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Smoke and Barley

A handful of things into the smoker on this cold Saturday morning: pork rib and belly trim (for a batch of pork and beans, coming soon), kosher salt, coriander seeds, and 2 lb of barley from Eric to mix into … Continue reading

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A Little Holiday Cider

Another batch of cider, also based off the original Paupered Chef guidelines from a few years ago, this time with Lalvin yeast 71-B 1122. We’ll see how it goes.

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The Vinegar Project

Why haven’t I made this at home before? This is one of those food projects that have been a long time in the planning stages, one of those projects where I’ve been thinking, “You know, I should definitely do that.” … Continue reading

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Inside the White House Kitchen and Beer Room

A behind-the-scenes look at homebrewing in the White House. This story popped up August 21 on The Atlantic Wire: Beer Geeks Determined to Unlock Obama’s Home-Brew Recipe. At that point it didn’t seem like the petition to release the recipes … Continue reading

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Making Ginger Beer – part 1

Cross-posted at Once There Were Lions, my science blog, which I’m currently using to post assignments for a class I’m taking called “Web Tools for Teaching Science.” The subject of this post happily falls within both interests. File under: web … Continue reading

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Things We Might Try in the Near Future 6-24-11

The Paupered Chef’s Homemade Ginger Beer for Dark-n-Stormys. We’ve taken their brewing advice before, and are happy to try this one out soon. Anything from Suvir Saran’s great cookbook American Masala. At home in recent weeks my wife has been … Continue reading

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