Food Processing

Taho Making

Taho
Taho is very familiar to us, especially to the children. When the kids hear the voice of magtataho shouting the word tahooo.. Tahooo.. They are running outside their house and asking their parents to buy them taho.They like it because of its sweet delicious taste.

We enjoy eating taho either with a spoon, sipping it with a staw, or simply slurping it straight from the cup. Taho is also a favorite healthy snack food here in the philippines, it is affordable that is why taho is common to us and the filipino love it so much..

Taho maker prepare their ingredeints in the evening. Like the sago and the soya beans, it is needed to soak it overnight in the water. Early 2 am in the morning the taho maker starts to cook, and begin to do the different steps and the finish product is what we called taho.

Taho Vendor
Mr. Jessie Javier wearing yellow color of dress is one of the taho vendor of the Sanchez tahoan. He is from Irosin and 43 years of age. According to him, since he was 17 years of age when he began to sell and became a taho vendor, its almost 26 years from now he is still selling. It can help a lot in his family and sent his children to school.

In our interview, we see hoe haedworking and kind hearted he is. Actually, for those children who cant afford to buy 5 pesos, he gave it 2 pesos.

Taho vendor is not an easy job, they need to walk in their route every morning even if they are expose in the sun. It is not common for a taho vendor to be spotted in the late afternoon or evening as well, it is in the morning. Taho vendor as we can see carries two buckets of aluminum that hang from end of a yoke. The larger bucket carries the soya beans, and the smaller bucket is the arnibal and the sago. Taho vendor carry plastic cups for their product but some customers in resedential areas tend to use their own cups.

Owner

Mrs. Gina Sanchez

Mrs. Gina Sanchez is the owner of tahoan located at San Pedro, Irosin. Before they made their taho in Zone 2, pier site Bulan, Sorsogon, but a year have past they transfer to San Pedro, Irosin and in that place they continue to make taho. In the tahoan they have 2 workers and 13 vendors of taho. Actually, 2,000.00 is their beginning capital. This business help them a lot and also to the resident of San Pedro, Irosin because they encourage them to sell their taho inorder for them to have an income. Also, because of their business their children finish their study .

Materials

Ingedients

Soya Beans

Sago

Calcium Sulfate

Sugar

Procedure
1st step : Soak the soya beans in the water 2nd step : grind soya beans while adding water

3rd step: after grinding the soya beans, put it in the pan and boil it for a minute

4th step : after boiling, put soya beans in a cheesecloth and squeeze out milk

5th step : drain the boiled soya beans to separate the soya milk to the soya pulf

6th step : then, apply the powder (calcium sulfate )

Picture of members and tahoan staff

Prepared by :
Arian David Donna Hachero Rhona Joy Villacacan Sheryl Ginga Dinalyn Salondaga Sarah Jane Lacra