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How to de-vein prawns with Curtis Stone

It’s generally preferable to de-vein prawns before you cook them. I don’t like to fight with my food once it’s on my plate. I’ll occasionally play with my food but not have to start getting picky trying to find remove a yucky black intestinal cord filled with sea bed waste. So, before you cook them,…

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The World’s Most inefficient popcorn machine, pops them individually [video]

Students at University of Art and Design Lausanne/ECAL in Switzerland have invented a popcorn machine that focuses on quality and not quantity. The “Oncle Sam,” pops each kernel of corn individually with a tea-light candle heating up one cup of oil while the individual kernels are salted one by one with a miniature salt shaker. This contraption features as…

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How to sip a can of cold drink

If you ever wondered about the design of the little clip thing that you pull to open you can of cold drink, there is a lot more to it than meets the eye. So if you use a straw to sip on your can of cold drink, now you know how to use it properly.…

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How to ripen avocados in 10 minutes

This is a quirky solution to quickly ripen avocados in ten minutes. Wrap the avocado in aluminium foil and pop it in the oven at 90°C (190°F) for 10 minutes The process involves trapping the ethylene gas that an avocado releases and allows it to be re-absorbed by the avocado, speeding up the ripening process.…

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The Era of the Celebrity Farmer

We’ve been living in the world of the Celebrity Chefs for the past few years now and Katherine Gustafson brings to our attention the next era, that of the Celebrity Farmer. She writes in the Huffington Post about Bill Stinson a farmer in Peace Valley Farm in Williamstown, Massachusettes whose rise to fame came when a high…

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What we’re reading: Farmers’ markets, digging for wider choice

In a bid to broaden her menu, non-supermarket shopper Joanne O’Connell has been hitting farmers’ markets I am now more than halfway through my year of living without supermarkets. I have saved money by buying in bulk, growing my own vegetables and buying household goods online. But one thing I miss about brightly lit supermarket…

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Face Mug with Doughnut Holder

So you’ve got your morning coffee and doughnut except your table is covered with important papers and no where to plonk down your doughnut.   Never fear an answer is near in the shape of the face mug doughnut holder. Available for $18 from uncommongoods Via Foodbeast 

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Freeze your herbs in an ice tray

Ramshackle Glam recommends freezing your herbs with olive oil in an ice tray. This is the best way to look after your herbs and keep them a lot longer than the current 4-5 days you are getting out of them by keeping them in the fridge. Simply chop them up, add a little oil and…

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