Food Trip: Bamboo shoots with crab and saluyot in coconut milk.

Bamboo shoot soup, cook in coconut milk with crab and saluyot

 

It been my first time to cook bamboo shoots that is not already shredded, that’s why I don’t know what to do, usually I bought it already shredded, but now its actually a bamboo shoot, my wife went to province and she had brought two pieces of bamboo shoots, I was hesitate to cook it because I don’t know to do it, some say, that if it not properly cut it became sour, so,  I tried to cut it on my own, but my wife stop me,

She said its not like that, she gave me a shredder, so, I shred it, my problem solve, then its turn to cook it,  bamboo shoots in coconut milk with crabs and saluyut a leaves that produce glid broth when it cook.

 

The ingredient,

 

• Bamboo shoot (shredded or cut in small and thin). 

• Oil, garlic, onion, tomatoes, salt to taste,  

• One coconut milk, 

• Saluyot (Egyptian spinach) or (Corchorus olitorius) 

• Okra, water of coconut milk (2nd milk/squeeze) for soup and green chili.

   

  Here is how

   

  
  

  Cook crabs in a little water, enough for the amount of crab and suite garlic, tomatoes and onion, in a separate cooking pot, cook until they become tender, then put the bamboo shoots together with tomatoes, onion and garlic. Steer the bamboo shoot to mix in, and then put the suited bamboo shoot tomatoes garlic and onion together with a crabs. Then put the coconut milk then okra spicy and taste it. cook until the coconut milk has done, then put the saluyot, after a minutes, its... ready to serve with rice, if you want it dry or soup style  its up to you, as well as, the taste of coconut milk is still there.

   

  We know that, tomatoes, onion, garlic, coconut milk okra and crab has a nutritional benefit in our body, bamboo shoot and saluyot that ordinarily found in our backyard has too.

 

Saluyot Leaves

 

Saluyot leaves  are very nutritious; it is rich in calcium, iron, protein, vitamin A, C and E, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folate, and dietary fibers. Saluyot is usually cooked as stew, forming thick slimy syrup similar in consistency to okra usually taken with rice or other starchy staple.

 

Saluyot are rich in vitamins and minerals generally promotes good health and well-being.

 

• Rich in vitamin A can provide health benefits for good eyesight.

• Contains vitamin E and other antioxidants. It is said to prevent wrinkles and promote youthful looking skin.

• Treat inflammation and pain such as arthritis, headache, stomach ache and others.

• Rich in fiber helps to control blood pressure, cholesterol build-up, diabetes and prevents heart disease.

• When cooked is used to treat various digestive problems such as diarrhea, stomach ache, dysentery, constipation and ulcers.

• It is also claimed that together with other herbs it can cure cancer. Diabetes and Against Liver Disease

• Aside from health benefits you can dried it leaves and boiled to make a medicinal tea.

 

Saluyot leaves being a vegetable can be thrown in as an ingredient in making stews or soups and other viands. The Ilocano’s are known to prepare delicious dishes with saluyot; the most popular are dinengdeng and bulang-bulang. Some Ilocano’s even attributes their youthful looks and longevity in saluyot rich diet.

 

The main nutrients in bamboo shoots are protein, amino acid, fat, sugar and inorganic salt. They are rich in protein, containing between 1.49 and 4.04 grams (average 2.65g) per 100g of fresh bamboo shoots. The bamboo protein produces eight essential and two semi-essential amino acids. Although the fat content is comparatively low (0.26-0.94%), it is still higher than in many other vegetables, and the shoots contain rich essential fatty acids. The total sugar content, 2.5% on average, is lower than that in other vegetables. The water content is 90% or more.

 

Bamboo shoots

Bamboo shoots has also a natural way to bring cholesterol levels down without the side effects of medications.

 

 Several benefits from bamboo shoots.

• Promotes digestive health. 

• Promote healthier bowel function due to the high fiber content of bamboo shoots and prevent constipation. 

• The high fiber will help to fill you up and reduce your need to snack on more calorie rich offerings. 

• It also excellent source of potassium, a mineral that's been shown to lower blood pressure. One cup of bamboo shoots will provide you with a fifth of your daily potassium requirements. 

• It’s also a good source of phenolic acids which have both anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Its anti-inflammatory properties may play a role in reducing the risk of various chronic diseases including heart disease. If you didn’t know how to prepare bamboo shoots better to buy in can or those prepared already and ready to cook but if you're able to find fresh bamboo shoots in your backyard, they're usually prepared by boiling for twenty to thirty minutes in salted water. It's critical that they be boiled for this length of time since this helps to remove their cyanogenic glycosides which can be toxic. It also helps to eliminate the natural bitterness they have when raw.

   

Sources: 

Medical health guide
Asian bamboo  
Yahoo.

INC’s Lingap sa Mamamayan, N.E

Another Guinness Record with INC’s Lingap sa Mamamayan.

The declaration was made by Guinness Book of World Records Adjudicator Seyda Subasi Gemici at Laur, Nueva Ecija, at the close of the Lingap sa Mamamayan conducted by the Iglesia ni Cristo. Read more... 

Face your fear, take a chance.

"Sometime we should take a risk to accomplish something for one time only”  it’s like "just for this moment" because if we didn’t do this we might be stock forever in that situation, of course you also must ask help from God who work for everything.

Last night, I was driving along Buendia going to Ayala to bring something important, on the way, I saw the temperature of my car got high, but I must really reach my destination, so, although I was worried that it might bug me down in the middle of the street I didn’t stop, despite of worrying I reached my destination, after I drop my subject, the temperature reached in the red level and there was a smoke already coming from my engine, so, I have no choice but to stop for awhile and ask the guard for water, after I put some water in the engine, I drove back to our base but it’s still in the red level, didn’t go down even there is already a water, what I do is, take the risk  its already late night, I must reach our home base, there was a three traffic light in the way, to cool down the engine for awhile, every stop light I shut off the engine then start it again when it on green light, of course, I pray, an intense prayer to God that He let me just reach the house, if not I don’t know what I will do, its late in the evening, our office was close already, my money is not enough to pay for the tower, what is on my me is faith and determination that I will reach our garage,  It’s a judgment call, finally, I reached our home base.

 

After what happening, I decided to bring our car to car shop for repair, I tried my luck again, it’s about 9 kilometer travel to our motor pool, I brought  10 liters of water for sure, but my luck didn’t work anymore, I been stopped at the middle of EDSA for overheating, there is a lot of towing truck roaming around EDSA and the one got me, my plan is just to cool down the engine but I’m in the middle of the way so they had to tow our car to the impounding area, for obstruction, I been argued with them but they insisted so, there nothing to do but to let them tow our car, and it cost of 2, 500 thousand pesos, what an embarrassing moment and a waste of time.

 

Although, our car was old, it  has a maintenance every 4 months, there is water in the reserve tank the problem, there is a leak in the radiator the cause water to spill from it and also drained the radiator and the pump didn’t working that’s why no water goes to the radiator from the reservoir, so, it’s over heat.

 

What I have done is, my own decision, I didn’t suggest this to others, I do this because I know and I prepared for whatever happen, you know what will happen if your engine over heated, your radiator might break, sometime it will cause fire, because of heat the wiring might spark to fire.

 

I'm not an expert but let me suggest this base on my experience, what we should do to let it not happen. There are two things I can suggest.

 

First, before you sit to drive your car, check everything, the engine, water, oil, steering fluid, light and tires. Sometime because we trust that our car was in good condition, we didn’t check it. If you feel or found something not normal, bring it to the car repair shop for check up.

 

Second, make it a habit to bring your car to car shop for check up, and preventive maintenance, at least 3 times a year, although it will not guarantee that your car didn’t have a trouble anymore but at least it will lessen the problem, especially when your car is old.

 

Maintaining the car cause you to spend more money, plus the spare part and accessories that you must buy, if you have a car, you should know and prepare for it. Even it well maintains.

 

"We should prepare always, we don’t know what will happen, and sometime we fall into expecting that everything is just fine."

What is Typhoid Fever, How to prevent it?

Typhoid fever affects more than 21 million people annually, with about 200,000 people dying from the disease. One of that 21 million people is my friend just recently he rushed to hospital because he can't move his jaw and he can't breath because of high fever, at the hospital he diagnose with typhoid fever by typhoid laboratory examination.

What is typhoid fever, what the cause of it?

Typhoid fever is an acute illness associated with fever caused by the Salmonella typhi bacteria. And or Salmonella paratyphi, a related bacterium that usually causes a less severe illness.

http://textbookofbacteriology.net/salmonella.html

 

How Do People Get Typhoid Fever?

Typhoid fever is getting by drinking or eating food and water contaminated by salmonella bacteria. S. typhi is passed in the feces and sometimes in the urine of infected people. You can contract the infection if you eat food handled by someone with typhoid fever who hasn't washed carefully after using the toilet. You can also become infected by drinking water contaminated with the bacteria of Typhoid carriers

How is bacteria going and how Typhoid Fever Diagnosed?

After the ingestion of contaminated food or water, the Salmonella bacteria invade the small intestine and enter the bloodstream temporarily. The bacteria are carried by white blood cells in the liver, spleen, and bone marrow, where they multiply and reenter the bloodstream. The bacteria pass into the intestinal tract and can be identified in stool samples. If a test result isn't clear, blood samples will be taken to make a diagnosis.

 

What Are the Symptoms of Typhoid Fever?

People develop symptoms, including fever, as high as 104 degrees Fahrenheit at this point. Bacteria invade the gallbladder, biliary system, and the lymphatic tissue of the bowel. Here, they multiply in high numbers. Poor appetite Headaches Generalized aches and pains Lethargy Diarrhea Chest congestion develops in many people, and abdominal pain and discomfort, eruption of red spots on the chest and severe intestinal irritation.

How Is Typhoid Fever Treated?

Typhoid fever is treated with antibiotics which kill the Salmonella bacteria. Specific antibiotics such as ampicillin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and ciprofloxacin are often used to treat cases of typhoid. Death may occur from overwhelming infection, pneumonia, intestinal bleeding, or intestinal perforation. There is usually improvement within one to two days and recovery within seven to 10 days.

If you don't receive treatment for typhoid fever, you will experience:

Continuing high fever Either diarrhea or severe constipation Considerable weight loss Extremely distended abdomen you may also Become delirious Lie motionless and exhausted with your eyes half-closed in what's known as the typhoid state. Life-threatening complications may often develop.

If you treated immediately Improvement may come slowly, your fever is likely to decrease gradually until your temperature returns to normal.

See a doctor immediately if you suspect you have typhoid fever. Several antibiotics are effective for the treatment of typhoid fever.

How to prevent typhoid fever:

• A typhoid vaccine is recommended if you are planning to visit a country where typhoid fever is prevalent. However, the vaccine is not always effective

• Careful food monitoring-When you are in an area where typhoid fever is prevalent.

• Drink only bottled water or water that has been boiled for at least one minute. This includes ice.

• Eat foods while they are still hot, and ensure that they are thoroughly cooked.

• Avoid any raw fruits and vegetables that cannot be peeled.

• Avoid raw shellfish.

• Avoid unpasteurized dairy products.

Source:
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/typhoid-fever/basics/definition/con-20028553
http://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/communicable/typhoid_fever/fact_sheet.htm
http://www.thirdage.com/hc/c/typhoid-fever-prevention
http://www.m.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/typhoid-fever