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Not the prettiest picture but when I was a sophomore in high school, my World History class had a medieval fair and each of us had to bring a medieval dish. I learned how to cook lentil soup. Today’s recipe added a couple spoons of tomato paste and some salsify from my garden, but it’s still a...

She told me it was new but I see some wear on some of the labels and it doesn’t look like the current Stella model.

I saw that video last week and just thought "Someone shoot those idiots that are blocking the exit!" You could see the moose kept thinking about going that way, then it saw them. You would think they have never herded an animal in their life or something...

My mom has been volunteering at a charity thrift store and they were just gifted a brand new Magister Stella Professional PID Espresso Machine. She asked me how much she should sell it for. Well, I know that the most she is going to get for it in THAT store is about $200 but I think she can do...

I'm told that I used to say "Fire F__k". Kind of ironic that I married a ginger...

I only brew ales but from what I understand, lager yeasts usually take a bit longer. If you were kegging, you might be able to rush things but it just isn't worth the risk in a bottle. If it was me, I would ferment for 4 weeks, prime and bottle, let it age for 3 weeks at 70F, then move to the...

I re-discovered the awesomeness of first wort hops. I got comfortable with my Anvil Foundry. And, last but not least, it was great to see my wife get excited about homebrewing. She has slowly warmed to it over the years, but this year my back went out right before an event that I had...

Is Portland OR the new 'Florida Man'?

My aunt and uncle split most of their time between Valdez AK and Portland OR but were just down a month ago to get all the snow off their cabin's roof. Then the next storm topped it right off!

Wilsonia, CA

The japs at my grocery are as long as my hand but for some reason the ones I grow are closer to thumb size and not suitable for poppers at all. Great point about letting them go red though. That’s how I used nearly all of mine last year and really liked the flavor. I still think I’ll go back to...

Picked up the first batch of plants from the nursery this weekend. 60 bunch onion 6 Burpless Cucumber 4 artichoke 1 grape tomato, (jelly bean) 1 salad tomato (stupice) 1 large tomato (celebrity) 1 zucchini 1 8-ball squash 1 golden starburst squash No peppers yet. All they had were 6-packs of...

I have an old Sony camcorder and noticed when I filmed in low-light mode, I could see right through a lot of blouses. Those Christmas videos with the extended family are pretty embarrassing...

My mystery pepper seems to have made it through the winter! For now, I am calling it a Birds Eye Chili but I will probably never know definitively. It has a nice, fruity taste but is one of the hottest peppers I have ever had. I’d guess it is about twice as hot as my cayenne, so about 100,000...

I bought this one last month and love it, especially for my sodas (40 psi and picnic tap don't play well together). I'd forgotten about the Tap 2.1 though. That looks great too..

I brew on the porch, just in case but... After mash, close valve. Remove THIS clamp Hold the sparge arm over a small glass and lift the pump to get as much as I can out. Put a dish towel under the valve and disconnect Run hot water through, both ways, while the Anvil gets to boil temp After...

I have tried whole (squished) blueberries and blueberry juice. The whole berries were far superior. A lot of what we consider blueberry flavor is in the skin so my juice batch seemed flat. I use a 1-gallon bag of berries, added after primary fermentation has slowed down. I keg and chill it...

I lived in Fairbanks for 4 years, drove down the Alcan in December, and didn't even own chains. Although, there was one trip through Siskiyou National Forest a few years ago that got a little hairy on the downhill. I'm sure my wife was wishing we had chains...

You laugh, but a few years ago I drove up to Shaver Lake, on roads that look just like that, and CHP was stopping everyone - wouldn't let you go on without chains!