Saturday Linkages: Stealth, Mules and Opiates

October 19, 2013

...p-camper.html … Rocket Stove Heating http://www.notechmagazine.com/2013/10/rocket-stove-heating-systems.html … Conservation You Can Taste http://garynabhan.com/i/archives/2327 The Very Different Nomadic Lifestyle Of John Sears And His Three Mules… http://theflyingtortoise.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-very-different-nomadic-lifestyle-of.html … Restaurants in China spike meals with opiates to keep diners coming back? http://barfblog.com/2013/10/restaura...

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Non-Toxic Cleaning for the Home

Mrs. Homegrown

May 20, 2019

Cleaning, Domesticus, Miscellaneous, Tidying up

11 Comments

...and away from flame. Deep cleaning For tough cleaning jobs, like a greasy stove, or just anything which is very smelly and dirty, mix up about 1/2 cup of washing soda in 1/2 gallon of warm water. Use this to wipe down surfaces. Soak baked on grease in the same solution or sprinkle some soda on a sponge and scrub direct. Use gloves! Electronics Fill a small spray bottle with half distilled water and half rubbing alcohol. Spray this solution on a c...

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Using a Whirley-Pop to Roast Coffee

Mr. Homegrown

December 17, 2012

Food, Mistakes

8 Comments

...have more control over the roasting process (by regulating the heat on the stove). No electronic parts, thus nothing to break down. You can roast over a fire if your utilities go out. Having caffeine (if you’re the addicted sort) during a hurricane/earthquake/Mayan apocalypse is really important. Root Simple is supposedly about “Low Tech Home Tech.” There ain’t nothing low tech about a plastic hot air popper. There are a few disadvantages to the W...

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Who Killed the Non-Electric Toaster?

Mr. Homegrown

December 15, 2014

Bread, Domesticus, Food

34 Comments

...do they compare to electric toasters? Note from Kelly: I noticed that the stove-top or pyramid toaster seems to live on in Australia and New Zealand, judging by the number of businesses I found selling them there. The toasters were also much more reasonably priced than they are here– but shipping to the US was crazy expensive, scudding that possibility entirely. So I’m particularly interested in responses from readers in these countries. Who is b...

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Review: Quaker Lower Sugar Instant Oatmeal

Mrs. Homegrown

September 10, 2013

Food, Reviews

24 Comments

...about artificial sweeteners. Diet foods will have a jaunty “With Splenda!” label, but this cereal apparently isn’t being marketed that way. The only indication that you’re dealing with a fake sugar product is in the list of ingredients, which I hadn’t checked. And that was a mistake, I know. When treading the dangerous waters of industrial foodstuffs, you really do have to bring your magnifying glass–and a chemical reference–and read the ingredien...

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