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How To Make Homemade Vanilla Extract

Mar 15th, 2012 | By
How To Make Homemade Vanilla Extract

Vanilla extract being so expensive, you would think that it would be difficult to make.  Not so. Making vanilla extract requires few ingredients – vanilla beans, alcohol and a glass jar – and a fair amount of time. The expense lies in that vanilla “beans” are the seedpods of an orchid. This orchid must be hand pollinated to obtain the beans that are the base of this extract we all use. Storage Bottles Choose dark glass bottles or jars with tight fitting lids to store your vanilla extract. Dark glass protects the extract from direct
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Potatoes for Vodka, Prepper Style

Nov 21st, 2011 | By
Potatoes for Vodka, Prepper Style

This article has now been amended and all the proper steps for producing vodka from potatoes is now included. We apologize to our readers for the inconvenience. With each passing decade, it seems we move further away from the simple, self-sustained lives that our ancestors enjoyed. The Industrial Revolution is where it really all began,
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