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Make Great Depression meals: Dandelion salad
94-year-old Clara shares economical and delicious meals from Depression-era American homes. This episode: Dandelion Salad! Dig up dandelions and discard flowers, roots and dead leaves. Soak in clean water and rinse 3 times. Repeat twice more, if necessary. Dry leaves once they are clean. Arrange leaves in bowl. Pour lemon juice and olive oil over leaves. Mix salad with a spoon or your hands. Enjoy! Follow Clara's instructions and you will have a fresh, delicious and very economical salad stra...
How To: Prepare a rich lamb stew with red wine
Looking for some great comfort food? Then try this super decadent and rich lamb stew. The red wine and the dried fruits add a sweet taste without over powering it. Watch this how to video to learn how to cook this lamb stew.
How To: Cook boneless pork loin chops
This video illustrate us how to cook boneless pork loin chops. Here are the following steps.Step 1: Take the pork and wash it properly with water and vinegar to remove smell from it.Step 2: Now mince the pork in the grinder to fine consistency.Step 3: add the spices of your choice to it along with curd and lemon juice and leave it to marinate for at least two to three hours.Step 4: Now take the marinated pork and shape it small ball .Step 5 : Flatten the balls and insert wooden sticks in it.S...
How To: Prepare a beef chuck roast stroganoff
This how to video shows you how to cook chuck roast beef stroganoff. It is a delicious family favorite that has proven itself time and time again. Chef Jean-Pierre prepares his beef stroganoff recipe with cubed and simmered chuck roast, onions, mushrooms, and sour cream, served over buttered egg noodles.
How To: Decorate a cake with fondant
Make a cake that looks like it came from a professional without leaving your own home. Just watch this how-to video. Working with fondant is a lot like playing with playdough. Surprise your family with a colorful and tasty treat, or get them to help! Watch this video baking tutorial and learn how to decorate a cake with fondant.
How To: Make authentic Vietnamese egg rolls
In this tutorial, we learn how to make authentic Vietnamese egg rolls. Ingredients include: 1 lb ground pork shoulder, 1 whole shredder carrot, 1 diced onion, 1 diced garlic clove, 2.5 oz black fungus, 2.5 oz glass noodles, 3 tbsp fish sauce, 3 tsp mushroom seasoning, 3 tsp white sugar, 2 tsp scallions, 1 bottle of beer, 1 pack of egg roll wrappers, and vegetable oil for deep frying. First, place noodles and fungus in warm water for 10 minutes. Next, mince the fungus and chop the noodles into...
How To: Make camp fire lobster tails
Dan "The Lobster Man" Zawacki demonstrates how to make campfire lobster tails. First, quarter lemon halves. Then, butterfly the lobster tails by pushing on the tail. Use shears and cut the underside of the lobster down the middle. Flatten the tail a little more and use a knife to slice the lobster open. Pour clarified butter onto the lobster meat and squeeze lemon juice onto it. Butterflying the lobster will make it cook a lot faster in its own juices in the shell. Wrap the buttered lobster t...
How To: Make Pakistani suji halwa (desser)
Ingredients: 1 cup Sooji (semolina)
How To: Make leek soup
In this video series, our expert will demonstrate how to make a delicious leek soup recipe. You will learn how to prepare all the vegetables, including mushrooms, garlic and leeks of course.
How To: Cover a cake board with Fanci-Foil
What to put a cake on can be a dilemma. You can decorate a cake board or purchase a cake turntable. This video will show you how to cover a cake board.
How To: Make a Filipino dessert "Food for the Gods"
In this video from panlasangpinoy we learn how to make the Filipino dessert Food for the Gods. For this you need all purpose flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, dates, walnuts, baking powder, baking soda, butter, eggs and salt. In a bowl put flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir this around a bit. Then in a bowl cream the butter using an electric mixer. Then add brown sugar and granulated sugar to the mix. Then add an egg in, mix that in. Then add the other bowl into this mix and...
How To: Make a Movie Star Cake
I would like to share a cake decorating video tutorial where I teach you how to make a Hollywood cake. This project includes full step-by-step instructions, showing you how to make a 3D pastillage scenography with lights and a 3D gum paste doll. You can view the written instructions here.
How To: Make nutritious vegan nut milk with raw almonds and agave nectar
In order to make this vegan-quality nut milk, you'll need soaked and sprouted almonds, agave nectar, pinch of salt, water, cheesecloth and strainer. This is a great raw recipe for nut milk where you can even reuse your leftover almond remains for some tasty raw cookies! Watch and learn this great vegan recipe for a dairy-free, soy-free, milk alternative.
How To: Decorate a cake with a gumpaste loopy bow and butterflies
There's no better time to have your cake and to eat it too than your birthday. However crazy your tastes, the day of your arrival onto this earth entitles you to treats of all magnitudes.
How To: Make iced coffee in a blender
Summer is coming and an iced coffee would taste really good when that temperature is sizzling! To make a good iced coffee you will need:1. electric mixer2. ice3. milk4. caramel5. chocolate syrup6. brewed coffee
How To: Make Garlic Parmesan Croutons
This video from FoodWishes.com demonstrates how to make garlic Parmesan croutons. This is a great recipe for homemade croutons which will be much better than the ones you can buy at a store.
How To: Melt chocolate in the microwave
In this tutorial, we learn how to melt chocolate in the microwave. When melting chocolate in the microwave the key is to not microwave it for a long time to melt it all at once, or it will end up burning. To do this properly, you will first need to cut up the chocolate and then place it into the microwave for 10 seconds. After this, take a spatula and mix it all together. Then, put it back in for another 10 seconds and then stir it again. Continue to do this process until all the chocolate is...
How To: Make fresh peach cobbler with a crunchy crust
The Food Channel brings us this quick and easy recipe for making peach cobbler. Place the sliced peaches in a large bowl and add some sugar, lemon juice and cornstarch and mix together thoroughly so that the peaches are completely covered.
How To: Peel a pomegranate without a mess
Cut the pomegranate on the bottom first, then cut into sections, like you would an orange. Then get a large ice-filled bowl, with ice water in it, and put pomegranate in the bowl. Use the large bowl, so you don't get any on you. Break apart the individual sections, remove the seeds, and membrane in the water.
How To: Bake oven fresh banana bread
Banana bread is a great way to use all those over ripe bananas lying on your counter. Here's a simple and tasty recipe for banana bread that everyone will love. It's fast, easy and really delicious. Watch and get the recipe for this homemade banana bread.
How To: Make coffee chocolate mousse with Paula Deen
Paula combines two favorites, coffee and chocolate, in a yummy mousse. This cooking how-to video is part of Paula's Best Dishes show hosted by Paula Deen. What happens when America's favorite southern cook opens up her kitchen to family, friends, viewers and the best home cooks in the country? It's anyone's guess! Paula Deen is cooking up something new as she rescues viewer recipes, shares stories and traditions with friends and strangers alike, while learning the secrets of some of America's...
How To: Make a sugar art candy clay rose
This video shows you how to make a rose out of candy clay for your cake decoration. The candy clay is an alternative to fondant or gumpaste. I also use this for figures and the kids have a lot of fun playing with it. I used a wet paper towel to wipe off my hands every once in awhile because they get sticky working with the clay.
How To: Prepare a great Italian drink called a shakeratos
A wonderful Italian cold drink to pick you up in the afternoon.
How To: Prepare Moringa Tea
Moringa oleifera is one of the most rich sources of nutrients and vitamins that our body needs. It is rich in calcium, potassium, beta-carotene, Vitamin C, and iron. Moringa can be prepared as a vegetable or included in soups, but mostly just the leaves and fruits are used. Others prefer to drink it as tea.
How To: Make crunchy tempura flakes for sushi
Vraymond02 shows how to make crunchy tempura flakes. Start by peeping a pan that will be used for draining. Mix your wet ingredients together, then put flour, water, and egg whites together to form your batter. Strain your batter, then heat your oil on high heat. Pour your batter slowly into the oil; drain when you're done. It should be crispy when done. If it's poured too fast or too much is poured at once it will bake a big dough ball that won't be right. Break the pieces up, wait 5-10 minu...
HowTo: Eat a Human
Every once in a while, we highlight a questionable Faux-To on WonderHowTo. For example, tested false by Mythbusters and others, the tennis ball car break-in method appears to be completely debunk (even though Russell Crow pulls it off in his latest film, "The Next Three Days").
How To: Brighten Up Your Party with These Cool Glow-in-the-Dark Cocktails
If you want to start the party out right, you have to impress the crowd with your awesome bartending skills. While lighting cocktails on fire is a nice way to warm up the crowd, it's been done by thousands of bartenders across the globe. Plus, if you're not careful, you could end up like this guy:
How To: Smooth out the lumps in your gravy when cooking
Don't give up when your gravy clumps! There are four simple tricks you can use to smooth out lumpy gravy - use a wire whisk to break up large lumps, use a wire strainer to strain out the lumps, mix in a flour and water mixture, or run it through a blender.
How To: Make distilled water at home
This video shows us how to make distilled water for your carnivorous plants, such as a Venus Fly Trap.
How To: Make homemade Rice Krispies cereal
Why buy Rice Krispies when you can make your own fresh crispy rice cereal? Just follow these simple instructions and enjoy...! You need soda and rice.
How To: Make Fried Bake and Saltfish
Bake and Saltfish is a popular breakfast dish in Trinidad and the rest of the West Indies. My stepfather showed me how to make this delicious recipe. I could eat this all day!
How To: Make a person out of sugar paste or ready to use icing
A fun and simple project, you can make little figures of people out of sugar paste. This is a simple and tasty decorating tip to top your next cake or confection. All you need is a little food coloring and a few dabs of water.
How To: Make Camote Fries or Sweet Potato Fries for Breakfast
Intro to Camotes Older Filipinos love eating camotes, also known as sweet potato fries, for breakfast. Aside from filling your stomach completely, it also has fewer carbs than regular white rice.
How To: Make Fresh Caramel Popcorn in Under 5 Minutes
Do you ever crave that old cinema classic, caramel popcorn, at home? Well, with this video, you can learn how to make the yummy treat in less than 5 minutes! Throw some nuts in there and you have your very own homemade version of Cracker Jack! Enjoy, and don't forget the napkins - things can get pretty sticky!
How To: Make Ethiopian coffee at home
Place your coffee beans in a metal plate over a heating source. Push the beans around with a utensil. Push them continuously so they do not burn. After a while, they should begin to change color from hay yellow to a more blackish color. Once the coffee beans are mostly black (a few dark brown are ok) grind your beans into a powder. Separately boil some water in a kettle. After the water begins to boil, add desired amount of sugar and coffee powder. The more coffee you use the stronger it will...
How To: Clean and cut a whole pineapple
Chef Dan Bobo explains the proper way to clean and cut a whole pineapple, putting safety and cleanliness first. The first step is to wash the pineapple. Then, you can start cutting it: First, try to find the flattest side of it by rolling it over the table. Then, hold it firmly, make sure you keep your hand clear the knife and just cut the top of it. Discard the cut piece and repeat the same to cut the bottom of the pineapple. Now, you can use the new, flat surfaces of the pineapple to cut th...
How To: Use couplers for cake decoration
This video shows you how to use couplers for cake decoration using these steps: 1. Couplers usually come in two plastic pieces, a base and a ring. This system fits inside cake decorating bags or cones and allows you to use the same icing with different tips.
How To: Carve a watermelon baby stroller filled with fruit
This watermelon baby carriage is just waiting to get rolled into a baby shower! When traditional gifts like baby bibs and ginormous baskets of diapers and pacifiers won't cut it, this stroller is all that and then some. Carved out of a single piece of watermelon, the stroller comes equipped with wheels, a sun shade, and a handle for pushing.
How To: Make Indian butter milk from curd
Sanjay Thumma teaches the secret of making north and south Indian buttermilk from curd. For the south Indian type finely chop down some green chilies, curry leaves, coriander and a crushed piece of ginger. Use some roasted cumin and roll it down to powder it as shown. Blend a cup of curd with 2 cups of water and add a pinch of salt to it. Finally add all other ingredients to the buttermilk to complete it in south Indian style. Now for the north Indian style add some cumin powder and chaat mas...
How To: Make a delicate rose out of fondant for cake decorating
These roses look professional and super hard to do, but they're actually quite simple if you follow this cake decorating video step by step. Press play to learn how to make a delicate rose out of fondant.