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The wife and I teamed up to make a great pizza. This was our first try! She told me she wanted to try homemade pizza. I told her I need a stone for the oven and a teal. She got them for me as an early father's day present. So far I am impressed! Just imagine where we can go from here?
I haven't eaten the powdered boxed stuff since I was in college. The homemade version is really easy and tastes so much better!
Baked Macaroni and Cheese Recipe
1) Cook and drain an 8 ounce box of elbow macaroni. Pour the cooked noodles into a large casserole dish that has been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
2) In a large saucepan, melt 2 Tablespoons of butter. Mix in 2 Tablespoons of cornstarch, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon dried mustard and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper. Let it cook for just a couple minutes, then stir in 2 cups of milk.
3) Stirring constantly, bring the milk mixture slowly to a boil over medium heat. Let it gently boil for a few minutes until it's thick and creamy.
4) Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in 12 ounces of grated sharp cheddar (you can use many different kinds of cheese - lots of times I'll use multiple types of cheese in one batch) Once the cheese and white sauce are evenly mixed, pour the sauce over the macaroni. Stir it, so everything is evenly dispersed. Set aside.
5) In a small saucepan, melt 2-4 Tablespoons of butter. Once it's melted, stir in a few tablespoons of seasoned dry breadcrumbs. It should form a crumbly texture.
6) Sprinkle the buttered breadcrumbs over the top of the casserole and bake it (uncovered) at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
Took the time this weekend to craft a homemade body-cap pinhole lens.
Materials Used:
1.) Body Cap
2.) Cheap 52mm filter
3.) Pepsi Can
4.) Poster Putty/Blu-tack
5.) Sticky tape
Tools used:
1.) Drill
2.) Pin
3.) scissors
4.) Dremmel
Steps:
1.) Drill a hole through the center of the body cap.
2.) Cut a section of the pepsi can small enough to fit inside the diameter of the body cap
3.) push a pin into the middle of your pepsi can section - not hard enough to go through, but enough to make a dimple on the other side.
4.) Sand/Grind on the other side/dimple until you can see a small hole - best to check by holding up to the light.
5.) tape the pepsi can with pinhole over the hole drilled in the body cap - keep the pinhole in the center of the drilled hole.
6.) to stop the camera sucking dust through the pinhole - and it will - line the edges of the body cap with the poster-putty and stick a cheap UV or Skylight filter on it.
Depending on how much of the materials you already had - you will now have a free to approx $12 pinhole lens to play with :)
While everything will have a pleasant soft-focus - you'll find you have an infinite depth of field - basically anything from the pinhole to infinity will be 'in focus'
My wife had made some lovely almond cookies and I just had to try them ... delicious but just two!!
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For Christmas Eve at my mom's, we decided to keep things low key. So, I came up with the idea of making homemade individual pizzas. That way, everyone could choose their own toppings.
It went over very well :)
Homemade pinhole camera made of a Pea-soup can, film Foma Fomapan 100 (4x5"), selfdeveloped in Rollei Supergrain 1:15 for 7½ min, using MOD54 sheet holder for Paterson tank.
Preparing a batch of home flavoured alcohol so it will be ready in time for Christmas.
The raspberry vodka was made using:
2 Litres of 40% (80% Proof) Vodka
Enough fresh rapsberry to fill 1/3rd to 1/2 of the jar
500g of castor sugar
The raspberries were simply added to 2 litres of vodka in a sterilised jar.
Seal and shake once a day for at least a 1 or 2 months.
Strain the liquid into sterilised decorative bottles using muslin cloth.
Keep the raspberries to add to a smoothie or ice-cream!
Chill in the freezer.
Smells pretty good in here! This is Stu's favourite pie. I like it too. It's gluten free. I used three types of apples in this.. Pink Lady, Honey crisp and Granny Smith. I can't wait to dig in!!!
My self made camera bag! :D
Please forgive me for the quality of the picture, it's taken with my phone.
Materials:
-Foam
Some stores specialized in refitting furniture also sell just the foam. They have it in different thickness and can cut you the quantity you need. I bought a piece of 33inches (80cm) for 7£, but honestly, I didn't use half of it for a bag of that size. With 4/5£ worth of foam you should have enough.
If you don't know where to find such a place in your town, go to a fabric store and ask them, they should know (they'll be even more willing to help you if you buy them the fabric you need).
Replacing it with Bubble wrap just DOESN'T WORK (it's not protecting enough and it doesn't last), and it's not that much cheaper.
- Fabric
Something simple, cotton preferably. Avoid anything like fur, velvet and suede, they'll attract dust. Pick something light enough to allow you to find your gear easily.
- Cardboard
You want it thin but strong and light. I went to Spar and asked them if they didn't have some pieces of boxes they were about to bin.
Then you need thread, needles, ducktape, double faced tape, velcro, and if wanna go quicker, fabric glue.
Oh, and of course a bag lol. I picked mine for 9£ at the Eagle Market. It's probably not gonna last forever, but I can still take the insert out and put it in another bag.
First of all, take mesurement and draw how you wanna put your gear in.
With the cardboard and tape, I formed a box to fit inside the bag. It was quite tricky to put it in, I had to fold the bottom inside to be able to twist it, then once inside I taped the bottom back.
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Then I cutted out pieces of foam to cover each side of the box and wrapped it in fabric.
I sewed the fabric around then reversed it and closed the last side with ducktape.
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TIP: If you don't have a sewing machine, then don't bother with sewing the "walls" of the box, you won't be able to see the face stuck to the box anyway, so just do everything with ducktape, you'll save hours!
Stick them to the cardboard with the double faced tape.
Then I wrapped more foam with fabric to do the compartements dividers.
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Adhesive velcro becomes very handy when you don't have a machine. Mine weren't so it too me ages to put them on. Multipurpose Power Pritt glue can work, but make sure you wait long enough before using them (1 to 2 hours).
Stuck the other bit of the velcro inside the main "box" and then put the dividers in place.
Then I only used more bits of foam, fabric and tape to fill the spaces.
One of the lenses is under another one which doesn't make it very handy, but I really don't use it often so in case I need it I'll have time to get it.
This bag will just work perfectly for me I think.
It's not waterproof I think but I'll make sure I buy a rain cover and carry it in the bag at all times.
There is some pockets in the front, very handy for accessories.
The whole thing is rather light as well, which is very good considering my back problems.
Hope my experience will help some. It can work in a lot of different shapes, bags. Just adapt it to your own gear (it can be changed and rearrange when you upgrade.... many expensive camera bags can't).
Served at the monthly meeting Chef Javier has with the residents called Let's Dish! along with Mango Tea!
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11/365 - January 11, 2010
I'm baking my way through Peter Reinhart's book, The Bread Baker's Apprentice. This bread is so good and simple to make, I've decided I'm going to try to make a loaf every week instead of buying bread at the grocery store.
A homemade creation of my dear chef sister :)
I sprinkled some of the rainbow crumbs on the white icing for an added touch!
A skillful homemade two seater sports car built by Mr. Schirdewahn from Northern Germany. First the car was powered by a 350cc MAG engine and later by a 400cc ILO engine. The appearance of the car changed a bit in the course of time (see below).
Source: ‘Rollerei und Mobil’ issue 7/56 and AutoPuzzles.com. Black & white photo colorized.
Homemade 115 mm f/ 2.8 lens made from a single plano-convex element.
More information regarding this lens and my other homemade lenses can be found here: DIY camera lens tutorial