Cook With Internet Shaquille

April 29, 2021

Food

...nom de guerre, Internet Shaquille. He posts pithy, frugal and to the point cooking videos covering everything from hummus to coffee. https://youtu.be/MWveIltRyYc I’m partial to his take downs of expensive pre-made meals such as smoothy purveyor Daily Harvest, https://youtu.be/2GQmlZHNA28 and Scam Like Me, Get Blue Apron for Free. https://youtu.be/osv72OeCpR0 He’s also got some solid advice on how to make a restaurant quality burrito at home. So le...

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How to Answer the Question, “What Should I Do With My Life?”

Mr. Homegrown

November 14, 2013

Thoughtstylings

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...is blog: gardening, poultry health, beekeeping, food preservation, baking, cooking and self-reliance. There’s another broad category : books relating to symbolism, Carl Jung, Rudolf Steiner and media theory. The rest are oddball topics: electronic circuits, 70s land art and fencing tactics. Together these topics make me the crazy person that I am. In short, I’m non-linear weirdo with a DIY streak and an interest in topics that have fallen to the b...

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Cast Iron Cookware Class at Winnetka Farms

Mr. Homegrown

July 8, 2013

Events

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...story of cast iron cookware. Techniques and use of cast iron There will be cooking demonstrations (tastings) and discussion of the special techniques and uses of this timeless kitchen tool. Cleaning and Maintenance Very importantly the cleaning and maintenance of your cast iron cookware. While there are many theories regarding cleaning and maintaining cast Iron, I’ll discuss and demonstrate the system I adhere to after many years of experience. Re...

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The tale of the worm bin celery

Mrs. Homegrown

July 3, 2013

Food, Gardening, Miscellaneous, Vermiculture

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...me fine. All winter long I used this plant as the basis of my cold-weather cooking–chopped onions, carrots and celery in the bottom of every pot. It was a real treat not to have to buy celery for such a long time, and to have that flavor available whenever I wanted it. I should add that the leaves were just as flavorful as the stalks As a side note, I’ve heard of a breed of celery made to work precisely this way, called cutting celery, but I’ve ne...

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The Best Raw Flax Cracker Recipe

Mr. Homegrown

October 29, 2012

Food, Recipes

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...ould all eat some raw food, but many nutrients are accessible only through cooking. That being said, I like a few recipes that came out of the raw craze, especially flax crackers. My favorite flax cracker recipe is the onion cracker bread you can find here. This easy to make recipe requires no pre-soaking or sprouting. All you do is mix the ingredients (onions, flax seed, sunflower seeds, olive oil and agave syrup) in a bowl and spread it on a tra...

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