Archive for February, 2008

8 Simple Steps To Making Wine

After about six years of wine making and learning about acid testing, pH, balance etc., you wonder if you can condense the process down to just a few simple steps. These simple steps are assuming the following:
1. You are going to use store bought juice, ie Welch’s frozen or any other that does not have […]

Gold Beer

8 pounds Extra Light Malt Extract (I used 2 cans of Alexander’s Extra Light) 
8 ounces Crystal Malt 20 
8 ounce Cara-Pils Dextrine Malt 
6 ounces Crystal Malt 40 
1 ounce Cascade hops  
1 ounce Saaz hops 
Irish Moss 
Original Gravity 1.056 
Finished Gravity 1.014 - 1.020 
1 packet Lallemand Doric Yeast  
   
 
Crush the crystal malts and the dextrine malt […]

Pepper Hash

Pepper Hash for scrapple

4 1/2 cups finely chopped green bell peppers
4 1/2 cups finely chopped red bell peppers
4 1/2 cups finely chopped onion
2 small pods hot pepper, seeded and finely chopped
1 1/2 tablespoons celery seed
1 1/2 cups vinegar
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt

Combine bell […]

3 Tips For Living With Type 2 Diabetes

Will You Need Meds to Treat Type 2 Diabetes? 
A new diagnosis of type 2 diabetes may be managed with diet and exercise as well as other healthy habits. But just because you’ve got your condition under control, you still need to be vigilant for signs of a problem. There are several situations that can change […]