Tag: homemade
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How to Make the BEST Loaf of Bread on Planet Earth
Tough title to live up to, right? But I was literally stunned out of my mind when I tasted this bread the first time, and each time I’ve baked it since, it seems to get better. This bread makes people scream. Literally. What you are about to read is very, very long. After all, if…
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*NO CANS* Green Bean Casserole
Ah, green bean casserole…that staple of Thanksgiving dinners and church potlucks for decades. So easy that even someone who can’t cook can make it, because all you have to do is open a can of green beans, a can of cream of mushroom soup, and a package of French fried onions and it makes itself. …
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3-minute Microwave Oatmeal Cinnamon Breakfast Cake
I make breakfast almost every single day. During the week, when it’s nothing special, I usually make biscuits or pancakes. Biscuits take about 15 minutes, start to finish, pancakes take a little less. That’s not a lot of time, to be honest. Way less than most people might think. But even 15 minutes is too…
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Homemade Garlic Naan Bread
Everyone loves flatbreads, from pitas to naan to foccacia, to the spongy fermented teff bread of Ethiopia: injera. Naan is the staple flatbread in India, and there are as many ways to make it as there are cooks. Naan is quick and easy to make, and for you guys who limit yourselves to the grill…
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How to Convert a Refrigerator for Curing Meat or Aging Cheese
WARNING: Working with electricity is dangerous. This article will teach you several ways to convert a refrigerator into a chamber for curing meat or for aging cheese. (The same principles can be used to convert a refrigerator into a lagering chamber for making homebrew lager beer, or converting a chest freezer into a kegerator.) If…
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Curing Wild Boar
My wonderful neighbor Ron surprised me a few days ago with some cuts from a few wild boar he shot on a recent hunting trip. I took that as my excuse to get set up for home-curing…something I’ve been researching for a VERY long time. Curing meat through the application of salt, occasionally smoke, and…