Monday, March 10, 2014

Tocino Making

       

    Tocino making is one of the most practical and popular ways of preserving/processing meat. In this course of mine, i was able to know the overall process of the manufacturing of tocino. Let me share to you what it's all about.
            In preparation for tocino making, it's important that all the ingredients are available.These include the pork, salt which serves as the primary ingredient, brown sugar for the enhancement of flavor, MSG (if preferred), praque powder (can be skipped if for home consumption only), anisado wine, and pineapple juice. Before proceeding to the procedures, see to it that the considerations needed to be given emphasis such as the meat traits, availability of materials/equipments, sanitation, etc. are properly checked and followed. In this way, the consciousness in terms of food quality and safety of the consumers are of great concern. As we proceed to the process, first, remove the unnecessary parts of the pork. Slice the meat thinly, and then set aside afterwards. Meanwhile, on a separate basin, combine all the ingredients needed except for the pineapple juice. Rub the mixture onto the pork and make sure that it's distributed evenly. Then, add the pineapple juice and mix well. Pile the pork with the mixture inside a covered container. Lastly, keep it refrigerated for about 2-3 days, enough to cure the pork. Make sure that all the steps stated are properly conducted to be able to come up with a good result.

      

 

                        It's amazing how i was able to learn the process in making tocino simply and easily. Kudos to our great professors who really guided and trained us well in every lesson that they have tackled to us.

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