Friday 9 April 2010

Trail Mix / Cure a Ham / Build a Mud Oven



Forum Post & Recipe: Perfect Trail Mix


The perfect trail mix requires:
* a good balance between crunchy (nuts, cereal or grain-based ingredients) and chewy (chocolate, yogurt, dried fruit) ingredients.
* A good balance between salty and sweet.


Blog Post & Recipe: How to Cure a Ham


Making the brine was simple, though I changed the basic recipe by adding some cloves and molasses and substituting turbinado sugar for the brown. I stuck my ham into the liquid, sealed the container, stuck it in the fridge and then waited.


Blog Post: Build Your Own $20 Outdoor Cob Oven for Great Bread and Pizza (via metafilter).


Compared to masonry ovens, which can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars and usually require cement in their construction ... a cob oven can be made from very simple, locally available materials. (Although it must be said that masonry ovens undoubtedly have a longer lifetime!)



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