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How To: Start a fire using flint and birch bark

If you're camping or stuck out in the middle of nowhere, chances are, you could be faced with dark and freezing cold nights. Learn how to make a simple camp fire out of flint and birch bark. This is for in case you do not have a lighter on you at any given time. To start the fire, you're going to need some bark from a birch bark tree. You're also going to need a flint and a paper napkin as well. After you've gathered the proper materials, just look for a barren spot on the ground, place your ...

How To: Make rum cake

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to make rum cake. The ingredients that are required to make this cake are: 18 oz of yellow cake mix, 3.4 oz of Jell-O instant pudding, 4 eggs, 1/2 cup of cold water, 1/2 cup of pure canola oil and 1/2 cup of rum. Begin by adding all those ingredients into a bowl and mix it. Pour the mixture into a pan. Have the oven preheated to 350 degrees and leave it for an hour. Viewers will also learn how to make the glaze for the cake in the video. This video wi...

How To: Make a teepee from an inexpensive tarp

Ever wanted to build a backyard teepee? Here's your chance! In this two-part tutorial, learn how to contruct an inexpensive teepee out of a tarp. Easy to set-up, this teepee is roomy and fun to play in no matter what age you are! If in the wilderness, use this teepee for reliable shelter from cold or warm weather.

How To: Bleach an upper lip mustache

This tutorial teaches you how to bleach an upper lip. The presenter is a young woman. She starts by demonstrating all of the items needed for the process (most of which are contained in a standard kit): bleach kit, plate, spatula, bleach and accelerator). Next she shows one how to put accelerator on the plate using the spatula. Then she adds the bleach and mixes it well. The proportion of bleach to accelerator is 2:1. Next she applies the mixture to her upper lip and along the sides of her mo...

How To: Make onion skin Easter eggs

The Simple Chef is going to show you a very easy guide to making onion skinned Easter eggs. All you need is: eggs, onion skins, paper towels, and some twine or string. To begin, you want to take an egg and wrap it in onion skins until it's completely covered and then wrap the egg in a paper towel. Next, you want to wrap your twine around the paper towel and tie it so it holds. Next, you want to place the eggs into a boiling pot of water and cook for about 10 minutes so you have a nice hard bo...

How To: Thicken gravy for holiday meals

Food editor Melissa Roberts shows a few different ways to thicken gravy. The first way that is shown is using either arrowroot or cornstarch. Both of these ingredients are gluten free and must be dissolved completely in cold water before adding to hot liquids as clumping will result if added straight. The next method to thicken your gravy is called a buerre manie'. A beurre manie' is French for needed butter. This method is a paste made by combining three tablespoons of butter and three table...

How To: Make pomegranate juice at home

In this video from jinip23 we learn how to make pomegranate juice at home. She takes 3 pomegranates and peels them and removes the seeds. You can use the inside peel as a cold remedy. Now take all of the seeds and put in a blender. Add a bit of water into the blender. Then add some sugar to it as well. Add as needed. Now blend it in the blender. You might need to blend a bit more. Blend until it is smooth. Then sieve the seeds away if you prefer the juice without the seeds in it. Once those s...

How To: Make the Italian Wedding cake martini

To make the Italian wedding cake martini, use vanilla vodka, white cream de cocoa, amaretto, a little bit of cranberry juice and a little bit of pineapple juice. First, fill a shaker with ice. Then, add 2 ounces of vanilla vodka, 1/2 of an ounce of amaretto, 1/2 of an ounce of crème de coca, one ounce of pineapple juice, and one ounce of cranberry juice to the shaker. Shake the ingredients together. When it's nice and cold, pour the light pink martini into the martini glass and serve.

How To: Make a rhubarb soup

Chef David Musial shows us how to make an unusual dish – rhubarb soup. The Chef gives us some interesting facts about rhubarb – it is a vegetable and not a fruit, it comes from Asia, and was originally used for medicinal purposes. Also, we need to know that the leaf of the rhubarb is not edible.

How To: Bleed a towel radiator like a professional

This video shows you how to bleed a towel radiator like a professional. The radiator is hot at the bottom and cold at the top, which means that there is air in the system and the system will have to be bled. To bleed the system, you will have to open the bleeder valve with a key or flat screwdriver. Turn off the system first, so that no more air can be drawn into it. Open the bleeder valve slowly by turning with the key or screwdriver until you hear air and then stop. If the air stops quickly...

How To: Make fettuccini Napolitaine in tomato concasse

Vijay Wanchoo of the Imperial Hotel in Janpath, India shares this recipe. To make the concasse sauce he removes the skin of the tomatoes by putting them into hot water for a few seconds, then immediately into cold water; the skin then peels off easily. The tomatoes are then sliced, seeded and cubed.

How To: Do inexpensive projects with kids

This video shows some fun, inexpensive projects you can try for kids. There are several different crafts presented, beginning with Flubber, or Silly Putty. Mixing some glue, water and Borax in a bowl makes the same stuff you can buy in the store. The next craft is Crazy Crayons, where you gather old crayons together and heat them in an oven to make new, colorful creations. Then comes Spiffy-Sniffy Watercolor Paints, where we find out you can just mix water and Kool-Aid powder to make bright w...

How To: Make a hot toddy cocktail

You will need some whiskey of your choice. It is also fine to use brandy if you like that better. Next make some tea as you would normally brew tea. The steeping process of the tea may be cut short as it is not the main flavor. After the tea has been brewed take a mug and pour the tea into it, leaving some room at the top. Add four ounces of the whiskey. It is also alright to pour to a four count; each numbered count is a ounce. Finish filling by adding honey to the batch. Then you will want ...

How To: Cook stove top lentil soup

Follow this quick recipe for some delicious lentil soup, made from scratch. To make a delicious stove top lentil soup, you will need the following ingredients: 1cup of lentils, 4 cups of water, 1 onion, 1 tsp oil, salt and pepper, butter and flour. Boil the lentils in water. Chop the onion, and fry the onions with the lentils in the oil. Add 4 cups of water and bring to a boil. Put the butter in a pan, melt it, and add the flour. Add some cold water to the pan and stir. Pour it into the soup....

How To: Make a pumpkin spice martini

You need to have three kinds of ingredients – Vanilla vodka, pumpkin spice liquor, and Baileys. Find your martini shaker and fill half of it with ice. Add one ounce of vodka, one ounce of pumpkin spice liquor and one ounce of Baileys all in equal parts. You do not need to measure it exactly; you could just pour them into the shaker just approximately in equal parts. Put the cap on your shaker and shake until the outside of the shaker is frosty cold. Then pour the contents of the shaker into a...

How To: Make the perfect watermelon martini

Toy-tini presents how to make a perfect and delicious watermelon martini. Here's what you'll need: a cocktail shaker, a martini glass, some top-shelf vodka, some sugar syrup, and, of course, some freshly-cut watermelon. To get started, fill up the shaker about three-fourths of the way with ice. Put about 3 ounces of vodka straight into the shaker. Then, put about one-fourth of an ounce of the sugar syrup. Next, throw a bunch of the freshly-cut watermelon in - the more the better - and shake i...

How To: Make a German chocolate cake martini

To make this special cocktail, you will need three essential ingredients: Cherry Vodka, Parrot Bay Coconut Rum, and Godiva Chocolate Liqueur. First, put three scoops of ice in a cocktail shaker, so that it is over half full. Add one to one and one-half ounces each of the Parrot Bay Coconut Rum, and then one ounce of the Godiva Chocolate Liqueur. Close the shaker and shake vigorously. When the metal shaker is frosted and ice cold to the touch, you will know your concoction is ready. Fill a coc...

How To: Easily make a perfect dirty martini

Watch as Clint Curtis shows us how to make the perfect dirty martini. First get your martini glass out and fill it with ice. The ice is used to chill the glass for a cold martini. Get out a shaker and fill it about 3/4 with ice. Add your desired amount of your favorite brand of vodka. Add olive juice to shaker. Shake to mix the ingredients. Do not overtake the martini because it will become watered down. Grab a toothpick and put about three olives on it. Dump the ice from your glass and place...

How To: Design your own clothes & mix dye your clothes

Eddie teaches the secrets of designing your own clothes & mix dying your clothes. First mix together 1 tablespoon golden yellow, 1/2 teaspoon sunshine orange, 1/2 cup salt and 4 cups of hot water. Dip a piece of cloth to check the color, add more dye to make it darker or some water to make it lighter. Pour the dye solution in a big container with water, add some detergent and batter to mix the dye well. Put you plain shirt in hot water for sometime, squeeze it out and put it in the container ...

How To: Make a Boston creme pie martini

In this video from ToyTiniParties, we learn how to make a Boston cream pie martini. The ingredients are vanilla vodka, Godiva chocolate liquor, and Bailey's Irish Cream. Fill the shaker with ice and then fill your shaker with an ounce and a half of each of the ingredients. Now, shake up the ingredients. You want that shaker to be very cold. The colder it is the better it will taste. At the end, you can put a cherry in it to decorate it. This is a very simple recipe to make Boston creme pie ma...

How To: Make healthy Moroccan pomegranate juice

Are you looking for a delicious yet healthy drink this Valentines? Alia shows us how to make a Moroccan Pomegranate Juice, the ultimate drink for your heart on this special day. Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups of pomegranate juice, 1/4 cup lemon juice, 1/2 tablespoon orange blossom water, 1 cup of sparkling water, 4 tablespoons of sugar. Preparing the juice: If using fresh pomegranate fruit: take the grains, blend and strain. If not, use 100% pomegranate juice available from the supermarket. Mix the ...

How To: Winterize a car battery

Have your battery tested. If your battery is at least 3 years old, take it to a certified automotive repair facility. You do not want your battery, whose power is reduced by 50 percent during the cold weather, to go dead while you're in the middle of a snowstorm. If they are younger than that, make sure that the battery's posts and connections are free of corrosion. Also, make sure that your battery has all the water it needs.

How To: Cut onions without crying

Cut out the core of the onion - where the root comes out. This is the section that has the most tear-inducing properties. Soak the onion in water before cutting - water will dilute the sulphuric compounds -or else, freeze the onion before cutting. The sulphuric compound that leads to tears will not react as quickly when it's cold. However, don't freeze it for too long because it can affect taste. 10 minutes should do it. Cut the onion in a well-ventilated room. Give the fumes a chance to esca...

How To: Sharpen a knife using a whetstone

Sharpening a knife can bring a dull edge back to life. This video tutorial shows how to sharpen a knife using a whetstone. Soak the whetstone in cold water for about 5-10 minutes and set it on a clean towel. Starting with the coarser side, push the knife against the stone while applying downward pressure. Apply more pressure on the forward stroke than on the back. Wipe down the knife and flip the stone over to the fine side. This will smooth out the knife and make a sharper, finer edge.

How To: Make rolled fondant icing

Fondant is a type of smooth, thick, yet pliable icing that can be made in sheets to decorate cakes, cookies, and cupcakes. Because it's effectively the polymer clay of the cake decorating world, it holds its shape very well, which means you can employ it to create complex flowers to top your cupcakes or a zebra motif for your cake.

How To: Cook moo-shu pork from Beijing, China

Master a classic Mandarin dish when Around the World in 80 Dishes takes you to Beijing, China, for a video demonstration of Moo-Shu Pork, prepared by Chef Shirley Cheng. You will need boiling water, cold water, flour, sesame oil, peanut oil, ginger, garlic, scallions, Napa cabbage, shiitake mushrooms, cucumber, pork, soy sauce, Shaohsing rice wine, white pepper, cornstarch, Chinese black mushrooms, oysterr sauce, sugar, and eggs. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to make Mandari...

How To: Prepare a classic sub sandwich on the barbecue

The origin of this classic sandwich is uncertain but legend has it that it comes from the 1930's Conti's Grocery out of Patterson, N.J.. The sandwich got it's name "Submarine" from the Groton Navy Submarine Base in Connecticut. During World War 2, this huge sandwich was fed to returning sailors and solders because it was quick to prepare and inexpensive to make! This classic sub is essentially a 12 inch Italian bread stuffed with cold cuts including salami, prosciutto (dry cured ham), capicol...

How To: Make a grilled Rubio's style Baja fish taco

This fish taco recipe from Jason Hill is a Mexican favorite, originating in Baja, Mexico, and popularized with Rubio's Fish Taco recipe in Mission Bay, San Diego. This video shows you how to make grilled fish tacos along with Jason's fish taco white sauce. Serve alongside a cold Corona beer. Ole! The ingredients are mahi mahi or any whitefish, lemon herb marinade, cabbage, tomato, white sauce, and corn tortillas. Learn how to prepare this fish taco recipe by watching this video cooking tutorial.