Honey never spoils or goes bad, but it may crystallize. This is not a bad thing, as a matter of fact, some beekeepers intentionally cause their honey to crystallize and sell it as premium “creamed honey“. If your honey solidifies into a thick mass of honey crystals it is a simple process to reverse […]
Category: Cooking & Food Storage
Various articles on food storage, food preparedness, cooking, and general kitchen stuff
Recipe: Baby Food (Peas)
As a new mom, my wife is very particular what she feeds the boy, and as a new dad, I am always wondering how to afford all the new budget items babies bring. When practical (especially during the summers when the wife is not teaching) we find making our own baby food makes the wife […]
How To Keep Up With the Amount of Water You Drink Per Day?
Genny has a good tip on how to keep up with how much water you should drink in a day. Water is a vital part of a healthy diet. It helps you to feel full, it lubricates your joints, helps your body eliminate waste, lets you sweat to keep cool, and is generally essential […]
Food Storage: Seal Mylar Bags with a Food Sealer
The holy grail of food storage is to be able to seal mylar bags with a food sealer, but its hard to get around the fact that no matter the brand, consumer vacuum sealers are not designed to work with mylar bags. The inside of Mylar bags are smooth, whereas the insides of the plastic bags […]
How to Cut Pasta the Easy Way
When making homemade pasta you have several options in forming your noodles, but while there are many ways of doing it, I want you to know the easy way to cut pasta. You can extrude it (like my play dough experiment for next week ) Run it through a dedicated pasta machineCut individual noodles […]