Archive for September 2010

Easy Homemade Chocolate Recipes

If you would like to make some chocolate treats then there are lots of different ways of doing this.

The simplest chocolate cakes don’t even require the oven to be switched on. You will need to melt some chocolate though. Do this in a bowl over a pan of bubbling hot water. Use a couple of hundred grams of chocolate chips, or a large bar. You will also need a spoonful of golden syrup stirred in to the melted chocolate and a large volume of either cornflakes or crispy rice cereal. Melt chocolate, add syrup, take off heat. Pour in the cereal and stir until well covered. If you don’t put enough cereal in then there’s a higher chocolate ratio which some people like. The general rule is you keep adding cereal until you have no melted chocolate at the bottom of the bowl. Put the mixture in to cup cake cases and leave to set. Children can help you mix in the cereal and ladle out the mixture.

A Gaggia Platinum Swing Espresso Machine – A Cafe In Your Own Home

Anyone who likes a good espresso or other specialty coffee drink knows how expensive they are to buy. Even a simple single shot of espresso can cost $3-$5 depending on where you go, and the fancier, the more expensive. Then you also have to think about that you have to drive to these stores or outdoor Kiosks, and many aren’t open twenty-four hours a day. If you truly want a cup of espresso, or cappuccino, or some other great coffee beverage when ever you want, then you should consider buying a Gaggia Platinum Swing Espresso Machine.

John Boo’s Cutting Boards – Your Second Best Friend In The Kitchen

If you are old school army then you will know that back in the day the army taught that “A knife is your best friend.”This was true and still holds true for scenarios for battlefield and field survival. Now, in civilian life this is also holds true when you are hunting, camping or hiking. In the home this saying holds true in your kitchen. Soldiers require particular tools in order to survive in the field and the same holds true for cooks and gourmet home chefs as they also require certain tools to survive for the long term in the kitchen. Your best friend in your kitchen like a soldier is your knife.

MoonDoggies’ Smokehouse Grilled Chicken Sandwich – And How to Get One Anywhere

There is a little diner in the town where I work called MoonDoggies. Its motif is a Fifties Soda and Hamburger Shop and it proudly sports several vintage cars parked along the perimeter of the parking lot. Nice atmosphere – and good food to boot. I had eaten at MoonDoggies a few times and always enjoyed my food, but one day a few months ago, I was eating lunch alone, in a bit of a hurry, and found myself perusing the menu for something a little different. You’ve probably been there – had too much of the “same ole, same ole,” not sure of what you want, but looking for something new, maybe with a little pizazz.

Tea Bricks

There are multiple modern ways to preserve and ship products. Vacuum sealing, packaging in nitrogen, drying under UV lamps, irradiating… The list is almost endless. Ancient tea production techniques used methods that still work today – namely, processed tea placed in a square or rectangular press and forced into a block.