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Time Lapse. Echo's Kitchen: Taiwanese Spring Onion Pancake （葱油饼） This Spring onion pancake was my brother's Girl Friend Wen Wen's favourite when she was in Taiwan.

She asked for a good recipe from me. With those spring onion growing like mad in my garden, I immediately took the task at hand! Ingredients：（Yield 4 sheets of 8 inches pancake） 3 cups/420 gm All Purpose Flour 1/3 cup vegetable oil (I used grape-seeds oil) 1/2 tsp salt 1 bunch spring onion（Use only the green part） 1 cup warm water 1/4 - 1/3 cup of room temperature water First weigh 60 gms of all purpose flour from the 450 gms, and mix it with 1/3 cup of vegetable oil, add 1 tsp of salt into the oil-flour mixture, set aside.

Now knead remaining flour with warm water and room temperature water into a soft dough, leave dough aside for 30 minus, cover with wet towel or cling paper. Washed, and drained spring onion, spin dry spring onion, and chopped.Note: it is important to spin the water out of spring onion, to prevent breakage during rolling later. Beautiful layers... Herbed Chicken & Pea Shoot Salad With Tangerine-Honey Vinaigrette. How to bind your own Hardback Book. The art of book binding is an ancient craft, but actually it is not very difficult to do and with almost no practice you can get really awesome results.

How to Use Epsom Salt for Wound Care. Epsom Salts and Plants - Is it Worth Using Epsom Salts as a Plant Fertilizer? Question: Epsom Salts and Plants - Is it Worth Using Epsom Salts as a Plant Fertilizer?

13 Wonderful Ways to Use Epsom Salts. Oh, Epsom salt—who knew that such an uninspiring ingredient could inspire such devotion?

Epsom salts have amazing health benefits–here are 13 ways to use Epsom salts, including a relaxing bath, a face scrub and a hair volumizer. SIMON LEACH - Processing dug clay ! Finding, Digging and Preparing Your Clay. A Photographic Tour of Firing Pottery. Rosehip Tea. Rosehip Tea. Rosehip is a herbal miracle that I learnt from dad.

He is one of those who hates using medicine and prefers herbal remedy instead. Rhubarb - Grow Your Own - Garden NZ: Gardening New Zealand - Home garden, gardening, garden, flower, roses, tree, plant, nursery, herbs. Thursday, 29 October 2009 12:00 Rhubarb is a firm favorite of mine and will be for a long to come.

How To Make Shoes. Goodyear Welted Shoe Recently, I found an extremely interesting silent movie in color from around the 1930′s that shows very precisely how a Goodyear Welted shoe was made during the era. As you may know, a Goodyear Welt is a specific method of welting the uppers to a shoe. This type of construction has many advantages: a Goodyear Welted shoe is flexible, comfortable, durable and often more breathable than the average shoe. In addition, the welt enables shoes to be repaired over and over again, allowing the wearer to build up the highly desirable patina of a well-worn shoe over years. In my opinion, this video presents an extremely rare opportunity to learn how the individual leather pieces were formed into an item of heritage quality. Steps in bespoke shoemaking.

Edward Green Handmade Shoes from England. 1 Taping the last. Prada shoes manufacturing. Louis Vuitton shoe making in Fiesso d'Artico (loafers) How to Make Homemade Shaving Cream. Home made shaving cream recipe. We’ve discussed whether it’s possible to have a zero waste shave several times on the site.

While the razor blades can leave landfill fodder there are more options for the shaving cream. If you’re lucky enough to have aerosol recycling in your area then you should be ok. Sally from Natural Spa Supplies has a great natural shaving oil but unfortunately it comes in individual plastic bags at the moment. Personally I use a little shampoo, but if your skin is particularly dry this might not work.

Fortunately I’ve been given permission by a friend of mine to share a shaving cream recipe she uses at home. 45 gms cocoa butter 30 gms base oil such as grapeseed 20 mls liquid castille soap. Homemade Shaving Cream [Oil] and Aftershave. DIY Natural note: these recipes are for both men and women.

Mark steps up into Charlie’s Barber Shop and plops down in a brown leather chair before the bell on the door stops ringing. Charlie presses the foot pump and brings his loyal customer up to a comfortable level. New Zealand Fruit and Food Share Map. Edible Flowers Chart. Edible Flowers This chart is a collaborative research project by Amy Barclay de Tolly and Home Cooking Guide Peggy Trowbridge.

The links will take you to full color photos of the specific flowers to help with identification, but please don't depend solely on these photos. Be sure you know exactly what you choose to consume. If you are allergy-prone, it's probably best to forego consumption of flowers. For more information, refer to the article on Incredible Edible Flowers and Poisonous Plants and Flowers Chart. Lavender Cake. We make this lavender cake recipe in early summer for dessert when the lavender bushes come into bloom, but it is equally good with dried flowers. The syrup gives the lavender cake a nice freshness; serve at tea-time or with an apricot compote for dessert which complements the lavender taste rather well. Make sure that the butter, sugar and eggs are at room temperature before commencing making the cake; leave them out overnight.

{*style:<b> </b>*}As with any cake using the creamed method, you must cream the butter and sugar together until very light and pale. Viola (plant) Viola typically have heart-shaped, scalloped leaves, though a number have palmate leaves or other shapes.

The vast majority of Viola species are herbaceous, and a substantial number are acaulescent in habit - meaning they lack any noticeable stems and the foliage and flowers appear to rise from the ground; the remaining species have short stems with foliage and flowers produced in the axils of the leaves. The simple leaves of plants with either habit are arranged alternately; the acaulescent species produce basal rosettes.

Plants always have leaves with stipules that are often leaf-like. Opened seed capsule, showing the seeds Viola cultivar showing the large round flowers and the novel coloration that has been achieved through breeding. The flowers of the vast majority of the species are zygomorphic with bilateral symmetry. Violet - blood purifier - clears infections - shrinks cancer tumors - Jessica Godino - Susun Weed. Calendula. Traditional and ancient uses[edit] Calendula species have been used traditionally as culinary and medicinal herbs. The petals are edible and can be used fresh in salads or dried and used to color cheese or as a replacement for saffron.

A yellow dye has been extracted from the flowers.[4] Romans and Greeks used the golden calendula in many rituals and ceremonies, sometimes wearing crowns or garlands made from the flowers. One of calendula's nicknames is "Mary's Gold," referring to the flower's use in early Catholic events in some countries. Chemistry[edit] The flowers of C. officinalis contain flavonol glycosides, triterpene oligoglycosides, oleanane-type triterpene glycosides, saponins, and a sesquiterpene glucoside.[6][7] Pharmacological effects[edit] Burdock Tea. Chamomile. German chamomile Roman chamomile Etymology[edit] The word "chamomile" derives, via French and Latin, from Greek χαμαίμηλον (khamaimēlon), i.e. "earth apple", from χαμαί (khamai) "on the ground" + μῆλον (mēlon) "apple".[7][8] The more common British spelling "camomile," is the older in English, while the spelling "chamomile" more accurately corresponds to the ultimate Latin and Greek source.[9] The spelling camomile more accurately corresponds to the more immediate derivation from French.[10]

Azadirachta indica. Description[edit] Why Use Honey: Health, Healing, Nutrition, Tips, Recipes, DIY, Doesn't Spoil. Column20 unusual ways to use honey, from food to facials. It was brought to my attention last week that September is in fact National Honey Month. Honey gets an entire month all to itself? Honeydew Melon Nutrition Facts. Dandelion Tea. Effective Against Acne? Dandelion and Its Healing Properties. Effective Against Acne? Dandelion Chai – Spiced Dandelion Root Tea. Many Uses For The Humble Dandelion.