INTRODUCTION Background of the Study DOCX

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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Pandesal is a typical Filipino bread that is traditionally served as a breakfast roll. It is a common bread roll made of flour, eggs, yeast, sugar and salt. Usually, it is soft, airy, chewy and has a slightly crunchy crust outside. This bread roll is widely enjoyed throughout the day and they are almost synonymous to rice in Filipino meals. It is commonly served hot and consumed by dipping in the coffee. It can also be complemented with butter, cheese, jam, or peanut butter. This bread roll became a part of Philippine cuisine that's why it has varieties like raisin pandesal, whole wheat pandesal and cheese pandesal. It is also commonly referred as "poor man's bread" because it became a cheaper alternative of rice during the war era. Taro or usually referred as gabi , is a tropical plant grown all over the Philippines. It was once one of the most edible root crops in the world because it is loaded with essential nutrients and vitamins, but this starchy tuber has faded from the grocery list of modern Filipino consumers, who are unaware of the healthy benefits of the crop. It is closely related to cassava, another nutritious food that is abundant in the Philippines. Its stem and petioles are the main ingredients of laing and ginataan cooked in coconut milk. Aside from its stem and petioles, its corm is mixed in sinigang. Taro corm, the root crop, provides numerous health benefits. It contains cryptoxanthin, a member of carotenoid family that are proven antioxidants and their role in protecting the body from free-radical damage has been well established. Recent studies...