Dulce de Leche in the Philippines

This blog entry is for the sole purpose of comparing the Dulce de Leche made by using different brands of condensed milk that are available in the Philippines.

What is Dulce de Leche?  (pronounced "DOOL-se de LE-che," meaning candy of milk or milk jelly in Spanish) According to Wikipedia, dulce de leche is a South American confection prepared by slowly heating sweetened milk to create a substance that derives its taste from the Maillard reaction, changing flavor and color. Dulce de leche is also popular in the only Hispanic country in Asia, the Philippines, where it is usually paired with cakes or breakfast rolls. As in other places, it has also found its way into other desserts such as cakes and ice cream.

So how do we make Dulce de Leche here in the Philippines? We boil a can (or several cans if you want a lot of it) of condensed milk for a good 2-3 hours in the uling (coal) or kahoy (wood). Either way, it saves gas (LPG is so spendy, it's around 1k php as of this writing). 

Honestly, I joined a Facebook cooking group just to know how to do it. Dulce de Leche has been a trend in the online buy and sell community these past few weeks. Sellers might be offended if you ask them how. You know what business is.

We started of by testing a can of Liberty Condensada performed by Ioj Smith Wayne on stovetop.

And we waited.

and we waited again...

And the result is -

Liberty is down. I mean Liberty Condensada is down. Tastes like caramel though. Consistency is liquidy but it's perfect for making Graham balls and of course the all time favorite palaman sa pan de sal! 

Next up...

Experimentation made by my new friend Mar Chia Lyn gave out surprising results.

Sorry brother, I have to blur you, baka kasi pagpyestahan ka hehehe

And after 4 hours...

Close up look :

More closer look (with spoon) :

This is the real deal. Alaska Condensed Filled Milk. Consistency is perfect. Not runny. It has a peanut buttery like look and with a consistency like a Jell-O. 

But wait! Isn't there a "blue label" Alaska? Let's also test it out... Experimentation courtesy of Dwight Testa.

Ready for testing, on the left side is Alaska White Label (Alaska Condensed Filled Milk) and on the right side is Alaska Blue Label (Alaska Condensada Sweetened Creamer)

End results: 

♫ (Insert Alaska melody here) Wala paring tatalo sa Alaska! ♫

So how about Milkmaid? They say it's from pure cow's milk. As you know, pastilles/pastilyas are made from cow's milk (and it tastes so milkyyyyy trust meeee este moooo!) 

The dulce of Milkmaid has a milky taste. You know, the old school pastille making where they scald the fresh cow's mild down and add I don't know what other things until it achieves that doughy consistency. It needs to be simmered longer though.

- more updates soon

I'm open for contributions on information with other brands of condensed milk/condensada that are available in the Philippines. :)

sources: 
Lutong Pinoy Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/253192884729718

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dulce_de_leche

http://www.bakersroyale.com/basic-baking-series/baking-basics-how-to-make-homemade-dulce-de-leche/

How to Stop 2123 Subscription

2123 Facebook subscription is from Globe's social networking service.

(photo from: http://downloads.globe.com.ph/social-media.html)

To unsubscribe:
Text OFF FB to 2123 

MY STORY:
This service got load off of me. It started with a text offer from 2910 which I have to reply LIKE because it said it was free and you could win load out of it. The next thing I knew, I was subscribed to this Feng Shui subscription thing from 2910.

And I can't stop the Feng Shui thing because I don't have load. It happened on a Saturday and you can see that on the screenshot.

I reloaded on Tuesday and right after I received the Autoloadmax confirmation, I also received this text from 2910.

It had instructions on how to stop the alert so I sent the command which was P2.50. Better send a command than receiving these messages which is more costly and so much of a hassle.

I also received a message from 2132 that I am subscribed to Facebook which I did not do. Why do I have to subscribe from Facebook when I got wifi all over the house and a laptop?

The next day, Wednesday, I got a message from 2332 saying that my ringback subscription will end tomorrow. So the next thing I did was send a command again. 

[Send STOP to 2332 to unsubscribe from ringback subscription]

Today. Friday. I reloaded around half past 12 and again received a message from 2123 regarding the Facebook subscription. I was busy at that time and I was only able to address the issue when everybody was in bed.

So lastly I did a STOP ALL and send to 2123 and all stopped.

Well, I learned my lesson. Never join these subscriptions. They have hidden agenda. Hehe

-feel free to comment-

Baybay's Sunset

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

- Rabindranath Tagore

Sunset at Baybay Park



-photo by: Josh Bandalan

Good Advice for Mothers

given by Moula Imam Jafar as-Sadiq [a.s.]


Imam Jafar as-Sadiq [a.s.] has advised mothers that they should put their new born babies to sleep on their left side.

Unborn babies are not only used to hearing their mother's heartbeat, but their very existence depends upon them. Heartbeats mean to them a constant supply of food. Stoppage of heartbeats signals starvation and death. They depend so much upon the heartbeat that even after they are born, they become restless, if they do not hear it. A new-born knows its mother's heartbeat quite well and that is why it sleeps comfortably and peacefully, when it is on the left side of the mother and can hear the heartbeats clearly.

Touching Life Story

REPOST:

A young man was getting ready to graduate college. For
many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's
showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told
him that was all he wanted.

As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited
signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the
morning of his graduation his father called him into his private
study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine
son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son
a beautiful wrapped gift box.

Curious, but somewhat disappointed the young man
opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible. Angrily,
he raised his voice at his father and said, "With all your money you
give me a Bible?" and stormed out of the house, leaving the holy
book.

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in
business.
He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his
father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He
had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make
arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had
passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He
needed to come home immediately and take care things.
When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and
regret filled his heart.

He began to search his father's important papers and
saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With
tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he
read those words, a car key dropped from an envelope
taped behind the Bible.
It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the
sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation,
and the words...PAID IN FULL.

How many times do we miss God's blessings because they are not
packaged as we expected?

Please hit Like and do Share!!!!


feel free to comment

Lovely Story

REPOST

Husband comes home drunk and breaks some crockery,
vomits and falls down on the floor...
Wife pulls him up and cleans everything.

Next day wen he gets up he expects her to be really angry with him....
He prays that they should not have a fight..
He finds a note near the table...

"Honey..your favorite breakfast is ready on the table,
i had to leave early to buy grocery...
  I'll come running back to you, my love.
I love you. ..."

He gets surprised and asks his son..,
"What happened last night..?"

Son told..

"When mom pulled you to bed and tried
removing your boots and shirt..
you were dead drunk and you said...

"Hey Lady ! Leave me alone...
I'm married !!!"

That's True Love..



feel free to comment

Positive Thinking

Think positive! Just like the cute feline on the right. Whatever the reason is, you always have to think positive. It's contagious! Positive energy attracts positive energy. :)

credits to the owner of the photo