Thursday, May 29, 2008

new product name!

Island Sky Pure Tablea out in the market already...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Cacao


Cacao (Theobroma cacao), or the cocoa plant, is a small (4–8 m or 15–26 ft tall) evergreen tree in the family Sterculiaceae (alternatively Malvaceae), native to the deep tropical region of the Americas. There are two prominent competing hypotheses about the origins of the original wild Theobroma cacao tree. One group of proponents believe wild examples were originally distributed from southeastern Mexico to the Amazon basin, with domestication taking place both in the Lacandon area of Mesoamerica and in lowland South America. Recent studies of Theobroma cacao genetics seem to show that the plant originated in the Amazon and was distributed by humans throughout Central America and Mesoamerica. Its seeds are used to make cocoa and chocolate.
The tree is today found growing wild in the low foothills of the Andes at elevations of around 200–400 m (650-1300 ft) in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins. It requires a humid climate with regular rainfall and good soil. It is an understory tree, growing best with some overhead shade. The leaves are alternate, entire, unlobed, 10–40 cm (4-16 in) long and 5–20 cm (2-8 in) broad.

Cacao flowers
The flowers are produced in clusters directly on the trunk and older branches; they are small, 1–2 cm (1/2-1 in) diameter, with pink calyx. While many of the world's flowers are pollinated by bees (Hymenoptera) or butterflies/moths (Lepidoptera), cacao flowers are pollinated by tiny flies, midges in the order Diptera. The fruit, called a cacao pod, is ovoid, 15–30 cm (6-12 in) long and 8–10 cm (3-4 in) wide, ripening yellow to orange, and weighs about 500 g (1 lb) when ripe. The pod contains 20 to 60 seeds, usually called "beans", embedded in a white pulp. Each seed contains a significant amount of fat (40–50% as cocoa butter). Their most noted active constituent is theobromine, a compound similar to caffeine.
The scientific name Theobroma means "food of the gods". The word cacao itself derives from the Nahuatl (Aztec language) word cacahuatl, learned at the time of the conquest when it was first encountered by the Spanish. Similar words for the plant and its by-products are attested in a number of other indigenous Mesoamerican languages.

---from wikipedia---

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Tablea o Tableya

Tableya or Tablea is an unsweetened chocolate rounds made from cacao or cocoa beans. It is an ingredient in the Filipino delicacies especially for Boholano’s sikwate and champorado.

‘Sikwate’ is a hot chocolate drink paired with puto maya, pandesal and others while ‘champorado’ is sweetened rice oatmeal cooked with tableya.

We are one of the tableya makers here in Bohol for 15 years. We are one of the suppliers of Tableya in supermarkets and Malls here in Tagbilaran City, Bohol.

We get our cacao beans from Davao, pure tableya is made only from cacao beans. You can also determine if that tableya is really Pure when you hold it tightly or expose it to the heat of the sun, it will really melt and look likes a real chocolate. When you look it you can really say that it is a real sweet chocolate because of its shape and color but when you taste it is not..

How to make a Pure Tableya?

1.The cacao beans are roasted over wooden fire.
2.After, the beans go on a grinding machine and ground at least two to three times for a smooth liquid consistency.
3.The resulting substance was set aside to cool before they were molded into rounds shapes.
4.Let it dry and pack it with cellophane or with a good packaging.

How to cook sekwati?

1.For ‘Sekwati’: For every cup of boiling water, add three pieces of round tableya.
2.Boil it for two to three minutes. Stir.
3.Remove it from the stove.
4.Add sugar
5.If you desire, you can add milk to make it creamier. Serve hot.

How to cook champorado?

1.Boil 3 to 4 cups of water with cooked rice for 2-3 minutes.
2.When it is already boiling, add 4-5 tablets of Tableya. Stir until the tableya melts.
3.Remove it from the stove.
4.Add sugar
5.If you desire, you can add milk to make it creamier. Serve hot.



We’ve got many orders already of our tableas inside and outside our country. They paid for the shipment and deposit their payment through our bank account. Many of those are from Manila.

The production is daily; we can produce a lot of packs of tableas every week for 100kilos of cacao beans weekly.

The name of our product is Dalareich Tableya, made from 100% pure cacao. You can buy this here in Tagbilaran Supermarkets: Plaza Marcela, Alturas Supermarket and Island City Mall and other small stores here. This is only a homemade product from Booy, Tagbilaran City. It is registered by Department of Trade and Industry(DTI) and approved by Bureau of Food and Drugs(BFAD).

If you want to inquire and ask questions about the prices and for more orders; just leave a comment here or email me: dalux_04@yahoo.com, dalareich@gmail.com. Or contact this numbers: 0927-2141456(globe), 0920-3605799 (smart).

Friday, May 16, 2008

Today's Gospel(Saturday)

Mark 9: 2 - 13
2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves; and he was transfigured before them,
3 and his garments became glistening, intensely white, as no fuller on earth could bleach them.
4 And there appeared to them Eli'jah with Moses; and they were talking to Jesus.
5 And Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is well that we are here; let us make three booths, one for you and one for Moses and one for Eli'jah."
6 For he did not know what to say, for they were exceedingly afraid.
7 And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son; listen to him."
8 And suddenly looking around they no longer saw any one with them but Jesus only.
9 And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of man should have risen from the dead.
10 So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what the rising from the dead meant.
11 And they asked him, "Why do the scribes say that first Eli'jah must come?"
12 And he said to them, "Eli'jah does come first to restore all things; and how is it written of the Son of man, that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt?
13 But I tell you that Eli'jah has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him."

Bohol Websites

Hi Guyz..!
If you want to visit sites all about Bohol, this is the lists:

Chocolate Hills

Our beautiful Chocolate Hills here in Bohol

Today's Gospel(Friday)

Mark 8: 34 - 38
34 And he called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them, "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
35 For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.
36 For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?
37 For what can a man give in return for his life?
38 For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Dalareich Tableya


DALAREICH TABLEYA

John 15:9-17 (Wednesday)

John 15: 9 - 17

9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love.
10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.
11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 You are my friends if you do what I command you.
15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
17 This I command you, to love one another.

Mark 8: 14 - 21 (Tuesday Gospel)

Mark 8: 14 - 21

14 Now they had forgotten to bring bread; and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.
15 And he cautioned them, saying, "Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod."
16 And they discussed it with one another, saying, "We have no bread."
17 And being aware of it, Jesus said to them, "Why do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened?
18 Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember?
19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They said to him, "Twelve."
20 "And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" And they said to him, "Seven."
21 And he said to them, "Do you not yet understand?"

Calamay

Calamay is a sweet concoction of ground sticky rice, sugar, coconut milk, vanilla and some peanuts (optional). It is sold in smooth coconut shells that are sealed shut by a characteristic band of red tape.

If it is refrigerated for a few days, you can slice off a sliver and eat it like you would cheese… I have never seen the stuff made but I understand the ground rice flour is added to near boiling coconut milk and sugar and stirred until it reaches the desired consistency. Vanilla is added to enhance the flavor and chopped peanuts if that grabs you.

When you came here in Bohol, You can really see vendors of Calamay in ports here. Calamay is our best for pasalubong here. If a person went here in Bohol, they always want calamay as their Pasalubong! Yah, as a boholano, I'm really proud to say that our products here is great esp. our home made products and pasalubong!

How sweet can you get "chocolate"?

Tableya, the home-made tsokolate of Filipinos, great for hot choco drinks and for champorado. I've bet as a Filipino, you have drink it before right, use to served by your mother or lola especially in the province. You can really find this product here in province of Bohol. It is made from cacao seeds. It is called 'sekwate' when it is already made a hot choco. It is really delicious and great that you will really miss to drink here in our province. We are one of the suppliers of Tableya here in supermarkets here in Bohol. We got many orders from Manila and other places because of of our customers said that it is really great and and besides this is very expensive there in Manila. Here, you can buy 1 pack in your 12 pesos. Champorado is also made from tableya.The name of our tableya is "Dalareich Tableya". You can buy this in supermarkets here in Tagbilaran City. If you have some question about this tableas, you can email me: dalux_04@yahoo.com.