Starting this past weekend, a few of the Hust Roosters began what appears to be a long and arduous journey. We made our first soap. It turns out that making soap is a pretty simple process. It still took us four attempts to get it right (it is amazing how many problems are actually very […]
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Look at those deliciously pulverized peanuts!!! If that description sounds violent, it’s because it was. Have you ever learned about the ancient wine-making process, where people stomped on grapes all day till the roads looked like rivers of blood? Well… this process is entirely different… but those peanuts still went through a lot. First, they
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Today’s project took only a few minutes of prep and a couple hours of waiting, and produced this vat of white, yummy goodness! It’s yogurt 🙂 Again, Casey looked up all the details (this is what happens when I’m doing homework all the time and he’s bored!) Here’s how we did it: -Heated milk (about
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I was told by a friend that spring seems to come more quickly when you have maple syrup to boil down! Whether that’s true or not, I don’t know, but it sure adds festivity to the coming of spring (which is already a wonderful thing)! We got some spiles (the metal spouts you plug into
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