I went to Venlo, Netherland last week and bought some grocery goods that are expensive in Germany. I also bought 2 kilos of ribs (Hohe Rippe). Akala ko kasi pwede pa kaming mag grill for the last time bago mag Herbst (autumn). Well, hindi natuloy ang plano ko dahil naging busy kami so I decided to keep the meat in the freezer. Now that we have time, umuulan naman at talagang malamig na sa labas. So wala ng pag-asa pang makapag grill. What am I going to do with the meat? I decided to marinate it and bake it ala…Thai Spareribs. The result was amazing. My hubby who normally doesn’t like ribs nearly eat everything .

Now here is the recipe if you are interested.

Thai Spareribs.

6 servings:

Ingredients:

*Please take note, you have to marinate the meat for 12 hours.

1 ½ kilo spareribs (please buy hohe Rippe and not the Rippchen)
2 lemon (Limetten) sliced (for decoration)

Marinade:
4 cloves garlic
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. white pepper (weisser Pfeffer)
2 to 3 tablespoons chili sauce (Chilisauce)
4 tablespoons fish sause (Fischsauce) or known as Patis
2 tablespoons cooking oil (Öl)
1 tablespoon honey (Honig)
2 tablespoons sesame oil (Sesamöl)

Procedure:

Mix ingredients for the marinade in large bowl and place meat in it. Cover and marinate for 12 hours or more. Turn the meat several times. Drain liquid from the meat and save for basting. Place meat in a pan and roast for 45 minutes or until meat is cooked. Baste frequently with marinade. Smell is wonderful!!! Guten Appetit

Kumusta mga mahal ko sa puso? Kayo ba ay namimilipit na rin sa lamig katulad ko? Kinakamuhian ko ang taglamig na season pero kahit papaano ito may kabutihan ding nagagawa sa akin. Kapag ganitong panahon lang kasi nananahimik ang ilong kong parang sirang gripo (hehehe…tulo kasi ng tulo eh). Haay meron kasi akong hay fever eh kaya once na magsisimula na ang springtime para na ako niyang naputulan ng allowance (mukha kasing umiiyak). Tulo luha sabay tulo din ng sipon at ang kasunod ay Hachiiinggg!!! Naalala ko pala noong ako’y kumukuha pa lang ng lisensiya sa pagmamaneho ng sasakyan. Tuwing umaga ang aking driving lesson tapos nagkaton pang springtime yon. Kaya ayon, oras na ako ay humahatsing…nagiging zigzag ang takbo ng sasakyan lalong-lalo na kapag ako ay sumisinga. Eh siyempre dahil baguhan palang hindi ko pa kayang hawakan ang steering wheel ng isang kamay. Siguro dahil sa takot nitong aking Fahrschullehrer (driving teacher) na mabangga kami…siya na lagi ang humawak nito kapag inaataki na naman ako.

Well anyway, kaya ko nabanggit ang tungkol sa aking hay fever, sipon at luha dahil nag surf ako kanina and I bumped into a quiz site Tickle. Ang pinili kong quiz was about “What Do Your Handbag Contents Reveal?” May isang tanong doon na, ano daw ang laman ng bag ko na I would feel very uneasy or uncomfortable without it? Sayang at hindi kasama sa sagot ang tissue paper dahil para akong maloloka kong wala ito.

So here is the result of the quiz:

Fe, your handbag contents tells us that you live your life on the hop! A free spirit! You sparkle with spontaneity. You’re calm, cool and casual. A laid-back woman like you takes only what she needs around with her — everything you need to be organised but not overloaded. Less is more, and that’s how you like it. You know how to sort out what you really want and need from frivolous extras that aren’t a necessity.

Ayayay…ito ay tutuong-tuo!

So ano nga ba ang laman ng bag ko? Ang nasa loob nito ay mga importanteng bagay na talagang kailangan ko lang.

So tingnan natin kong ano ang mga nakalapag diyan sa piktyur. From the right: is my wallet, reading glass, cellphone, two lipstick, face powder, on the upper side ay ang aking pinakamahal na tissue paper. From the bottom: my car keys, my pen with 32 mb memory stick and two lip liner. And oh my medicine nga rin pala, iyan yang nakapatong sa ibabaw ng wallet. O di ba at si Beng ay wala talagang magawa dahil pati ba naman ang bagay na ito ay pinagkaabalahan pa.

Oh heyyy…umaga na pala ibig sabihin September 28 na ngayon. One year na si nakakaantok kong blog. Hello blog HAPI BERSDEY :bday: :candle:

Naku kong alam ng blog kong ito na muntik ko na siyang isara siguro nilayasan na ako nito :running:, well well isang taon na ang nakalipas. Sus maryosep ang bilis naman ng panahon. Nagka edad na si blog katulad ng may-ari. Heneweys, hanggang dito na lang muna ako. Antok na eh. O di till next isyu na lang ulit. Muahh to my blog and much more muahhhsss to my blog friends and readers…I LUV U ALL :iloveu:: Maraming-maraming salamat sa inyong pagtangkilik at pagsubaybay sa aking walang kuwentang mga sulat. Sana kahit paano kayo ay aking nabigyan ng kaunting aliw sa puso . Kong hindi dahil sa inyo hindi sigurado magtatagal ang blog na ito. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Agar-agar is a hydrocolloid extracted from red seaweeds that is widely used in the food industry.

In its gelling power, agar is outstanding among the hydrocolloids. Among its major properties one can mention its high gel strength at low concentrations, low viscosity in solution, high transparency in solution, thermo-reversible gel and sharp melting/setting temperatures. Agar-agar is also used on a lesser scale in other industrial applications.

RAW MATERIAL
Agar-agar is extracted from several types and species of red seaweeds belonging to the Rhodophyceae class. These agar-containing seaweeds are called agarophytes and the major commercial species are Gracilaria, Gelidium and Pterocladia. The agar content of seaweeds varies according to the conditions of seawater. Carbon dioxide concentration, oxygen tension, water temperature and intensity of solar radiation can have significant influence.
Seaweeds are usually harvested manually by fishermen in low depths at low tides or by diving using appropriate equipment. After being harvested, seaweeds are placed under the sun to dry until they reach a humidity level that is ideal for processing.

FUNCTIONALITY AND APPLICATIONS
FOOD INDUSTRY

An agar-agar solution in hot water forms a characteristic gel after setting, with a melting point between 85º to 95º C, and a gelling point between 32º a 45º C. This physical property makes the gel very useful as an additive when used in many applications in the food industry.

Milk Products
Ice Creams, Puddings, Flans, Yogurts, Fermented Milk, Sorbets, Gelled Milk

Sweets and Confectionary
Gum drops, Candy bars, Jelly candies, Jams, Marmalades, Comfitures, Dessert Gel, Meringues

Meat Products
Pureed Meats, Canned fish, Poultry

Beverages
Clarifying and refining of juices, beers, wines and vinegars

Bakery
Cake icings, Pie fillings, Bread dough, Chiffon pies

OTHER INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
Agar-agar gel has the interesting property of inhibiting the characteristic liquefying that occurs in the enzyme action of microorganisms. This property finds a wide variety of applications in the medical and pharmaceutical industries. Agar-agar is used as a substratum in preparing bacteria cultures in microbiology, as laxatives and therapeutic agents in the treatment of malfunctions of the digestive tract, as a retarding agent and carrier in the management of medicines, antibiotics, vitamins, as a barium sulfate suspension agent in radiology, as a stabilizer in cholesterol solutions, and as a suspension agent in several types of emulsions. Agar-agar has other industrial applications as well where a gelling agent is needed, such as in dental prosthetics, photographic emulsions, differentiation of proteins through electrophoresis, chromatography through exclusion of sizes, molding of materials and as plant culture tissues in biotechnology.

Hello blog world and hello friends, hier bin ich wieder (here I am again). Pasensiya na kayo at hindi ako nagkaroon ng panahon para mag bloghop lately. I would like to thank everybody who visited and left messages kahit ako invisible. Sunod-sunod ang dating ng aming mga bisita kaya ako naging busy, as infact our last guest from Unter Franken region just left this afternoon. I’m so exhausted dahil kuwentuhan blues kami til early in the morning at namasyal naman buong araw in four consecutive days. I desperately need a lukreng-byuti rest :crazy: so I can clearly think whom to vote this Sunday. Yup, you hear it right — election, err general election pala.

The word election means nothing to me and can not even arouse my enthusiasm to go out and vote. Honest to goodness politicians whether here in Germany or in the Philippines are the same – they are all LIARS and LEECH . So whom should I vote? The weak female leech Angela Merkel (Christian Democratic Union) or the greatest liar male leech Gerhard Schroeder (Social Democratic Party)?

The country is in trouble. Unemployment is high, the economy seems to be locked in a long, slow decline, and there is widespread unrest, especially in the depressed areas.

Things have to change, a fact that most citizens acknowledge, but who’s going to make those changes happen? Reckoning on the popularity of the man in charge and the mixed public attitude towards the female leader of the opposition, the governing party has decided that its only real chance is to call elections earlier than expected. With elections fast approaching, however, it looks like it may have made a big mistake.

Sound familiar? It should. It’s a concise description of the choice facing Germany this Sunday as the country votes between an unpopular government run by Social Democratic Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and the only slightly more palatable prospect of a government run by his Christian Democrat (CDU) challenger Angela Merkel.

Whoever wins the general election on Sept. 18 faces some daunting economic tasks, including bringing down unemployment and tackling Germany’s burgeoning deficit. Either Schröder or his conservative challenger, Angela Merkel, will need find a way to get people back to work in the eurozone’s largest economy to help rekindle moribund domestic demand, which has been in the doldrums for years.