Kasuy (Cashew) Pastillas

Ingredients

1          can condensed milk

11      tablespoons kasuy nuts, ground

2          tablespoons corn syrup

2          teaspoon flavoring (of your choice)

white sugar ( as needed )

Materials

Wax papers (for wrapping)

Board and rolling pin

Knife

Cooking stove and utensils

Procedure

1.      Combine ingredients in a saucepan.

2.      Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until a soft dough is formed.

3.      Transfer dough onto buttered board and roll out to ¼-inch thick.

4.      Cut into desired pieces.

5.      Wrap in wax papers and store.

Quick-Setting Homemade Soap

The homemade, quick-setting soap has become an economic miracle among families that use laundry soap in washing clothes. This quick-setting soap can be made in less than 30 minutes and can help save money for food. The homemade, quick-setting soap bar can also become part of a product line in a small-scale, income-generating project.

Below are the steps in making homemade, quick-setting soap bar.

Ingredients:

1 kilo    cooking oil (Coconut oil can be used. Crude coconut oil is also utilized in      

             making this inexpensive soap.)

200       grams caustic soda

2          teaspoons sodium silicate

100 g    soda ash

8           drops perfume ( Lemon oil, ilang-ilang oil, citronella can be used.)

Materials:

Plastic pail

Wood or stainless steel spoon (Please do not use aluminum because of the reactions.)

Cup for water

Measuring scale of any kind.

Molds (Any plastic materials, soft-drink cups, or any plastic cups.)

Procedure:

1. Pour two cups of water into the plastic pail.
2. Add 100 grams of soda ash and stir until mixture dissolves in water.
3. Add 200 grams of caustic soda to the mixture. Stir carefully without spilling the mixture on skin or clothing. Be careful without not to allow children to be around in order to avoid accidents; the caustic soda will heat the water solution and make fumes.
4. Add one kilo of oil to the mixture and stir in one direction for 15 minutes. The solution becomes thick  at this time. (Give your soap a desired color by adding dye to the oil.)
5. Add sodium silicate and perfume to the solution and sir in the same direction for another 15 minutes or until the solution gets thick.
6. Pour the solution carefully into the molds and keep it there for six hours. (Be sure the soap has already thickened before removing it from the molds.)
7. You may use this creamy-white wash soap after leaving it aside to settle for three days.

Economic importance. The raw materials are cheap and can be obtained from a commercial chemical company. The economical homemade soap bar can help you save some of the money you would normally spend for commercial soap bars.

Making Mayonnaise (Uncooked Method)

Ingredients

1          cup water

⅔    cup milk powder (any kind)

1          cup edible oil

1         teaspoon salt

1          teaspoon citric acid (food grade)

Materials

Blender

Sterilized

Procedure

1. Pour water into blender.
2. Add milk powder, oil, salt, and citric acid into running blender.
3. Blend until mixture becomes thick.
4. Pour mixture into sterilized jars. 
5. Refrigerate immediately

Banana Preserve

Ingredients

6    pieces ripe saba bananas

3    cups refined sugar

1½ cups water

Materials

cooking stove and utensils

sterilized jars

Procedure

1. Wash and clean the bananas in running water.
2. Boil and peel the bananas.
3. Make a syrup (mixture of the sugar and water)
4. Cook the bananas in this syrup for 15 minutes.
5. Pack the bananas in the sterilized jars.
6. Fill the jar with the syrup. Remove the air bubbles from the jars.

Candle Making

Materials

1. Paraffin wax. This can be bought from chemical companies or from petroleum-refining companies. The paraffin wax consists seven parts of the total candle.
2. Two parts of microwax and one part of crystal wax. These can be bought at chemical or pharmaceutical outlets.
3. Essential oil.
4. Dye for making different colors.
5. Containers for mixing colors and melting wax.
6. Molds. This can be made of plaster of Paris or aluminum.
7. Double boiler and a water heater.
8. Wick. This is made of bleached cotton yarn available at the market.
9. Ladle. This used when pouring the liquid wax into the mold.

Procedure

• Cut the paraffin wax into pieces and heat in a double boiler until the wax is completely melted. This can also be done by utilizing a cooking stove and heating the pieces of wax in a cooking pan. Add dye to the melted wax.
• Add two parts of microwax to the melted paraffin wax and mix until the microwax is completely melted.
• Heat one part of crystal wax in a separate container and add it to the mixture of paraffin wax and the microwax. One teaspoon of essential oil per liter of the wax solution can be added in order to make the candels smooth and hard. Stearic acid may be used instead of the essential oil.
• Prepare the mold on which to pour the wax. The molds are in two parts. Take out the clamps in order to separate the mold. Apply the oil into the cavities of the molds and bring both parts of the mold together and clip.
• Take a big ladle and pour melted wax in he mold, fillinf it up to the top.
• Put the mold in a pan of cold water. The wax will become solid in a few minutes.
• Take out the mold from the water, open and remove the candles.
• Cut off excess wick.

Packing

           The candles are packed in strong paper or cardboard to avoid moisture. The label can be pasted on the packet of candles. You may print your own label if you wish.



Cost Economics
           Candle-making can be a household industry. This can be done with a minimum capital expense. The self-employed person or a family can make many candles in one day.