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Henriette's Herbal Homepage. Newsgroups: alt.folklore.herbs From: ewhitevhp.aol.com (EWhiteVHP) Date: 10 Nov 1995 18:45:29 -0500 Subject: How to make REAL vinegar 3 pgs How to make REAL vinegar These directions show how to make vinegar at home using readily available ingredients and supplies.

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In the late 1800s chemists learned to make acetic acid. It takes good alcohol (wine or beer) to make fermented vinegar. {*style:<b>General Directions </b>*}Winemaking suppliers list acetobacter as "mother" or vinegar culture. Vinegar should contain at least 5% acid as required for preserving or pickling. Acid test kits, sold by winemaking suppliers, are used to determine the acidity of vinegar.

{*style:<b>Sanitize </b>*}Sanitize utensils and containers that will touch the vinegar by soaking them for 20 minutes in a solution of 2 tablespoons chlorine laundry bleach to 1 gallon water. Green Building Design and Construction Home Page. A Low Impact Woodland Home. Take one baby, a toddler and a building site.

A Low Impact Woodland Home

Mix well with a generous helping of mud, combine with 6 weeks of solid welsh rain whilst living under canvas. Do this in candle light without a bathroom or electricity for three months. Chuck in living with your father for good measure. Top with an assortment of large slugs. The result a hand crafted home of beauty, warmth and health for about £3,000. Straw bale houses and other low-impact homes around the World. Environmentally-Friendly Houses. "QUANTUM SHOT" #233Link - article by Joshua S.

Environmentally-Friendly Houses

Hill and Avi Abrams Most ecologically friendly house designs This article is co-written by our guest blogger Joshua S. Hill, from My Writing Voice and Avi Abrams, Dark Roasted Blend. We continue the "ecologically clean living" theme, started in the previous post "Alternative Energy Mega Projects". Recipes, menus, meal ideas, food, and cooking tips. Slow Cooker Green Chile Stew Recipe. Best Sweet Potato Recipes. Recipes: Basic Kitchen Products from Scratch.

Earthnotes Cookbook Basic Kitchen Products from Scratch Have you ever looked at a stick of butter and wondered how it was made?

Recipes: Basic Kitchen Products from Scratch

Oh yes, you probably knew it involved churning and maybe you got awfully close to the real thing the last time you overdid the whipped cream, but is that it? Dutch Oven Cooking. Chicken Pasta Soup - How Does She Do It. Byron&#039;s Dutch Oven Recipes. Camping Food & Dutch Oven Recipes. Henriette's Herbal Homepage. The Webtender - Cocktail & Mixed Drink Recipes and Bartending Guide. BrewCalcs. Sew. Retro Clothes and Looks. Clothing Craft. Free Patterns. Bird puppet pattern. Stone Sculptures, carving marble, limestone, soapstone, alabaster. That's the million dollar question.

Stone Sculptures, carving marble, limestone, soapstone, alabaster

There are a number of ways. I took an art class in college and there was an art student that had finished a piece in stone. It was so beautiful that I had to try it. I brought a stone from the instructor and with tools that he lent me, I headed home. Supplier of tools for masons and carvers, construction and mining, Toll Free in NA: 1 866 683-1285. How to carve a rune stone to decorate your yard/garden.

How-To Read Runes. If you do not believe in the paranormal or metaphysical please do not leave mean or rude comments on the Instructable, thank you.

How-To Read Runes

We're new to Instructables but not the world of the paranormal. Reading Runes is one of the most popular methods of Mancy (Divination). There are different kinds of Rune stones depending on which alphabet you choose to follow; Anglo-Saxon Futhorc, Cirth, Elder Futhark, Gothic Runes, Hungarian Runes, Turkic, Younger Futhork. Elder Futhark is the emerging Rune alphabet in popularity; it is also known as the alphabet with the "blank". What is the best way to use your runes? Method #1: With your runes in their pouch close your eyes, concentrate on what you want an answer for (past situation, present situation or future situation) and chose a rune from the bag as your answer. Method #3: Lay the runes out in grid and let your hand pass over the runes slowly while concentrating on what you want an answer for (past situation, present situation or future situation).

How to Chisel Stone. Architecturals.net. How do you get started?

Architecturals.net

That's the million dollar question. There are a number of ways. I took an art class in college and there was an art student that had finished a piece in stone. It was so beautiful that I had to try it. I brought a stone from the instructor and with tools that he lent me, I headed home. So you have a number of choices to make. 1) Take an art class in college. 2) Ask the local colleges if they are going to have a stone-carving workshop. 3) Go to the library and take out a book on stone carving and use the resources at the end of this page to get your supplies. Stone Availability of carving stone Depending on where you live, you can probably find SOME kind of stone to carve within driving distance.

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