If you've got a pasta machine, did you know it can do other things besides making pasta?
Here's one of them - you can make these sweet glazed crackers
Saturday, October 3, 2009
By Mike on Saturday, October 3, 2009, 10:04
If you've got a pasta machine, did you know it can do other things besides making pasta?
Here's one of them - you can make these sweet glazed crackers
Friday, May 15, 2009
By Mike on Friday, May 15, 2009, 22:56
Does luck exist? Not luck in the sense of plunging pianos precisely failing to hit passing preoccupied pedestrians - luck in the sense of fortuitous outcome, manufactured or provoked by items or actions considered 'lucky'.
I propose an experiment, in which every effort will be made to impart luck to an outcome - here it is.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
By Mike on Saturday, February 21, 2009, 23:58
21 February 2009 - What do morons drink? You may never have wondered about this, but I did, so I set about finding out.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
By Mike on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 22:31
Yet another bread-related experiment - I wanted to try baking a loaf of bread using plain natural yoghurt as the main liquid ingredient.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
By Mike on Sunday, February 8, 2009, 21:17
An experimental attempt to dig natural clay and make it into fired ceramics.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
By Mike on Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 23:01
Another bready experiment - I was curious about how a loaf of bread would turn out if fruit juice was substituted for all of the water in the recipe.
Friday, October 10, 2008
By Mike on Friday, October 10, 2008, 22:57
In the process of making cider, I had some yeast sediment to discard - this is wild yeast that occurs naturally on the skins of the apples - I couldn't help wondering if I might be able to use it to make bread.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
By Mike on Thursday, October 9, 2008, 15:24
Red cabbage is more than just a vegetable to be enjoyed by adults and feared by children - it can be used as a tool for science...
Sunday, September 28, 2008
By Mike on Sunday, September 28, 2008, 14:05
A friend gave me two large kegs of beautiful fresh-pressed apple juice - too much to drink, so here are some experiments in different ways to use it up.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
By Mike on Sunday, July 6, 2008, 12:52
A walk alongside the Basingstoke Canal yielded some large swan feathers, in good condition.
I decided to try to make a quill pen.
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