Another awesome DIY from the book, Charcuterie. This time it’s how to make your own Pancetta, which is an Italian Bacon. It’s pretty much the same steps as making your own cured bacon, just with the extra step of hanging it to dry.
Ingredients:Read More »Home Cured Pancetta
This recipe I found is for an easy to make Slivovitz without the need for a still setup. This only requires a bottle of Everclear and some Plums and Sugar. Since you’re not making your own mash to distill from, the total cost should only be about +-$30 for about 2 5ths of Slivo, which is cheaper than the usual $20 or so for decent slivovitz from the liquor store.
This does take about 3 months or so to get up to taste, so if you make it over the holidays, it can make for a nice Easter present or after holiday dinner drink. Even tho most Slivovitz is Kosher, that’s for the Home Distilled Kind, Using Everclear, which is grain based, will definitely put this drink over the non-kosher line.
Ingredients:Read More »Homemade Slivovitz, No Still Needed!
So here’s a clean, easy, eco-friendly way to catch and kill all those annoying flying bugs during the summer. This tap only takes a few minutes to build but you can easily fill one of these with hundreds of the bodies of your drowned enemies within an hour.
Follow these few simple steps to clean up your next backyard party:Read More »DIY Wasp/Bee/Hornet Trap
This is an older recipe from Ditka’s. It makes for a very flavorful marinade that really adds a touch of difference with the Orange juice.
Ingredients:Read More »Ditkas Tailgate Pork Sammich Recipe
Here’s a cheap alternative to drain cleaner, this is really good for doing once every other week after they have been done with a quality… Read More »Home-Made Drain Cleaner
Here’s a knock off recipe to make your own Febreeze at a fraction of the cost. It smells the same if not a little more powerful as it’s a bit more concentratedRead More »Make Your Own Febreeze
I seen a recipe for do-it-yourself dogtreats that sounded like it was a pretty cheap and easy alternative to milkbones, give it a try and see what you think.
Ingredients:Read More »Healthy Home-Made Dog Treats
Guitar Relicing is the practice of making a new guitar look like it has been on the road gigging for years. It’s basically taking the guitar and beating it up, scratching it, nicking, scratching and dinging it up, and forcing 20 years of traveling and shows into a weekend.
Cold Smoking is needed if you want to smoke cheese, olives, fish and other items that don’t need a high heat to cook, or items that you want to impart a nice strong smokey flavor. I’ve seen these from time to time and gave it a try the other weekend. It turned out pretty good and was a fun little 2 hour project while sipping on a cold beer with some good tunes.
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Alton Brown is a genius, here’s a quick guide from one of his shows instructing you on how to build a inexpensive hot-smoker out of Terra Cotta Pots and a Heating Element that you can get anywhere. All the parts can be found and put together for about 50-75 bucks depending on your location.
