How To: Make a butter sculpture
Don’t laugh—butter sculpture is a true art form that originated in Tibet in the 7th century. It is now one of the highlights of many American harvest fairs. Learn how to make your own butter sculpture.
Don’t laugh—butter sculpture is a true art form that originated in Tibet in the 7th century. It is now one of the highlights of many American harvest fairs. Learn how to make your own butter sculpture.
In this cooking how to video Tracy shows you how to make some authentic Jamaican red pea soup. This recipe for red pea soup is perfect for a cold day. Follow along with the Jamaican cooking video lesson to learn how to make this delicious red pea soup.
Bean sprouts are an extremely healthy and delicious way to enjoy legumes. Although sprouting can seem intimidating to some, it is really an easy process. Any whole bean can be sprouted - Mung, Garbanzo, Kidney, Moth, Adzuki, Lentil, etc. Sprouts can be eaten raw in salads or cooked. Watch this how-to video and try this simple method for sprouting mung beans.
There are a lot of ways to booby trap a door, but this one might be one of the least offensive and most terrifying. This video will teach you how party poppers and a napkin will allow you to scare your friends without soaking anything in water or smashing someone's face.
Try corn on the cob with a little outdoor flavor! This video will show you the steps to grilling corn on the cob. If you've never had, then you're missing out a crunchy corn cob delight! The trick is, when peeling the husks back, leave them attached and tie them together with some kitchen string, then soak them in water thirty minutes before you're ready to slap them on the grill.
Nothing soaks up sauce better than a big piece of French bread. In this two part tutorial, learn exactly how to make bakery style French bread from scratch and impress your guests!
Get a red cabbage from the grocery store, and tear up about two or three leaves and put them in a glass jar. Cover the leaves with water and microwave, then strain out the leaves. You can mix the extract with different household chemicals and watch the color change!
You can easily copy the aged look on old brass jewelry and hardware. Brass, an alloy of copper and zinc, oxides naturally. But you can encourage the process to go faster by using vinegar and salt water, or a rag soaked in ammonia. Use these techniques to mimic an antique patina.
Whether you find clown hilarious or absolutely terrifying, you're probably familiar with the squirting flowers that they so often have mounted on their lapel pins for soaking circusgoers. This video will teach you how to create a similar set of squirting flower, except based in a pot rather than your clothing.
Check out this video for a step by step on making overnight French toast. This recipe is sweet and sugary and makes a fantastic dessert or a daring breakfast. Eat this in moderation, however, because it involves lots of butter and sugar.
You want to talk about a real throwback for a dessert? It's rum pineapple upside-down cake.
This video shows us how to make horchata. The ingredients are 3 cups of white rice, 3 cups of milk cinnamon powder to add taste,1 and 1/4 cups of sugar and six cups of water. Now to make the horchata ,add water to 3 cups of white rice and let it soak overnight. Drain the soaked rice. Put it in a mixer. Combine the milk and cinnamon and add it to the rice. Purée the mixture. Once done, strain the mixture and discard the rice paste. Keep the liquid aside. Next in another bowl, dissolve sugar in...
Grilled or breaded? When asked this question at most fast food joints or restaurants most of us would answer "breaded" because of the oil-soaked, fluffy goodness, but in truth grilled chicken is a LOT healthier for you.
This video explains how to spike a mohawk super high using bar soap. The things you will need in order to do this are... soap, hair glue, hairspray, a hairdryer, a hand-held mirror, and a pick/comb.
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In order to make this vegan-quality nut milk, you'll need soaked and sprouted almonds, agave nectar, pinch of salt, water, cheesecloth and strainer. This is a great raw recipe for nut milk where you can even reuse your leftover almond remains for some tasty raw cookies! Watch and learn this great vegan recipe for a dairy-free, soy-free, milk alternative.
Get drunker faster with this delicious summer recipe! Follow along and pull together all of your ingredients to make a fruity and delicious sangria in just a few minutes. This Spanish specialty works well for any occasion and you will enjoy taking a bite out of the wine soaked fruit in your glass. Enjoy!
Don't you dare wear a Miley Cyrus "Can't Be Tamed" music video makeup look without matching your hair to your fabulous face! Watch this video to soak up the hair how-to goodness for getting Cyrus' hair from her risque video.
Check out this video cooking tip from The Chef's Toolbox in Australia. Watch this tutorial to learn how to make Vietnamese rice paper rolls like a chef. Making Vietnamese rice paper rolls are easy, and see the ingredients here.
In this gardening tutorial, you'll find instructions for building an aeroponic fogger, or mister, for a hydroponic growing system. Nutrified fog is accepted by the roots at a much faster rate than nutrients from spray or soak system. So I modified my Aerospray system to have both nutrifog and timed sprays. To learn more about this method for constructing an aeroponic fogger, take a look!
Here is a streamline and completely grownup dessert recipe. In this cooking how to video tutorial Mark Bittman, from the New York Times, lets a sweet, buttery apple cake have a drink. Watch as he prepares a bourbon apple cake. Use quartered apples, sugar, butter, eggs, flour, salt and baking powder. Don't forget to soak it in the bourbon sauce.
When a thick piece of wood is treated the treatment doesn't soak into the center of the wood. If you are using the wood for a fence post you need to treat the bottom of the wood so that the ground moisture doesn't damage it. In this how to video, home improvement expert Danny Lipford gives a great way to treat the bottom of your pre-treated wood.
We usually see our parents suffering from arthritis and sometimes we ourselves have joint pain too. In this how to video Pharmacologist Joe Graedon shows you how to treat arthritis and joint pain with natural remedies. Learn how vitamin D, fish oil, gin soaked raisins, cherry juice, and turmeric can help ease with arthritis and joint pain.
This classic Italian coffee dessert has a delicious boozy kick. Watch this how to video and learn how easy it is to make tiramisu. Start by making a white creamy mousse. Prepare your rum and coffee mixture to soak the sponge fingers in. Finish by assembling everything together in a mold.
Need some good salmon recipes? Chef Jason Hill grills up this delicious maple-glazed salmon, which you can also prepare on a soaked cedar plank. The flavor is much like an Oregon smoked salmon, without all the fuss! The ingredients are frozen salmon, maple syrup, soy sauce, and garlic. Learn how to prepare this maple-glazed salmon by watching and following along with this video cooking tutorial.
The hardest part about going to Rio, Brazil is leaving it at the end of your trip. In this South American travel video, Toby Amies soaks it up in a Rio beach, before visiting a favela, tries out at Samba School and samples one of the local Brazilian delicacies - a caipirinha!
Having a little trouble waking up in the morning? There’s nothing like a good soaking to get you going.
Vegetable kebabs are an easy and delicious way to grill your veggies. These tips will help you prepare and skewer the vegetables perfectly. Soak the bamboo skewers in water so they won't burn on the grill. It is best to put like vegetables on the same skewers and even better to double skewer them.
Legumes like pinto beans are not only delicious and a staple in any Mexican meal but are also very healthy for you. They may take a little time to cook from scratch but can be made in large batches with out much effort and are extremely cost effective.
Tender is the name of the game when it comes to cooking damn delicious meat, but achieving that succulent texture isn't always easy.
Toilet paper isn't the first thing that comes to mind when you want a hot meal, but when you're camping or out in the field (i.e. military training), a little TP is the difference between cold tuna and luxury.
The sprouts, they're alive! Alive, I tell you—aaaaaaliiiiiive! (Cue dramatic music.) It's true: sprouts are a living food, and they're packed with more nutritional benefits than some raw vegetables. It's easy and fun to grow your own sprouts from seeds, legumes, and grains. Plus, watching them grow is incredibly satisfying—you're bringing new life into the world (and onto your plate)!
I know people who hate mayonnaise. I know people who detest ketchup. But I know almost no one that hates mustard, and that's because mustard has a complexity and depth that bland mayo and ketchup do not. Mustard runs the gamut from smooth and subtle to sharp and spicy, especially when you know how to make your own.
In this video from JenniferCornbleet we learn to make raw food granola with almond milk. Place a nut or seed in a mason jar about halfway. Fill the rest with water. Sit over night. Drain, and you can use right away or store in your refrigerator for up to 3 days. Almond milk is a great cereal milk replacement. To make it combine almonds, water, and a couple of dates to sweeten the milk. You can use a different sweetener of your choice. You can flavor with vanilla extract as well. Blend in a bl...
Seared scallops with orange and jalapeno are a quick and easy appetizer to try. The ingredients in this dressing will surprise and impress your guests. It may be just the right holiday recipe.
You will be shown how to use rice water to nourish and fortify your skin. You will be using just the rice water.
In this video, we learn how to cook soft delicious beans. First, you want to make sure you are never using really old beans, around more than 2 years old. To keep your beans from getting old, add some citrus to them so they don't soften. Also, make sure you have the right water level when you are cooking the beans. Last, you want to make sure you are cooking the beans enough and not too much. To cook them right, use fresh beans and soak them for around 2-6 hours. Then, saute vegetables in the...
In this tutorial, we learn how to create ink drop and spread effects. You will need: coffee filters, fish tank, dropper, black ink, water, and a bowl. Next, pour water into your fish tank, then pour your ink into the dropper. After this, add in water into the bowl and place the coffee filter in it to soak it, then place it on a flat surface. For the first effect, drop the ink into your water and see what it looks like when you drop it into the tank, getting this on tape and using the proper l...
For those not in the know, the Perrier ad campaign by Dita Von Teese is a sexy commercial that Von Teese did for the sparkling tonic water company that includes naughty burlesque dancing. In the commercial, Von Teese sports her signature pinup makeup look with false lashes, liquid cat eyeliner, and of course buxom red lips.
This trick is super cool and looks a lot like those found in popular video games. In this tutorial, get a step by step on a jumping illusion that looks like you weighlessly propelled yourself using only water. This trick will take a lot of practice but once you've mastered it, you will draw crowds with this incredible ability. Just be prepared to get soaked while you are still learning! Have fun!