Accumulating enough olives to press into oil isn’t realistic for many home gardeners with one or two trees. It takes a little time, but it is fairly easy to cure your own olives. SAFETY NOTE: Don’t ...
To lye or not to lye? That is the question when you’re making pretzels. On the one hand, lye gives pretzels their distinctive flavor, kind of a sharp flatness, if that makes sense. It’s what keeps a ...
If you’ve ever wondered how to achieve that classic, deeply golden sheen on homemade pretzels, this article is for you. I’m talking about how to safely work with lye for pretzels. Fair warning, you’re ...
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“I started messing around with soap after I got my wife a crafting magazine and thought, ‘Hey, we can make soap!’” Jeremy Lugo told me as he donned a pair of black latex gloves in preparation for a ...
In his latest advice column, Corby discusses German airports, how to make an ideal pretzel, and the scary/tasty use of lye I was trying to find the origin of the name Coppens Scheele Pretzels. They ...
In preparation for an upcoming summer event, the Smithsonian leads us through saponification, the chemical process of creating soap Piqued by the innovation, resourcefulness and ingenuity required in ...
IN THE literature on corrosion and stricture of the esophagus I remember reading about an alcoholic patient who for years had been in the habit of drinking whisky straight and who finally cast up the ...
To lye or not to lye? That is the question when you’re making pretzels. On the one hand, lye gives pretzels their distinctive flavor, kind of a sharp flatness, if that makes sense. It’s what keeps a ...