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Want to restore a 40-year-old decoration to its former glory? Try these simple, safe cleaning tricks that won’t damage the finish.

Have you ever seen a decoration your parents kept, carrying it with them from another country or a previous marriage? Carmina realized that parents often hold onto items they've purchased in the past. While browsing Greenhill's shopping center, she stepped into  Mystic Gems by Bensani and saw so many nostalgic items that reminded her of growing up.  I pointed out to Mom Violy that she had a similar crystal tree decoration at home. She said it was forty years old and already dirty. The saleslady explained it could be cleaned easily with soap and water. Carmina decided to take Mom Violy home and bring the crystal tree decoration with her. Mom Violy questioned why she was taking it, and I said I would clean it and return it.  I noticed Mom Violy had placed planting seeds inside the decoration, for reasons I didn’t understand. Before cleaning it, I checked online to see what was needed, knowing its value. I placed a towel underneath, prepared a plastic container with dishwas...
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Paksiw ng Pata Recipe

You have an option to add the sugar to the paksiw ng pata or not add the sugar depending on if you have someone who is diabetic and doesn't want to eat it with their dish is an option to this dish. Paksiw ng Pata Recipe Ingredients: 1 Kilo Pork Pata (sliced into 2 inches) ½ Cup – Soy sauce 8 - Cloves of Garlic (minced) 2 Cups - Water ½ Cup - Vinegar 1/4 Cup - Brown Sugar ½ Package - Dried Banana Blossom (soaked in water) 1 Tbsp – Whole Black Pepper Patis (fish sauce) Cooking Oil Cooking Instructions: Step 1: Cook in pan heat oil add pork pata cook until cooked and set aside the pork Add garlic to sauté Add pork pata pour the water, soy sauce, vinegar, peppercorn cook in low heat for one hour until tender. Step 2: Add banana blossom, sugar cook for another 15 minutes. Season with patis to your taste and ready to serve in a bowl. NOT SPONSORED. Subscribe @ Carmina Lifestyle YouTube Channel  a place to look, discover and share. Thank you for your ...
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Munggo Recipe

Munggo is a bean family that many Filipino love to eat in our home we eat this every other Friday of the week and it is matched up with piksiw ng bangus.  Click here to find the  Filipino Paksiw Bangus Recipe In English it is called mung beans. Munggo Recipe Ingredients: ½ Cup – Hibi (dried shrimp) 4 Pieces – Tinapa (smoke fish) -shredded, remove bones, head and tail 1 Cup – Munggo  1 – Cup Leaves of Ampalya or Spinach 2 Tbsp – Patis (fish sauce) 1 – Onion (chopped) 4 – Cloves Garlic (minced) 3 Cups – Pork broth or 2 Knorr Pork Cubes Optional – Chicharon (pork rind) - crushed Day Before: Soak munggo overnight in a bowl of one cup munggo with 3 cups of water. Next Day: Rinse munggo with cold water to drain it out until water is clear. Cooking Instructions: Boil munggo in 3 cups of pork broth until it becomes soft In a pot sauté garlic, onion in cooking oil add pork, tinapa and hibi cook for 3 minutes. Add boiled munggo beans, ampalaya leaves season with patis...
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