TLE 12
Food 3(Food Processing)

Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food or to transform food into other forms for consumption by humans or animals either in the home or by the food processing industry. Food processing typically takes clean, harvested crops or butchered animal products and uses these to produce attractive, marketable and often long shelf-life food products.

Food processing is really fun. I am pretty sure that you will really enjoy when you are going to preserve fruits and foods.Preserving fresh fruit produce from your garden is a fine art, but it's easy to learn. Fresh fruits and vegetables can be dried, canned, pickled, frozen, or made into jams, jellies, relish, and preserves. If you’re new to preserving or you don't know the best way to preserve your bounty for winter eating, this article can help set you on the right direction.

Last semester Mrs. Emila teach us on how to preserve some fruits. Mango jam, pineapple jam are best example on preserving fruits. The following are the materials, ingredients and procedure to be follow.

Materials;
container,knife, spatula,mixing bowl, wooden ladle, measuring spoon and cup

Ingredients:
* 1 very ripe pineapple, producing around 1/2 lb/ 250 g pineapple flesh
* 1/2 cup water
* 4 oz/ 125g sugar
* Pinch of agar agar powder or gelatin
* Drop of yellow food coloring, if desired

Procedure:
1. Cut the pineapple and discard the core.
2. Chop the pineapple.
3. Cook the pineapple with the water in a saucepan on low heat until the flesh is very soft, around 30 minutes. Stir the pineapple constantly.
4. Add the sugar and stir to mix. Cook until the sugar is completely dissolved.
5. Add the agar powder or gelatin and the yellow food coloring, if using.
6. Turn off the heat. Transfer to a glass jar and seal tightly.