Avid Herb-grower Erin Nelson fromSkinny Gourmetwarns that basil can get “carried away producing glorious flowers and neglect leaf growth, resulting in yields too small to make a salad!” Gently pinch off the central flower buds at the base using your forefinger and thumb to help your basil ...
The way in which the cacao was discovered suggests that the Mayo-Chinchipe people of the region were using it to make a beverage — perhaps the first ever hot chocolate. While we now like to enjoy this treat on a cold winter's evening, there is a good chance that it was used in a...
Van Houten's son Conrad continued his father's work in progressing the chocolate industry by working out a process now known as "Dutching." This involves washing the cocoa powder with an alkaline solution such as potassium carbonate to raise its pH, which has the double advantage of making i...
What we in the US call “french toast” and often make with perfectly good fresh bread, the French call “Pain Perdu.” That means “forgotten bread,” basically bread that has gone stale and needs a bit of livening up to be fit for the table. The Russians take a distinctly different ...
Have you heard about using potassium bicarbonate for powdery mildew? 4 easy to follow recipes to remove powdery mildew. Learn how to prevent it from occuring.
How to Make Black Soap While you can purchase black soap, it’s easy to make your own at home! Start by combining water and potash (potassium carbonate) in a pot over medium heat. Stir occasionally, scraping the sides, until the mixture starts to look like ground meat. In a separate...
CN201210557765.6 provides a method for preparing Potassium carbonate using potassium feldspar powder, which includes the following steps: (1) Chemical beneficiation: Mix potassium feldspar powder and alkali mother liquor at a ratio of 1kg:1.5~7.5L to make raw ore slurry. The raw ore slurry react...
How to make fruity prison pruno cocktail AKA hooch? In prison, it's often done with a plastic bag that can be sealed. The fruit is pulped up, bread added, and then sealed. It's then placed somewhere warm, such as a toilet where it can ferment for 5 - 7 days (depending on if th...
Animation: Fireworks that start as one color and blossom into others with forked or undulating animation at the tips are made with alternating round golden pellets at the shell's core with crimson comet pellets at the shell's perimeter to make the firework filaments start off skinny and then ...
How to make dry HCl gas How is hydrogen obtained for the Haber process? Consider the reaction between ammonia and carbon dioxide that produces urea, (NH2)2CO, and water. Write an equation for the reaction. Nitric oxide is made from the oxidation of ammonia. What mass of nitric oxide can...