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I think that's a picture of a tulip tree. Magnolias have thick green leaves. They both smell amazing, though.

Andrennabird -- After you rinse it, you have to knead it until all the water is out. There are special butter paddles for this, but you can use your hands too. You'll know it's done when it start...

Sphinxie -- Have you tried Groaty Pudding? It's steel cut oats with beef, leeks, and onion. There are several old British recipes for savory oats/groats. I like making oatmeal with bl...

Bitter melon skeeves me out. I know it's good for you, but both times I made it, I really hated it. It's an acquired taste, I guess.

I used to LOVE this stuff, but last year they changed the recipe for both chicken and beef (not sure about the other flavors), and now they both have a weird smoky smell. I used it for Beef Stroga...

I have had this lamp for two years, and I love it. Design purists will probably drum me out of town, but I actually prefer the flat circular base to the big chunky base of the original. The top do...

I think, in general, that an American cookie features butter as a primary ingredient, and becomes harder when exposed to air. British cookies (biscuits), on the other hand, become softer when expos...

Baklava is my fail-safe dish -- every piece usually gets eaten within the first hour. Easy to make (if you now the secret tricks) and people will be impressed by your prowess! I have a tutorial on...

Sorry, http://feeverte.net

Pernod is not absinthe. It is an anise flavored liquor, but it does not contain wormwood, the key ingredient that makes absinthe "hallucinatory". Wormwood contains a chemical called thujone, which ...

t takes practice to figure out how to use a blowtorch correctly. The trick is knowing how close to get the flame. With a kitchen blowtorch, aim to have the "inner" blue flame 1/4 inch above the sur...

The artistic statement of tagging or graffiti ignores my artistic statement of a blank wall.

I like these cute monster prints, especially the pink one! http://boneflowersprints.etsy.com I'm getting several of them for friends.

I used to live above a girl who worked for the apartment community I was in, and she would pen her dog (his name was 'Shut Up') all day and night in the tiny fenced in porch off her kitchen. Which...

Boiled, skin on, put through a ricer, then whipped in the Kitchen Aid with melted cream cheese. NOM.

The secret to gravy is to use concentrated chicken stock, like Better Than Bouillon, and to whisk cornstarch into a little bit of water before you put it in. Don't dump it in dry - you'll get lumps...

I like apple pie with caramel sauce. If you butter your pie plate and line it with brown sugar before you put in the crust, it turns into a beautiful caramel in the oven. I turn the pie out upsid...

I've been making pies for years and I only recently found out that most people are intimidated by making pie crust from scratch. I use 2 cups of flour mixed with 1 tsp of salt, then ...

$25 for ONE air plant? I have never paid more than $5-6 for any of mine (they sell them at Home Depot, for goodness sake) and that includes buying from blackjungle.com when I want something fancy....

Fjorleif's idea would definitely work. As long as the upholstery clears the mattress at the bottom when you attach the separate piece, you should be fine. You could even use a staple gun to make f...