Cool drink on a hot summer night. After we brewed beer, MVH steeped the spent grains to make a delicious iced-tea-like beverage. He was inspired by a drink he had on a business trip to China. Half a gallon of boiling water was poured over the grains, and they steeped for about an hour. The […]
Month: July 2009
Devil brownies and easy jam
Easy raspberry jam is stirred into the brownie batter. I am a brownie woman. Make that a fudgey brownie woman. Forget cakey brownies. If I want a chocolate cake, I’ll make one, thank you. And let’s skip frosting. A fudgey brownie needs, at most, a sprinkling of powdered sugar. These brownies β my favorite brownies […]
Who needs a yogurt maker?
Start here, with a quart of milk and two tablespoons of plain yogurt. There’s more science than cooking to making yogurt. Don’t panic. We’re not talking Avogadro’s number stuff here; we’re talking vinegar and baking soda volcanoes. Making yogurt is an easy exercise. The hardest part about making yogurt is keeping the milk from boiling […]
First draught
MVH checks the beer recipe before we start brewing. Pots. And pails. Home brewersβ most important supplies are pots and pails. I was a little surprised by how many vessels my husband, MVH, and I used when we brewed a batch of American wheat recently. I had never been through the whole process at once. […]
Live to make
My robot costume for Halloween 2007. I like to make, and the mission of this blog is to chronicle my adventures in making. I like to make lots of different stuff. I like to cook and bake. I like to sew. I’m trying to teach myself Illustrator and Photoshop. I like to make Halloween costumes. […]