The company I work for was acquired at the end of December 2019. After going through at least 4 acquisitions where WE were the acquirer, I can say it’s a dramatically different perspective when you…
Saturday was a decent day outside so got a bit further on stealth camper kitchen. One of the challenges of this project is that I want it to be a multi-function trailer. Able to haul…
The weekend began Friday night with preparing the bacon-to-be that had been curing for the past 2 weeks. It goes under the tap for a good rinsing to lose the salt and maple syrup. Per…
I have at least million weaknesses…but in baking I feel my greatest failing is ‘the finish’. One of these days I HAVE to take a cake decorating class. I can make a mean cake (or…
(…don’t want to run afoul of Alton’s legal beagles! 🙂 ) [If you haven’t seen Good Eats/Alton Brown…shame on you! Go…now!!https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0344651/]). Good Eats will remain one of the few fond spots I have for television.…
So over the past two weekends, my youngest has kicked me out of my ‘office’ and reclaimed the space as the workshop… The results of those two weeks are shown in the images below! I’ve…
My sourdoughs of the past was never great….I ate it….but it never tasted as good as that you bought in the store or got at a restaurant. I also always added up to 1/2 tsp…
Fed my old friend today while waiting for kettle to boil first thing this morning…by noon when came in for lunch it was overflowing! She’s {still} alive!! It was so bubbly that it topped the…
A former co-worker turned us on to an amazing Mushroom Barley soup…. https://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-mushroom-and-barley-soup-235193 In the last 5 weeks we’ve made it 4 times and it makes a lot of soup! Other than the butter (which…
The linear actuators arrived from Amazon this morning….opened then put aside for the evening…. Mounted to some wood blocks at the back in order to get the starting/resting height right. Upper limit will be controlled…
