DivasCanCook shows us how to make some delicious collard greens with turkey legs, starting with washing the greens well and stripping them from the stem. Nest she tears them up and adds olive oil, half an onion and 3 cloves of garlic. Sautéing onions and garlic is next, adding 3 cups of chicken broth and a whole smoked and salted turkey leg. This is simmered for about 30 minutes. She added one teaspoon of red pepper flakes to zip it up a little! After simmering, cut the turkey from the bone a...
MRTV demonstrates how to make a scarf necklace. Making a scarf necklace is very easy and doesn't require cutting, sewing or altering. If you know how to tie a knot and you have a scarf then you can make a scarf necklace. Fold a square scarf into a triangle. Take the tip of the triangle and fold it in. Roll the scarf up and knot it loosely in the middle. Make knots in the loose ends of the scarf, using your desired length to determine how many knots to make. Tie the ends of the scarf together ...
This is a very quick and simple tutorial on how to shave using a disposable razor bought from a store. You have to begin by taking whatever kind of shaving cream you have and applying it to the area you want to shave. In this video tutorial, it will be applied to the lower face for a clean and neat shave. When applying the shaving cream make sure to rub it in completely and make it a nice thick lather and then turn on the hot water on your sink. Run the blade under hot water until the blade i...
In this video, Betty shows you how to make southern oven-fried chicken breast. She starts out with two pounds of chicken by cutting each breast in half and removing any excess fat. Next, she sprinkles meat tenderizer on each breast and dredges it in flour. After coating each chicken breast in flour, it is lightly fried in a frying pan on the stove and sprinkled with some black pepper. When the chicken breasts turned golden brown, the pan should be removed from the stove and placed into a pre-...
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...
In this video from Betty kitchen we learn how to prepare deep fried French fries. In a deep fryer there is hot peanut oil. She has 2 Russet potatoes cut as thick fries in a bowl. She washed and cleaned the potatoes before placing in the oil. Ease the potatoes into the oil with a spoon. This is not a recipe for someone that is inexperienced with deep frying because the oil is so hot. When they are golden brown remove from oil and place on a tray with paper towel to drain on. She seasons with s...
In this video, Kemp Minifie, Executive Food Editor from Gourmet Magazine, explains a quick and easy way to cook collard greens. Southern style cooked greens are cooked for a long time. She is demonstrating the Brazilian method of cooking collard greens. She cuts the stem the long way down the middle and removes it. She stacks up the halves of the leaves and rolls them up starting from the short end, then slices them into long thin shreds. They shrink when they're cooked. She heats the pan ove...
If you've ever wondered how to safely disassemble your Microsoft XBox 360 gaming console for modification, Johnny McKinney of Console Discussions will walk you through the basics. All you need to get started are a T10 Torx screwdriver, a small flathead screwdriver, and an XBox 360 console. Johnny gives you a step-by-step tutorial of which screws to remove, and the order to remove them in. The first step is to remove the sides of the case, as well as the venting grills. After all of the side p...
Kitchen Improv #3 shows us how to make some simple and delicious oven roasted chicken breasts. Roasting the chicken breasts wrapped in foil makes clean-up a snap. Just cover two pieces of foil in Pam spray and place chicken on one piece of foil. Put some simple seasonings on the chicken (oregano, parsley, basil and red crushed pepper) and some melted butter. Place the second piece of foil on top and fold over all four sides twice to keep everything inside. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. ...
Learn how to make a homemade kite with this video. To do this you will need a regular plastic bag, some plastic straws, string and scissors. Begin by using the scissors to cut the bag in half, around the edges. Once you have this, make a rhombus shape out of it. You will need five straws and tape. Use one straw for the top and two straws on each side. Make sure that these two sides are the same side. Add clear or regular tape to stick the straws to the plastic bag. Lastly, tie the string at t...
This is a presentation of how to pound chicken breast. First, take your full chicken breast and lie it on your cutting board. Next, take your plastic wrap and lie it over your chicken. With your meat mallet, go ahead and start pounding out the chicken, but don't pound it so hard. Be patient. You want to start from the center and work your way out. As you are pounding out the chicken, you want to make sure that you use short even strokes. Be patient because this could take a few minutes, and t...
Don't throw out your pumpkin seeds, toast them for a wonderful snack! This video shows the simple steps to making toasted pumpkin seeds. Cut open your pumpkin and scrape out the seeds. Make sure to rinse them well to get rid of the pumpkin guts. Next prepare a brine of 1 quart water and a quarter cup of salt. Soak the seeds for twenty four hours and drain them well. You'll be coating the seeds with a bit of vegetable oil and salt for flavor. Last they are toasted in the oven for about twenty ...
We start out in a large greenhouse, there are two gentlemen discussing pumpkin pies. There is an obvious expert and he states that there are pumpkins especially made for pies, but pumpkins tend to have a lot of water and he has gotten a lot of complaints that peoples pies are to runny. He has an answer with certain squashes that your family will still think it's pumpkin. Sweet meat squash still has the orange color on the inside but it has a much lower water content, cut it in half right arou...
Carolineartiss teaches you how to make a healthy potato salad. Take 1 kilogram of new potatoes, wash them and cut them in half. Add one teaspoon of paprika, a pinch of turmeric and some ground cumin seeds. Also add ground coriander. Also add some salt on top and mix them all together. Drizzle a bit of olive oil on top of the potatoes in the cooking pan. Place them in the oven at 195 degrees centigrade for about 40 minutes. Chop the small red onion, with a celery. Add those on top of the potat...
How To Set Intonation on a "Gibson Style" Fixed Bridge. A step by step video tutorial that will teach you how to change the strings on a fixed bridge guitar and also set the intonation. Andrew Wasson walks you through a series of instructions that include cutting the strings off your guitar, tightening the bolts on your tuners, polishing frets and fret board and more. He then goes on to show you how to put strings on your guitar, tune the guitar with a tuner, set the bridge saddle, and settin...
Grog is good demonstrates how to cook some hash browns. You'll need a food processor with a grating attachment, a peeler, a knife, a cutting board, two pans, some margarine, oil, and either red or Yukon gold potato. First peel the potato and put it into the food processor. Next get them into water to watch the starch off of them and prevent browning. Next dry them using a colander and dry them with a towel. Heat some margarine and a teaspoon of oil in a pan on medium high heat and then drop y...
Grassvalleyflorist teaches you how to make a fall themed flower bouquet. For this you will need some fountain grass, autumn leaves, English laurel, redwood, oregano and another weed that looks good. Layer all of these together, on top of each other. You can also add some pine cones. Wire in the stems allows the whole thing to stay together. Use ribbons or florist wire. Cut the ends so that the bouquet is not very long. You can also make a bow out of a big piece of material or ribbon. The best...
This video demonstrates how to tenderize the skirt steak. For this, the first thing to do is to place the skirt steak on the cutting board. Now with the help of the point side of the meat mallet, start hitting the steak to tenderize it. Once you have thoroughly hit the meat with the mallet for a few minutes, you can stop. What happens here is when you hit the meat with the meat mallet it causes the meat fibers to break up and this makes it more tender. This is the simple process involved in t...
This video is about how to make a business card design in GIMP. First of all, download some GIMP labels plug-in. Create a business card of required size by entering dimensions going to on “Toolbox”, then Xtns, then Misc, then Labels, then Rect Label. Now create image and text on business cards. The image should compliment it without overwhelming the text. Now add borders and accents. Select “Image”, then “Filters”, then “Combine”, then “Make Label Page” and insert the image. Check your contac...
In this video you can learn how to make delicious spaghetti squash. Fill the pot with salted water. Cut squash in half with the serrated knife and remove the seed portion. Place squash in the water, then boil and cook until fork tender. Allow it to cool enough to handle. Using a fork going lengthwise, scrape entire squash until you're only left with skin. Discard the skin. While still warm, add pesto, 2 tbsp. of the cheese and salt and pepper, then toss. Warm in saute pan until microwave, spr...
In this video from FoodNetworkTV Chefs Anne and Beau teach the Worst Cooks in America how to chiffonade basil. This is a knife skill. This give the basil a "ribbon" look to it. To do this, layer 3 or 4 leaves, then roll the basil, then you make tiny slices in that basil and be careful to watch your fingers! Then you unroll the basil and you have little ribbon cuts of basil that can be used to make a lovely garnish for any plate!
In order to make a really good quick little sangria follow the directions in this video. Start by filling up about ¾ of a cup with wine. Add a splash of coke filling up about half of the remaining space in the cup. Add some fresh lime by squeezing a freshly cut lime. Then use a spoon or a stirring stick to stir the drink up a little bit. It is just that quick and you have a nice festive drink for your event.
Learn how to cook Southern green beans with ham the quick and easy way. 1 Chop the onions and wash and peel the potatoes. 2 Cut two to three cups of ham into bite sized piece. 3 Heat oil and pan and sauté the onions. Add the ham when the onions are translucent. Add the potatoes and beans. 4 Season and add water or ham stock. 5 Cover and reduce the liquid until the potatoes are cooked through. 6 Serve with cornbread.
In this video tutorial, viewers will learn how to make a memory wire bracelet. This video provides all the materials required to make the bracelet. The required materials include a memory wire (bracelet size), heavy duty wire cutters (memory wire shears), round-nose pliers and several beads. First, determine how thick you want your bracelet to be and cut the wire according to that size. Now, layout the design of your beads; make a loop on one side of the wire and add the beads on. Once finish...
This video teaches the secrets to sharpen a convex wood carving knife in simple steps. First find out how dull your knife is by cutting a paper or shaving hair on you hands. Now take a sand paper attached to a pad and start sharpening the ends by applying less pressure. Now try the sharpness of the knife, it will be better. Now take a double sided strop with sharpening compound and start rubbing the knife edge. After sharpening try the knife again, it should be good enough.
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...
Watch this video to try out making a halter dress by yourself. Lay out the fabric you are going to use on a level surface. Afterwards sew it right side together with stitching pins. Once you finish doing so flip the fabric right side over. Sew up the ends of the fabric right sides together. This will create the hole in the dress where you will wear it as a halter. Flip the dress over and cut out some elastic to sew it on the bottom part of the dress. This will create a nice effect in the skir...
If you are not afraid of cheating during an exam or test follow these tips on how you can cheat using tape. Acquire tape, pen or pencil and non-construction paper. Start by writing your notes in the top part of the paper where there is a blank area. Afterwards cut a piece of tape and stick it onto the paper on the part where you wrote your notes. Once you have done this peel the tape slowly from the paper. The notes will be included on the tape practically. Afterwards just stick that piece of...
In this video from Socoolscienceshow, Crazy Chris explains to us how magicians make things disappear. For this he uses a plate, cup, and a napkin. You cover the cup and plate with a napkin. He removes the napkin with the cup and shows that he taped the cup to the bottom of the plate so they are both removed at the same time. To maintain the look of the cup in that napkin when it's removed he shows that he trace the cup onto some construction paper cut it out, and tape it to the napkin. Then h...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to create an origami lily iris flower. Origami is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. This video shows all the procedures of folding and cutting the paper. To create a complete origami lily lotus flower, viewers are recommended to produce two paper flowers. The video provides a visual demonstration for viewers to easily follow along and have an example to compare to. This video will benefit those viewers who are interested in origami and wo...
Two cousins teach how to make the perfect origami rose Obtain a square sheet of paper, preferentially origami paper. 6X6 is the best size for the paper, but 15X15 will also be fine. If the paper is not square, measure the sides and cut the paper to make it a square. Fold in the square sheet of paper diagonally, corner to corner and make a crease. Unfold the paper. Fold the paper diagonally the other way and make another crease. Fold in the two flaps of one side in to get a triangle shape. The...
Betty's making a classic meal, but true to form, she's putting a signature twist on it. Instead of ground beef, she's using sirloin. Sounds delicious!
C4Bimbos, teaches you how to make black eyed peas. You start with a quarter pound of pork meat that you chop up into small pieces. Heat up a pot on the stove and add the meat. Keep on stirring to get it evenly cooked. Add chopped onions and jalapeno peppers. Add a little bit of salt and garlic to the mix. Put 8 cups of black eyed peas that were soaked overnight over the mixture above. Stir everything together and make sure it doesn't stick or burn. You add a tin of petite cut tomatoes and a f...
Do you have magnet wires that you need to solder together to get your device working again? This video can help you immensely! Soldering is when you put two wires together using a soldering iron so that even cut wires can be made useful again. Great care and time is taken into soldering these wires properly. Watch the video to learn the proper techniques of soldering magnet wires. The wires shown in this video are extremely thin and are used for small, ready-to-fly airplanes.
Make a catfish sandwich with this video tutorial! Ingredients: Egg wash: 2 eggs, Old Bay spice, salt. Flour dredge: 1 cup cornmeal, medium to small grain. 1/2 cup of flour, 1/2 cup of cornstarch into a brown bag. Spicy tartar sauce: Mayonnaise, relish, lemon juice and hot sauce.
In this how-to video, you will learn how to seal a leaky RB roof with EternaBond tape. First, you must have EternaClean to remove any old dirt or grime around the roof. Spray it and remove with a piece of cloth. Cut the tape into the sizes you may require. Lay them out and prepare the surface using EternaPrime. Place the EternaBond tape where you want it, as it will not come off once placed. Rub bubbles or creases out. Wider tape may be considered for bigger jobs. By viewing this video, you w...
This video shows how to make a very realistic looking bowl of ravioli out of polymer clay, to be used in a doll house. She starts with flesh tone clay and uses a piece of plastic needlepoint to press the pattern of square ravioli into the clay. She trims off the edges and then cuts out the tiny ravioli. She uses the fluted edge of a toothpaste tube to imprint the edges of the ravioli. She uses a mixture of liquid polymer clay and red and brown pastel chalk to make the sauce. She puts the ravi...
This video shows the method to make a good looking paper flower. The basic thing needed for performing this task is a rectangular sheet of paper. The paper is first folded to make a square piece of paper. The rectangular piece left is then cut out. This rectangular piece is folded across its length to make the stick for holding the flower. The square piece of paper is folded across its diagonals and its sides so that various creases are formed on it. Then a series of folds are made on the squ...
Betty describes how to make spicy flour tortilla crisps: little crispy rounds, or squares, make a great appetizer. Use them with various spreads! Or serve them as the bread to start off a steak dinner. Start with your flour tortillas. After cutting them into sectors, baste them in extra virgin olive oil. Apply the oil to the top and bottom sides. Sprinkle a bit of salt. Use paprika (or any flavor you want!) to add a little spice! Sprinkle from high above so that your spices don't clump. Now p...
Sarah20az shows you a quick way of making paper lollipop flowers. You cut 4 circles from 2 different colored pieces of paper. You then take each circle and crumple it up in your hand. You then smudge each of them with an ink pad. You have to make sure that you go one color and then on top of that another one, for the lollipop effect. You pierce all of them using a thumb tack. You can bunch them up and place them on another large piece of paper.
