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98 Outside one ounce (Ind. [[Indonesian]] ounce) of tempe wrapped in banana leaves sells for 20Rp retail and 2 1/2 rupiahs of that goes to the street seller who distributes process complicated but includes multiple boilings, washings to remove skins, saving overnight, etc. the fermenting agent, called 'ragi', is purchased [[strikethrough]]on[[/strikethrough]] dried in little white square patches on waru leaves- one waru leaf mixed by rubbing over the soy beans is enough to ferment 7 kilos of soy beans the ragi for tempe is also made from soy bean paste/meal (?) most expensive equipment in the small factory were 5 or 6 very large copper pans weighing about 60 K. each - were cast for the factory at Kota Gede at a cost of 1700 per kilogram or nearly 100,000 Rp per pan boys working in the factory receive 1800 Rp per week wrappers are paid by the tin at 99 17 1/2 per tin (per 'blek') - can wrap 5 - 6 tinfuls a day which gives them an income of 87 1/2 - 105 Rp a day (?) tempe is sold in the Jogja + Temang gung areas - most of her customers in Jogja are wealthier families + hospitals the factory processes 5 quintals (500 kilos) of soybeans a day work area is off the back of the family home work hours from 7:00AM - 4:00PM + workers receive midday meal - Pak Pedro + his wife look fairly well off with a decent house, TV, gold ornaments Pak Pedro himself has another job as a high school P.E. teacher 2. visit to large fully automated canned milk factory, P.T. Sarihusodo produces 4 kinds of baby formula, regular milk + oatmeal + one type of baby formula + the quaker oats under foreign liscence - factory sealed off for sanitary reasons + visitors allowed only to look thru glass windows from outside
Transcription Notes:
Rp: Rupiah, the currency in Indonesia
Ragi: means ferment or yeast in Indonesian
Blek: means tin in Indonesian
Temang gung: place in Indonesia
Jogia: place in Indonesia
Quintals:a unit of weight equal to 100 kg
Sarihusodo: Indonesian company