A little chat with a Ice Candy Vendor.

Ice Candy Chocolate Flavored.

This is based in the founder's real experience it's actually a Tagalog Conversation and i tried very hard to translate it for you to understand it.


How much do you earned from selling ice candy? I asked to him.
I earned Php.200 everyday and if i'm lucky i can earn 300 pesos a day. He answered.
Oh,really? What is the thing you hate most? I asked him again.
I hate rain and i love summer,He answered.
Why?,I asked him again.
Because every-time there is rain no one try to buy Ice candy from me because it's cold.
Oh,I understand now.


He is a hardworking person he tries to sell all his ice candies before the day ends.
Let us pray that God will reward according to his hard-work.
Thank you Kuya (meaning brother.) Harold for having time for my interview.


Well ice candy is popular in the Philippines and it's easy to make!

 Let us try to make Mango Flavored Ice candy;

MANGO ICE CANDY
INGREDIENTS:
350g mango flesh
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup cream
2 cups (500ml) fresh milk
1 tspn mango essence

25 pcs ice candy plastic casing (size: 1 1/2 x 10)*used AUS Measuring Cups & Spoons

ASSEMBLING:

1.  Place all the ingredients in a blender.2.  Blend the ingredients till the ingredients are well combined.

3.  Pour in a large bowl.

4.  Place a funnel spout inside the opening of the Ice Candy plastic casing.

.  Stir the mixture before ladling.  Pour in a ladleful of the  mango mixture.  Make sure that you are holding the spout and plastic casing connection tightly so that the mixture won’t spill.
Tip:  If the plastic casing overflows, tip the funnel back to the bowl while holding the connection tightly as you tip the excess.6.  Make sure that you have approximately 6-7cm empty gap from the opening of the plastic to make room for the knotting.  Twist the plastic just on top of the cased mango mixture, leaving a little bubble is normal.  The Ice Candy has to be firm but not too tight.  If it is too tight, it might leak when you freeze it or worst the plastic will rip.

7.  Pinching the twisted part with your thumb and forefinger, wrap top end over your thumb and tuck it under towards your inner palm and swing it underneath back to your thumb and forefinger.

8.  The wrapping around your thumb has to be tight, slowly withdraw your thumb while you insert the top end part of the plastic through where your thumb has been.  Pull it well till you have a tight knot.

9.  Practice makes perfect!  You can practice with water first and try knotting some trial Ice Candy plastic casings.

Once you have done all your Ice Candy, place them in a flat surface in your freezer lying down.  You can stack them on top of each other (maximum is 3 layers), but don’t put anything else on top of them as you don’t want them to burst inside your freezer.  When your Ice Candy are  fully set, serve it whenever you need something sweet or just to cool off from the summer’s heat.

Whoa! Nice to eat this in summer!