May 2009

French Toast Recipe: How to Make Stuffed French Toast (Cream Cheese and Plum Jam)

May 31, 2009

I love french toast. I remember being a kid and being genuinely torn between french toast and pancakes on Saturday morning when my mom asked me what I wanted. I’ve never made stuffed french toast before, but cream cheese and jam sounds like it would be the perfect thing to stuff french toast with. I’m [...]

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Recipe: How to Make Chocolate Cream Cheese Cherry Brownies (oh my god!)

May 29, 2009

Oh these look unbelievably good, I’ve had cream cheese brownies that my mom makes before and I thought those were just the greatest possible manifestation of the brownie ever, that’s it nobody can improve on the brownie, this is the top. But no! Lo, behold the desert orgasm that is the cherry swirl chocolate cream cheese [...]

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How to Make Fire With a Potato (potato battery + cotton ball = fire)

May 28, 2009

I just love this one, it’s not what I was expecting (I was thinking they were going to use the potato itself for fuel since it’s very starchy), and I’m really impressed that they managed to get enough juice out of a potato-based battery to start a fire with, very nifty. What’s happening here is [...]

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How to Make Hot Ice (sodium acetate) You Can Sculpt With

May 27, 2009

Ok, I found this video on making something he calls “hot ice”, now immediately you know it’s not ice but something that looks like ice but is actually hot. What he’s got here is something called “sodium acetate”, which you can not only easily buy online but you can also make it at home (links [...]

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