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04/03/2006 17:31 #24967

Kaboom
Category: food
A cautionary note for those interested in home brewing: you may, at some point, hear the words "one of the bottles might have exploded." When you hear that, the bottle most definitely did explode.

03/31/2006 12:02 #24965

Viral Marketing Gone Bad
Category: viral
Chevy lets anyone make their own commercial for the Tahoe.
Take a look at mine


Here are a few sites that are collecting entries.
imk2 - 03/31/06 17:20
it won't let me save my commercial. i tried to send it to myself but i never get it. hmmm.
zobar - 03/31/06 13:19
In that case, you may want to reconsider the Stella or any two-stroke scooter; they burn oil by design and have occasional trouble passing emissions inspections. Usually I can convince myself that owning a Prius makes up for it, but it does bug my conscience when I'm stuck at a light behind a [relatively] clean-burning chromed-out H2 with gold rims and custom plates.

- Z
leetee - 03/31/06 12:36
LOL Very good. I thought it was a possitive ad for... well, a few seconds. I watched a bunch of them, and i like yours best.

SUV's are evil. We drive a prius... well, i don't drive, actually, but i ride when my husband is driving.

03/30/2006 20:55 #24964

Random Thought's/TV
Category: tv
Random Thought's asks for the naming of 5 top tv shows of all time. I'm just going to name my favorite ones now.
1. 24
2. House
3. Alias
4. Lost
5. Battlestar Galactica

03/30/2006 18:07 #24963

Kara's Turkey Dill Sandwich
Category: food
Ingredients
Focaccia Bread, sliced lengthwise
Sliced turkey
Mayo
Dill seed
Roasted red peppers
Artichoke hearts, from a jar
Cheese, any kind including parmesean
Tools
Pizza stone
Steps
Open up the bread so you have your two slices to work with.
Spread a thin layer of mayo on the inside surfaces of the sandwich. I don't like mayo, but in my experiments with sammys I've found that these, especially when toasted, need that little something extra. Plus, the herbs stick better to mayo than the bread alone.
Sprinkle the dill lightly on the mayo.
Pile on a turkey slice, a roasted red pepper, artichoke hearts, with cheese on top (for maximum meltage).
Place on pizza stone in preheated oven at 300-350 until the cheese is melted, 5+ minutes depending on your oven.
Remove from oven and eat. Serve with a dill pickle.
You could also toast this in a toaster oven, or lightly butter the outsides of the bread and grill it on a griddle. I used my pizza stone because it is one of my favorite kitchen tools.

Read the previous entry for sloppy sap (e:kara,51)

03/30/2006 08:26 #24962

Sloppy Sap
Category: food
J came up with the name, and we won't know the results for another few weeks. As with any alcoholic beverage, this recipe is intended for use and consumption by those of legal drinking age. There's my disclaimer, obey as you will. Currently, we have 2 buckets of the sloppy sap and 1 gallon of hard cider fermenting, 3 6-packs of hard cider bottled and aging, and I can't even guess how many bottles of stout, ale and cider are downstairs.
Brewing is an art. I'd recommend starting with something cheaper, like apple juice for hard cider. The initial equipment costs can be a little steep, especially if you buy the ready-made kits. Niagara Traditions Home Brew has a great selection of equipment and supplies, with knowledgable staff.
Ingredients
5 gallons of maple sap that has been put through a reverse osmosis machine.
[This part confuses me, but basically, the sap we used is 6-7% sugar; what comes out of a tree is 1-2%. You can figure this out using a hydrometer. If you've done any brewing, you know what this means. As a reference, Grade A maple syrup is 65% sugar; that's a lot of boiling.] Our source was Wendell's, down near Springville. If you called around to local maple places south of the southtowns, you could probably find a supplier.
Liquid yeast, available from brew supply stores - enough for the 5 gallons. This needs to come to room temperature before being used. The one I used had 40-60 BILLION yeast cells!
Tools
Bleach (for sterilizing equipment)
A bucket with lid that seals tightly, with hole in the top for the airlock; preferably, this bucket will have a spigot, for easy bottling once the fermentation process has finished.
Towels, for when you spill.
A bathtub or super-giant bucket.
A large spoon (for stirring).
Rubber gloves
Steps
Sterilize the equipment with a light bleach solution - this means all of it - gloves, spoons, and the bathtub. Using a bathtub is the absolute easiest way to do it. A kitchen sink just doesn't have enough space.
From there, dump the maple sap *carefully* into the bucket. Reserve a few cup's worth.
Make sure the yeast is at room temperature, following the package's directions.
Rinse out the bag with some of the reserved sap, so that you get as much of the yeast as possible.
Stir the whole mixture with the spoon. Add the top to the bucket (with the airlock). Leave it sit for . . . awhile. We're going to try it after a week to see if any additional sugar needs to be added.
Leave questions in the comments; I'll have to forward them on to the expert.