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Saturday, October 3, 2009

Pasta Machine Crackers

crackersthumb.JPGIf 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

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Friday, May 15, 2009

Project Horseshoe - An Empirical Search For Luck

horseshoethumb.jpgDoes 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.

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Saturday, February 21, 2009

WDMD? - What Do Morons Drink?

wdmdthumb.jpg21 February 2009 - What do morons drink? You may never have wondered about this, but I did, so I set about finding out.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Yoghurt Bread - Another Bread Experiment

yoghurtbreadthumb.JPGYet another bread-related experiment - I wanted to try baking a loaf of bread using plain natural yoghurt as the main liquid ingredient.

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Sunday, February 8, 2009

Making Pots From Natural Clay

claythumb.JPGAn experimental attempt to dig natural clay and make it into fired ceramics.

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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Apple Juice Bread

applejuicebreadthumb.JPGAnother 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.

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Friday, October 10, 2008

Cider Yeast Bread

cideryeastthumb.JPGIn 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.

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Thursday, October 9, 2008

Red Cabbage Science

redcabbagethumb.JPGRed 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...

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Sunday, September 28, 2008

What To Do With Ten Gallons Of Apple Juice

applejuice2.jpgA 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.

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Sunday, July 6, 2008

Making A Feather Quill Pen

quillpen1.JPGA 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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