Puff puff is a very popular delicious snack that is prepared from flour.
It involves mixing the flour with sugar, water, yeast, pinch of salt, flavour is such as nutmeg or vanilla. Next; allowing the mixture to double in size in a covered container.
frying puff puff
The final stage is deep frying of small pickable sizes, of the mixture to produce the puff puff.
How to make your own toothpaste at home. There are many recipes for making toothpaste. The method I will show you today is just one of many ways of making toothpaste.
Coconut oilxylitol
Ingredients you will need
Coconut oil. About ¼ cup
Baking soda. About ½ cup
Xylitol. This is a sweetener. 5 tablespoons should be okay, but add to your taste.
Peppermint extract. 2 teaspoons
Method.
Just mix the ingredients in a bowl until a fine pasty consistency is achieved. Store in a covered jar and begin to use your homemade toothpaste.
Making beef sausages is very easy and I’m not going to complicate the process.
Things you need to make beef sausage @ home.
Fresh Beef Salt/ seasoning
Sausage tubing device/covering
Meat grinder
Refrigerator
cooking device
Procedure of making beef sausages.
Meat cut into small pieces
Cut the beef into small pieces to make it easy to grind.
Season the small pieces of meat to taste. There are many types of meat seasoning you can use, however don’t forget to add salt.
meat grinder
Grind the small pieces of meat using the meat grinder. ( You can experiment with a normal high powered blender/ grinder and see how it turns out).
In a clean bowl, mix the blended meat by hand until it’s quite sticky. ( The meat fat enables this process, if the meat is short on fat you can add some dry powdered milk during the seasoning process)
sausage covering machine
Use the sausage tubing device to put the blended meat into the edible flexible sausage tubing.
After the tubing process is completed, cut them into shorter sausage sizes while ensuring that the blended meat is enclosed within its flexible covering.
From this stage on, you can put the fresh sausage in a fridge for a while to strengthen its flexible covering.
Next is to cook/ boil or roast the sausages until it is almost done.
At this stage the sausages can now be packaged and refrigerated if not to be used immediately. Otherwise finalize the cooking of the sausages by light frying/roasting.
Beef stew is a very common type of stew cooked globally. There are many variations of it. This article explains a basic simple way to prepare beef stew.
Basic Ingredients for beef stew
Meat: The meat should be spiced and cooked by any cooking methods you prefer. i.e. boiling, roasting, frying, oven drying, etc. The meat should be cut into small pieces such that it is easy to hold and eat.
Blended pepper, tomatoes and onions:
This should be blended in the right proportions. For every two parts of tomatoes, one part of pepper can be added, even that may be too much depending on the type of pepper. Amount of onions may just be about 10% or less of the amount of tomatoes. However, experience will easily tell you the right combination/proportions suitable for you and family. Make sure not to add too much water when blending the pepper mixture unless you might end up with a soup instead of stew.
Cooking oil
You can use palm oil or any type of vegetable oil. You are better off with cholesterol free oils.
Seasoning/Spices & salt
These are flavourings to make the stew taste better or the way you want it to taste. Add salt to taste.
General method of cooking beef stew
1.Put a small amount of cooking oil into the cooking pot and heat up until it is near hot.
2. Next add the blended pepper and cook for about 7 minutes on medium heat.
3. Next add the chopped pieces of already cooked meat and stir the mixture.
4. Let it cook for a minute or two then add your seasoning/spices and salt to taste. Stir the stew and let it cook for another two minutes, then it is done.
There are many ways of cooking beef stew, some might prefer to have the pepper, tomatoes and onions chopped instead of blending smooth, you can also cook with other type of vegetables, fishes, crayfish and so on.
The term, ‘beef’ , refers to the flesh of a cow or bull. It’s a common source of protein for people all over the world. Beef when properly cooked is very delicious. You can be one addicted to eating beef. Beef belongs to the Class of meat called red meat. Beef contains a lot of nutrients including; Proteins, Fat, Vitamin b12, Zinc, Selenium,Vitamin B3, Iron.
Buying beef.
There are many places where you can buy beef. You can buy at supermarkets ( usually frozen), butchers stores and meat farm ( buying directly from people who raised the animal. However the best place to buy beef is from the farm or a butcher’s store. This is because you can see the source of the meat you are buying. Meat you buy should look fresh, not pale or frozen burnt, should smell nice/ fresh.
Cooking beef
There are many methods of cooking beef including boiling, frying, grilling, roasting etc. The easiest way to cook beef is boiling with salt and spices. Types of cooking beef ranges from 10 to 20 minutes. Roasting, frying, grilling gives cooked meat a wide range of tastes and these tastes vary based on the part of the cow or bull the meat is cut from. The figure below shows major parts of a cow meat.
part of beef
Eating beef ( precautions)
Control the amount of beef you eat, too much of it may not be good for you.Make sure the beef you eat is properly cooked. Eating semi cooked meat is dangerous to health. You should not eat more than 700g of red meat per week according to health practitioners.
Most fruits and vegetables will last longer when refrigerated. Don’t refrigerate unripe fruits, instead leave them at normal room temperature for them to ripen. Chopped/ sliced or left over vegetables should be refrigerated.
Some list of vegetables you should not refrigerate
Plum
Potatoes
Yams
Onions ( unless spring onions or scallions)
Tomatoes
Cassava
Peaches
Some list of vegetables you should refrigerate ( when ripe)
