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.

Try to explore

Last October 18, 2012, my mom won a  free dinner buffet for two at Astoria hotel so she decided that if I come with her she texted me if I’m available at 18^th of October since my schedule in school that time is not hectic I told her that I can come because I love to go to a new  place and taste a new food. I LOVE BUFFETS! Despite my small frame, I have anacondas living on my stomach. Haha! We were there at exact time what Mr. Joel told as he’s the one who assist as since my mom knows where that Astoria Hotel located because she worked in Pasig

Astoria Hotel is located in Ortigas business district. It’s your very own city getaway because of its accessibility. Anyway, we were having our buffet dinner at the hotel’s restaurant, Cafe Astoria.

this dessert that i ate at Astoria is perfect specially the one that has cherry on top and whip cream i can't remember the name of this dessert because i don't have an idea that i can post it in here in my blog since my blog is all about desserts its really help me up to add another post. The taste of this dessert is it's not too sweet the sweetness of that dessert is perfect because you can eat a lot of it you can't feel any satiated because of the average taste of it. And the cookies it is also delicious and healthy because it's not an ordinary cookies its a wheat like oat diet people can ate it they cannot hesitate to eat it because as i said its a oat it can't destroy their diet.

While i eating my buffet dinner at Astoria

For me this dessert is not good as the dessert on top because the one with the nuts on top and whip cream also its to sweet it can destroy your taste bud but it depends on people what kind of taste bud their have but for me the sweetness is overpowered because the two layer of biscuits in it is the one who make that dessert too sweet but the crunchiness of the biscuit is good the nuts, the cream the problem is it is overwhelmed it comes to the sweetness. The other dessert with the sesame seed on top with the touch of mango flavor and very soft gelatin and bread it's great also the sweetness and the softness if good combination it can really caught your taste bud specially eat it with that cookies your dessert is perfect because the cookies is also soft its not crunchy so it's a perfect match. I decided to explore more go to the different kind of place and taste man desserts that i can and compare them one by one . Have a sweet Day ;)) <3

 

CHAPTER 1

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. Amongst these meals are what we call the “kakanins”, native delicacies which are served as desserts. No get together is complete without these Pinoy dessert (we're identified for our candy tooth, too). What’s extra attention-grabbing about them is that they (or their ingredients) are inclined to range by area or by place. Another attention-grabbing fact is that a whole lot of Pinoys who are categorised as "senior citizens" know the way to make these desserts as they have already grow to be part of the Philippine traditions.

Pinoys love to eat. Apart from the standard three meals per day, Filipinos have an afternoon snack (or merienda), a morning snack and when hunger creeps late, a midnight snack is the final snack before calling it a day. Filipino meals has a way of making you crave for extra all day. As an archipelago, the different regions of the Philippines tend to have their own specialty desserts. Most Filipino desserts are made from rice and fruits that are widespread in the country. Filipinos are fond of buying meriendas (or snacks) from street vendors and travelling food merchants during the mid-afternoon.

As a tropical oriental country it should come as no surprise there are many treats made from rice and coconuts. One often seen dessert is bibingka, a hot rice cake optionally topped with a pat of butter, slices of kesong puti (white cheese), itlog na maalat (salted duck eggs), and sometimes grated coconut. There are also glutinous rice sweets called biko made with sugar, butter, and coconut milk. Another brown rice cake is kutsinta. Puto is another well known example of sweet steamed rice cakes prepared in many different sizes and colors. Sapin-sapin are three-layered, tri-colored sweets made with rice flour, purple yam, and coconut milk with its gelatinous appearance. Palitaw are rice patties covered with sesame seeds, sugar, and coconut; pitsi-pitsi which are cassava patties coated with cheese or coconut; and tibok-tibok is based on carabao milk as a de leche (similar to maja blanca). As a snack, binatog is created with corn kernels with shredded coconut. Packaged snacks wrapped in banana or palm leaves then steamed, suman are made from sticky rice.

For cold desserts there is halo-halo which can be described as a dessert made with shaved ice, milk, and sugar with additional ingredients like coconut, halaya (mashed purple yam), caramel custard, plantains, jackfruit, red beans, tapioca and pinipig being typical. Other similar treats made with shaved ice include saba con yelo which is shaved ice served with milk and minatamis na saging (ripe plantains chopped and caramelized with brown sugar); mais con yelo which is shaved ice served with steamed corn kernels, sugar, and milk; and buko pandan sweetened grated strips of coconut with gulaman, milk, and the juice or extract from pandan leaves. Sorbetes (ice cream) is popular too. A local version uses coconut milk instead of cow milk. Ice candy made from juice or chocolate put it in a freezer to freeze is another treat. It can be any kind of flavor depending on the maker; chocolate and buko (coconut) flavored ice candy are two of the most popular. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_cuisine).

            Most of the filipinos are not aware that “kakanins” are the local version of desserts that being served as snacks. We have the famous “halo-halo” considered the local alteration of the cold desserts from the western side. As an agricultural country, rice is the staple food of the Philippines. Rice is also an ingredient in a lot of Filipino desserts. Bibingka, a national pride, is a rice cake made from rice flour, sugar, butter and coconut milk. Meanwhile, biko is a kind of sticky rice cake made from glutinous rice, coconut milk and brown sugar. It is similar to another Filipino dessert called Kalamay, which uses whole grains instead of rice. Suman is sticky rice steamed in banana leaf and eaten with brown sugar or brown sauce. Sapin-sapin, also a rice delicacy, is composed of glutinous rice layers and topped with coconut. (http://famouswonders.com/the-most-tempting-filipino-desserts/)

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 foreign 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 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 foreign desserts. It also comprises some of the history, how does the Filipino desserts starts and how to prepare some of these.

E.       Materials and Methods

The researcher of this study utilize a descriptive process since this study aspire to portray and to talk about the difference of the Filipino recipes from the foreign ones. This process is concerned with the description of data and characteristics about a population. The goal is the acquisition of factual, accurate and systematic data that can be used in averages, frequencies and similar statistical calculations. Descriptive studies seldom involve experimentation, as they are more concerned with naturally occurring phenomena than with the observation of controlled situations. (http://www.ehow.com/about_6663890_meaning-descriptive-method-research_.html)

Information relevant to the study was collected from various reference materials such as book and journal articles from online sources.

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.

Foreign. Of, characteristic of, or from a place or country other than the one being considered.

Christmas is Coming

Christmas is almost coming and every Christmas I have a favourite dessert that I always made and most of us this is our dessert because it is very easy to make this and very practical unlike on the other dessert. This dessert called Graham with mango dessert .

Graham with mango

Every Christmas my family always tells me to make a graham with mango  even if not Christmas or no occasion at all if i saw a all-purpose cream swear I'm gonna make a graham because i made it perfectly and that's why my family loves me so much. And i promise it's not too sweet and creamy it's average, and when you taste the one that i made you will forgotten your name and when you eat another graham you will say to your self that Iah's graham is the best than the other and if you wouldn't i will kill myself,no I'm just kidding . I just want you to give a tip about this menu , you can use other ingredients like strawberry or apple than mango any fruits that you want. If you want four season then go it base on your taste bud and what you want, and it's a perfect dessert because you have effort to eat it there's a biscuit in it right? so you gonna grind it with your teeth .