is usually identified for its delectable food. One of the most delectable foods is what we call “kakanins”. Puto, biko, kutsinta and suman are example of “kakanins”. Several ingredients of “kakanins” that typically use are the same to the other delicacies, these ingredient are brown sugar, coconut milk, and sticky rice. Filipinos can’t deny that eating of native delicacies is in our tradition that if didn’t eat it our day is not complete and the taste buds of us still seeking for the native delicacies.

 In Usual life and one’s Culture eating three times a day is enough and that’s the habitually done by the most of people, but in Filipino culture the majority of  Pinoys is not satisfied in three times a day intake of food. Pinoys love to eat. The Pinoys have a fourth meal but we did not call it actually as a meal or a heavy meal we called it as “merienda”. Merienda is a word that coming from a Spanish word means a small amount of snack eaten between biggest meal of the day in Spain in short they call it la comid) and smaller than biggest meal they call it as la cen).               ( http://spanishfood.about.com/od/glossaryofspanishterms/g/merienda.htm).

Most of the Filipinos are not aware that “kakanins” are the local version of desserts that being served as snacks. Pinoys have the famous “halo-halo” considered the local alteration of the cold desserts from the western side. “Halo-Halo” is made up from shaved ice, bananas, caramel custard, black beans, leche flan, purple yum, shredded coconut, sugar, sweet palm fruit, gelatine, jackfruit, dried rice and coconut gelatine you can add ice-cream for optional but it is more look special and delicious if ice-cream is included. This “halo-halo” is very popular especially when summer because Filipinos are practical they can eat a delicious afters but not spending too much money like “halo-halo”. Aside from halo-halo Philippines have a several desserts that usually sold by the peddlers like biko. Biko is the most common “merienda” that Filipino eats. Biko is made up of sticky rice, coconut milk and sugar and as the Chinese said eating sticky food in New Year’s time brings luck.

B. Statement of the Problem

This study aims to answer these questions:

1. What are the common Filipino desserts and where does it comes from?
2. What are the differences of the Filipino desserts from western desserts?
3. What are the common ingredients of the Filipino used?

C. Significance of the Study

Restaurant Owners. Restaurant owners have a very big benefit on dessert because many people when they go in the restaurant they always find a perfect dessert and when the restaurant owner create a good dessert his/her business will grow and make his/her more profitable.

Baker of cakes. This research paper can help the baker to know what the right thing to do or to bake it gives his/her an idea on what to bake in a certain season or time because dessert has a season too you can’t just create one but not in a appropriate season like when it December cake is a perfect dessert unlike ice-cream because when it Ber months the weather is cold and when you eat an a ice-cream you feel more colder s cake is a perfect.

Future chefs. This study is hard for future chefs to have a similar studies especially they need to study more about different kinds of dessert, what are the ingredients, the availability of ingredients in our country and why cakes in America why halo-halo in here in Philippines something like that so they can be a good chefs at a near future or someday.

Researchers. This study can provide some facts about the history of filipino desserts as well as this study differentiates the western types of desserts from the local ones.

D. Scope and Delimitation

This study focuses on the difference of filipino desserts from the western desserts. It also comprises some of the history, how does the filipino desserts starts and how to prepare some of these. 

E. Martial and Methods

Since the research aim to know the effect of dessert in our country this method is about knowing the people’s feeling and concern if the effect of dessert in our country is good or bad or is the dessert makes our country to grow and become a top good country in other countries or is just a waste of time to create a stupid dessert and it doesn’t make sense.

F. Definition of Terms

Dessert something you enjoy to treat yourself after a good meal. An indulgence that makes life a little sweeter and enjoyable.

Custard. sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen

Coconut. The large, brown, hard-shelled seed of the coconut, containing white flesh surrounding a partially fluid-filled central cavity.

Mixture. A composition of two or more substances that are not chemically combined with each other and are capable of being separated.

Filipinos. A native or inhabitant of the Philippines. The Austronesian language that is based on Tagalog, draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages, and is the official language of the Philippines.

HW:1 BACKGROUND OF THE SURVEY(REVISE)

BACKGROUND OF THE SURVEY

I.OVERVIEW

 This research paper already discussed about the different kinds of dessert and the native Filipino delicacies. It is indicated that Filipino is very fan of eating a delicacies and it‘s like a tradition. As a researcher I learned a lot of the research that I conduct, from the very beginning I don’t have an idea what is the original or the native Filipino dessert but when I started to conduct a research about a Filipino dessert I knew that the native Filipino dessert is the “kakanins” because I asked a lot of my relatives what kind of food is the “kakanins” they don’t know it also that the “kakanins” is a dessert. But after all the data that I gathered as a researcher I am not knowledgeable enough to know everything about a native dessert. As a matter of fact I have a lot of question in mind that maybe readers can help me about it like if there’s another native dessert aside from “kakanins”, does dessert affect people’s life?, are they get any benefit when people eat a dessert? These are the several questions that pop up on my mind, even if my mom and family knew that I want to know a lot and learn about dessert.

To answer my question, I want to ask a different kind of people, from teenage to adult because they can help me in my questions. I think that gathering a lot of information or data makes my research more specific and expand the knowledge of mine in terms of desserts. In point of fact the first question that I intend to ask is what participant prefer a Filipino dessert or a foreign dessert and why these question aim to know if Filipino dessert is better that foreign dessert and vice-versa, second If you had to choose, are you more of a chocolate dessert person or a fruit dessert person Why this question may help me to know if the chocolate has a catching taste than a healthy fruit dessert, third Do you have your own recipe in making dessert it will help me to have a knowledge if people just love to eat dessert or they want to create their own and if dessert inspired them and lastly does eating dessert affect your life If yes, why? This question will help me if eating dessert can affect one’s life and to know the effect on it if it has effect

From the question that I prepared I know that it will help me a lot to addend up my knowledge about desserts and to expand the thing that I don’t know to know it and to come up with more information about this certain topic. There are many ways that I can use to answer my questions, As a researcher I can use my knowledge in using Internet, I can make online survey, and interviewing people. Through this things I know that I can come up with a good research paper and to widen up my mind in thinking about a better research and new own idea that can result to a better research paper.

HW:1 Survey Question

I.OVERVIEW

For the overview of the Chapter 1 in my research is all about the origin of the dessert and where it is came from, on the first place I know why the dessert is made. It made by one of the chef hotel in New Zealand he made it because he/she just inspired by the famous and greatest ballerina that time with her tutu skirt. So she/he get the idea on how he/she will created the dessert, and as a time goes by many people are brilliant so they create a lot better dessert now in our time and I know that dessert is created for purpose to be able to complete our meal and I know that I improve on my research and to my upcoming posts, and now I know why people eats desserts and what are the great benefits that can people get on the desserts.

II. Questions

1.       For you what is dessert is it good for people or bad? If good or bad explain it why.

2.      Why dessert created?

3.     Why a lot of bakers or the one who creates dessert are not conscious about their health or body?

Explanations:

To be able to know what people’s opinion about dessert and to know if the creator of dessert will create a new dessert or to upgrade it and if a lot people wants it more or they now feel “UMAY”. And what the dessert contributes on them and if the creator knows how to control their selves to eat dessert and to know how they still became healthy and to be aware of their health.

III. Expectations:

For my expectation many people still want to have more different and delicious dessert because dessert complete our meal, and people have aware to their selves and have control on their selves and the creators of dessert we’re going beyond in our generation by creating a unique dessert and create change and brings honor in our country. And to emphasize more my research and to improve more about my upcoming posts.