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Oh man, we pick up our first CSA basket tomorrow! According to the farm blog, we're getting cukes, spinach, chard, and salad turnips (my favorite!). I am pretty stoked.
They're not soaked in lime-the-citrus-fruit, but lime-as-in-calcium-hydroxide.
According to Mr. Harold McGee (my favorite food scientist ever), "During the steeping, the alkalinity sof...
We sucked it up and bought a portable air conditioner this week. We live in a badly-insulated log cabin with all-casement windows as well, and the 2nd floor -- even with an attic fan -- was 92F. ...
I will put in a plug for those octagon Home Depot tiles (the black and white ones that you can buy in pre-arranged sheets) -- we put them into a tiny bathroom with white wainscot trim (as proposed ...
That whole "don't cook with what you wouldn't drink" thing always seemed a bit silly to me -- if I followed that rule then I'd never ever use wine in my food. I think the idea is that if yo...
SFGail, you *definitely* need more than one -- they don't call it a flock of ducks for nothing. Some places have a minimum of some crazy number like 15, but the place I get mine has a minimum of 6...
Also remember that on most thermometers, the bottom inch or two needs to be immersed in order to get an accurate reading. I'm never making batches that big, so I spend alot of time with the pot ti...
I totally agree with the "start with some plants" angle. If you have an Ikea nearby, they have great (and of course reasonably-priced) ceramic pots and planters, and all manner of vaguely-tropical...
I certainly don't live in an urban (or even suburban) area, but I do keep ducks (and geese, and chickens). Everyone always talks about urban chickens, but ducks are (I think) much friendli...
If you want to avoid stripping, B.I.N. Shellac Primer can pretty much go on top of anything, and under anything. I've put it right over glossy wood surfaces (2 coats) and it works wonders. (It do...
I'm pretty sure that having 6-year-old twins is one of the only valid reasons to have a horrendous bedroom. (All the more reason to have a lovely bedroom to retreat to, as well!)
It's...
Let's hope the user never spills anything into the water-section of the pot... I can't imagine that cleaning half-cooked custard out of that little spout would be an easy task!
I have a totally generic ($450 Frigidaire) all-gas-all-the-time stove/oven, and it's great. When we first got it, the burners ran a little hot, but that's easy to adjust (you just pull off the kno...
We live in a very static-y house, and have had great luck with plain old white vinegar. We just put a splash (1/4c, maybe?) in the fabric softener dispenser in the washer (or directly into the wat...
Are we talking one-time treat, or make-a-bunch-at-home? Because as someone who has eaten 11 sugary-substance-coated apples in the last 3 weeks, I can say that about 1 caramel apple per year is a p...
What a cute idea! Sadly, I can't think of anything that might make the candy stay on. The candy even started sliding off our (full-size) apples a few days after we made them. I would second the ...
Jim, I totally love the caramel, too! We actually made caramel apples (in between batches 1 and 2 of candy apples), and they are delicious but so rich ! I couldn't eat a whole one. Candy a...
These soaps are actually more like what HE washers need, because they have very little foam. My homemade stuff (which is most similar to the Instructables recipe) is awesome. I also love adding a...
Latest Comments...
Oh man, we pick up our first CSA basket tomorrow! According to the farm blog, we're getting cukes, spinach, chard, and salad turnips (my favorite!). I am pretty stoked.
They're not soaked in lime-the-citrus-fruit, but lime-as-in-calcium-hydroxide. According to Mr. Harold McGee (my favorite food scientist ever), "During the steeping, the alkalinity sof...
We sucked it up and bought a portable air conditioner this week. We live in a badly-insulated log cabin with all-casement windows as well, and the 2nd floor -- even with an attic fan -- was 92F. ...
I will put in a plug for those octagon Home Depot tiles (the black and white ones that you can buy in pre-arranged sheets) -- we put them into a tiny bathroom with white wainscot trim (as proposed ...
That whole "don't cook with what you wouldn't drink" thing always seemed a bit silly to me -- if I followed that rule then I'd never ever use wine in my food. I think the idea is that if yo...
SFGail, you *definitely* need more than one -- they don't call it a flock of ducks for nothing. Some places have a minimum of some crazy number like 15, but the place I get mine has a minimum of 6...
Also remember that on most thermometers, the bottom inch or two needs to be immersed in order to get an accurate reading. I'm never making batches that big, so I spend alot of time with the pot ti...
I totally agree with the "start with some plants" angle. If you have an Ikea nearby, they have great (and of course reasonably-priced) ceramic pots and planters, and all manner of vaguely-tropical...
I certainly don't live in an urban (or even suburban) area, but I do keep ducks (and geese, and chickens). Everyone always talks about urban chickens, but ducks are (I think) much friendli...
If you want to avoid stripping, B.I.N. Shellac Primer can pretty much go on top of anything, and under anything. I've put it right over glossy wood surfaces (2 coats) and it works wonders. (It do...
I'm pretty sure that having 6-year-old twins is one of the only valid reasons to have a horrendous bedroom. (All the more reason to have a lovely bedroom to retreat to, as well!) It's...
Wow. Great job, and I love the choice of fabric! (Also, "Economy Foam and Futons" is a great name.)
Let's hope the user never spills anything into the water-section of the pot... I can't imagine that cleaning half-cooked custard out of that little spout would be an easy task!
I just wrote a post about this on my blog! Our solution is wheat bran. Not the expensive food kin...
I have a totally generic ($450 Frigidaire) all-gas-all-the-time stove/oven, and it's great. When we first got it, the burners ran a little hot, but that's easy to adjust (you just pull off the kno...
We live in a very static-y house, and have had great luck with plain old white vinegar. We just put a splash (1/4c, maybe?) in the fabric softener dispenser in the washer (or directly into the wat...
Are we talking one-time treat, or make-a-bunch-at-home? Because as someone who has eaten 11 sugary-substance-coated apples in the last 3 weeks, I can say that about 1 caramel apple per year is a p...
What a cute idea! Sadly, I can't think of anything that might make the candy stay on. The candy even started sliding off our (full-size) apples a few days after we made them. I would second the ...
Jim, I totally love the caramel, too! We actually made caramel apples (in between batches 1 and 2 of candy apples), and they are delicious but so rich ! I couldn't eat a whole one. Candy a...
These soaps are actually more like what HE washers need, because they have very little foam. My homemade stuff (which is most similar to the Instructables recipe) is awesome. I also love adding a...