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How To: Grow pineapple almost anywhere

In this tutorial, we learn how to grow pineapple almost anywhere. First, buy a pineapple and cut the top off of it. Let the top of this dry out for around a week. Now, pull off all the dried up dead stuff from the bottom of the pineapple head. You will now need a large pot with soil and you will dig a hole in it. In that hole, place your pineapple head inside of it and place dirt around it, but not covering the leaves of the top of the pineapple. Now, water your pineapple and let it grow. Alt...

How To: Grill tuna steaks with a red pepper sauce

Chef Donald demonstrates in this video how to make grilled tuna steaks topped with red pepper sauce. The tuna steaks are marinated with pepper and extra virgin olive oil. He avoids salt as it draws out moisture and adds it later. The steaks are cooked on a hot frying pan. For the pepper sauce, he blends the roasted bell peppers in a food processor to a smooth pulp. The pulp is transferred to a sauce pot and heated for about 2 minutes with a little bit of butter and lemon juice. Olive oil or m...

How To: Make a marinara sauce with a red wine

In this video, we learn how to make red wine marinara sauce with Sue. You will need: 2 (32 oz) jars of marinara sauce, 1-2 tbsp oregano, 1/2 tbsp basil, 1/2 tbsp sugar, 1/2 tbsp red pepper flakes, 1/2 tbsp salt, 1/2 c red wine and 4-5 cloves of garlic. First, grab one large crock pot and pour in both jars of marinara. After you squeeze the herbs with your hands, place them into the sauce. Now, squeeze your garlic through a garlic press and add it into the sauce as well. Mix everything togethe...

How To: Make instant Korean ramen

In this video, Eugene shows us how to make Ramen. You will need Ramen, onion, carrots, green onions, soup powder and an egg. First, take a pan with boiling water and place your three vegetables into it. After this, place your Ramen into the pan and make sure it's completely soaked. Now you can place your soup base and flakes into the soup! Now, stir everything together in the pot until the soup base is well mixed in. Let this boil for around 3 minutes or until the noodles are soft. After 3 mi...

How To: Revive an orchid

Orchids are amazing flowers to grow, but you have to do it just right. If your orchid is starting to wilt or is no longer growing properly, check out this tutorial and get useful tips on how to revive it. In this video, Tom and Joani Maccubbin show you the best ways to re-pot and clean up orchids to keep them living for years. So, before you add this lovely flower to your garden or home decor, make sure you check out this advice, so you can enjoy them for a long, long time.

How To: Make traditional turnip greens

This video is showing how to make a great southern dish. In a large saucepan fry some bacon. After the bacon has had some time to cook add some salt and three cups of water. Chop the roots off three turnips and save the leaves on top. Peel the outer skin off each one of the turnips. Dice the roots and put them into the pot. Set on simmer with a medium heat. Tear apart the leaves and remove the thick core on each leaf with your hands and rinse the field dirt off. Chop the greens and steam them...

How To: Make French press coffee at home

In this video, the instructor shows how to make French press coffee. Generally, you will want to use 2 tbsp of coffee for every 6 oz of coffee. You will need water that is close to boiling or around 200 degrees. First, pour the hot water over your ground coffee and let it sit for a little over a minute. Now, stir the coffee and make sure the grounds are as wet as possible. Let this brew for another minute or two. Now, press the pot down and your French press coffee will be hot and ready to en...

How To: Germinate Japanese maple seeds

Ken Alston shows how to germinate Japanese maple tree seeds. The most important thing is to always buy fresh seeds. Seeds that are bought on eBay or other unreliable sellers are dry and lifeless and the chances of germination are not very good. The video shows the huge difference between the dry seeds and the fresh seeds. On the fresh seeds you can see that the roots are already out and in some cases the leaves are out, so from this point the rest is easy. Have little seed pots ready, make sm...

How To: Make homemade kettle corn

In this video, Harrison Ashen shows us how to make kettle corn. You need sugar, corn oil, salt and popcorn. First, pour your corn oil popcorn and sugar into the pot and then stir together. After this, turn on the fire and keep on mixing quickly so all kernels start cooking at the same time. The corn will start popping within a few minutes. Make sure you are wearing protective gloves to keep your hands safe from the heat. Once the popcorn starts to pop, keep stirring to prevent it from burning...

How To: Germinate a seed in a small cup

This video is how to germinate a seed in your home using as an example, a watermelon seed. Take a container and fill it about three quarters full with potting soil. You could use a Styrofoam cup, for example. Now take a seed or several seeds and put it on top of the soil. Cover the seeds with soil that is about three times the size of the seed. Press lightly on the soil. We the container soil with some water. Then place the container in a sunny and warm location in your home until it starts g...

How To: Throw and carve a double walled pottery vase

This video illustrate how to throw and carve a double walled pottery vase. Here are the following steps.Step 1: First of all take a potters wheel.Step 2: Now take clay and put it on the wheel and rotate the wheel.Step 3: Make inner and outer partition and slowly shape the inner clay into long vessel shape.Step 4: Now take the outer clay and shape it into vessel, now join the neck of this vessel to the inner vessel and shape it into a vase.Step 5: After the pot has half dried cut the outer bou...

How To: Make cinnamon ginger tea

In this video, we learn how to make homemade cinnamon ginger tea. You will need cinnamon, ginger root, a cutting board, knife, potato peeler, saucepan, water and pitcher. First, heat saucepan up and boil water (a water bottle full). Next, throw in your cinnamon stick. Leave this simmering and then grab your ginger root and potato peeler. Peel your ginger root and slice it into thin slices (like an onion). Once your water and cinnamon is boiling, add in your ginger slices and let it boil until...

How To: Cleanse Wiccan stones

The Wicca stones in question may be dried in either sunlight for a full twenty four hours, or the item may be wrapped in a dark black cloth to dry. The stones may also be cleaned in water as well. Another method would be bury the stones in a pot covered with dirt. If unsure if water would damage the stone, however do not submerge the item in water if you are unsure Additionally salt water may be used to cleanse the stone.

How To: Make easy applesauce

Apple sauce that is made at home is easy and good for you. It only takes about twenty minutes to whip up a batch. Golden Delicious, Fuji, or Rome apples will work great with this recipe. First off slice the apple into eighths. Don't peel them or remove the seeds. Heat the apples together with a half cup of apple cider or apple juice. Put one teaspoon of fresh lemon juice into your pot. Bring the mixture to a boil with high heat, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for fifteen minutes. Pres...

How To: Peel tomato skin off

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to peel tomato skin off. Before peeling the tomato skin, users will need to have a boiling pot of water. Begin by cutting a little X-shape onto the tomato. Then put the tomato into the boiling water. Let it boil for about 20 seconds. Then take out the tomato and peel it where you cut the X-shape. Peeling a tomato is not common and difficult to do without boiling. People may choose to peel tomatoes to make tomato pies, marinara sauce or stewed tomatoes...

How To: Make non-mushy quinoa

Marni Wasserman at the Toronto Vegetarian Food Fair demonstrates how to make non-mushy quinoa. The trick to making quinoa that doesn't come out in a big clump is to dry roast it. Take the quinoa and put it into a pot and put it over heat. Move the grains around until all the water is evaporated. You'll smell the nutty aroma of the quinoa as it's being dry roasted. Once the quinoa is dry roasted, add two cups of water to one cup of quinoa. Let that come to a boil with a little bit of sea salt ...

How To: Prepare a persimmon for eating

A persimmon is not ready to eat until it has a soft consistency like jelly or pudding, though the fruit can be harvested and brought inside while still hard, so long as the branch the fruit hangs from is picked along with it. One way to be sure that a persimmon is ready to eat, is to press a finger against the skin of the fruit. If a fingerprint is left, the persimmon is ripe and delicious. Once they start getting soft they go bad very quickly, so it's good to prepare them so you can eat them...

How To: Make an incense burner out of clay

Ilysa and Kira with Polymer Clay TV demonstrate how to make an incense burner out of clay. An incense burner is a great way to use up a lot of your scrap clay. You can also use molds, embellishments and pigments to create your incense burner. You can roll up your clay in a swirl to create the incense burner or use any other desired shape. You can also do pinch pot type shapes. To make an incense burner, you'll need a ball of scrap clay, a blade, and a rod. Use the rod to flatten pieces of a c...

How To: Make & cook delicious spaghetti squash

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...

How To: Cook a garlic shrimp pasta dinner

Mark Duncan teaches the secrets of cooking a garlic shrimp pasta dinner in simple steps. First boil some water in a soup pot, add some salt, then the spaghetti and allow it to cook. Meanwhile heat some olive oil in a pan, add chopped garlic, red pepper flakes and cook. Now add the chicken broth, allow it to boil, then add the shrimp and cook for 5 minutes. Filter the pasta when its cooked, add it to the pan and add the chopped parsley to it. Now add some butter, mix them well and transfer it ...

How To: Make New Orleans style oyster & artichoke soup

Mardi Gras teaches the secrets of making New Orleans style oyster & artichoke soup in simple steps. First chop 1 onion, 1 garlic clove and a can of artichoke coarsely and grind another can of artichoke in a processor. Melt butter in a soup pot, add the chopped onion and garlic to it. Now add some salt, pepper, seasoning and a quarter cup of flour and cook by stirring constantly. Add the quartered artichoke, half and half (half milk and half cream) and artichoke puree and cook for 10 minutes. ...

How To: Make homemade cheese

Alexa from SustainablePantry demonstrates how to make homemade cheese in under 5 minutes. Pour 1/2 gallon of whole organic pasteurized milk in the pot. Heat it to a rolling boil over medium heat. Add plain distilled white vinegar. Stir frequently until you see the milk splitting into lump of curds. These curds are your homemade cheese. When the curds have settled, slowly pour the curdled milk into the colander with a cheese cloth. Drain off all the liquid until it become more and more cheese ...

How to Use Photoshop for video: pan & scan image preparation

In this Adobe Photoshop tutorial the instructor shows how to prepare pan and scan images. To prepare an image by panning and scanning is quite different than preparing an image normally for using in your video. These images should be extra sized as you would perform special effects on the image in your video. This is also called as "Ken Burns" effect. Now go to the file, new menu and select the video format that you want to use according to your requirement. Enable the correct pixel aspect ra...

How To: Make a basic single holiday bow

There's no better time than the holidays to whip up a batch of beautiful decorative bows. This instructional video teaches you how to tie your own bows for embellishing any holiday themed item. Once you've mastered this technique feel free to experiment with other sizes and styles. These are the bows that we use to attach to wreaths, garlands, centerpieces, swags, potted plants, and a variety of other floral arrangements. Learning how to make your own professional crafter's quality bow like t...

How To: Make Filipino pork adobo (spiced red pepper pork)

In this video from panlasangpinoy we learn how to make Filipino pork adobo which is spiced red pepper pork. The ingredients are pork belly, garlic, bay leaves, vinegar, soy sauce, and peppercorn. First you marinate the pork in soy sauce and garlic. Marinating it overnight works well. Then place it in a pot and add water as well. Then simmer for about 40 minutes to an hour. Then add peppercorn, bay leaves and continue to cook and simmer.

How To: Make wild rice & cranberry stuffing balls

Learn how to prepare wild rice and cranberry stuffing balls to eat with a roast and use the remainder of the stuffing to stuff a small turkey or chicken. This recipe is easy to prepare and delicious to eat. To prepare wild rice and cranberry stuffing balls you will need the following ingredients: 1 Tbs. olive oil, 50 grams butter, 2 chopped onions, 2 large chopped rosemary leaves, 100 grams cooked long grain rice, 50 grams dried cranberries, 100 grams chopped, dried apricots, 175 grams fresh ...

How To: Prepare steak for grilling

Summer Kitchen shows us different ways and options in preparing steaks for grilling. Basics on preparing steak for grilling: Let steak sit at room temperature for at least 30 minutes before grilling to allow for even cooking. Trim excess fat from the steak. Brush the steak with oil and season with kosher or sea salt and ground pepper. For even more flavor, you can also make rubs, glazes or marinades and use them on your steaks before grilling. For a sample rub mixture, you will need: chili po...

How To: Hard boil eggs using some easy tips

Tony D'Angelo demonstrates his method of making hard boiled eggs. He starts with room temperature eggs to avoid cracking the shells, adds water to cover them, and adds a little salt and vinegar to prevent the eggs from cracking. Once the water boils, he takes the pot off the heat and lets it sit for about 11 minutes. He uses salad tongs to move the hot eggs into a bowl of ice water. Once the eggs are cool he stores them in the fridge. He claims that using this method to make boiled eggs ensur...

How To: Form a makeshift, provisional first aid kit

First aid is important, and not everyone is prepared or even knows what to do in an emergency situation. You could save the day, or at least mend your paper cut. THe key to first aid is the first aid kit. If your's is not up to date, or if you can't afford a real one, then watch this video to see how to form a makeshift, provisional first aid kit.

How To: Make soap with the melt and pour method

To make the soap you will need some soap base cut into little bricks so it's easier to melt, a color brick, scent, a knife, a ladle, and some molds. Take some of the soap base blocks and put them in your crock pot. Let it cook for a hour or until it turns into soup. Put in one of the dye color bricks so that you get some color. Put in one cap full of the fragrance. Mix it all up with the ladle. Let the dye brick melt until you have the color you desire and then take it out. Take some of the s...

How To: Make chicken & white bean chili

Chef John from Food Wishes shows you how to make white chili. Take a couple pounds of boneless skinless chicken thighs and cut into half inch pieces. Place them in the pot with vegetable oil on high heat and cook for about 5 minutes. Get other ingredients together: 1 diced onion, garlic, cumin, cinnamon, chipotle pepper, cayenne pepper, pepper, salt and oregano. As soon as chicken juice gets syrupy, add onions and spices. Add a quart of chicken stock. Let simmer. Take peppers (red, green, & j...

How To: Boil an egg for soft or hard boiled eggs

This video shows you how to boil different type of eggs, from soft eggs to hard boiled eggs. The first thing you have to do is put water in a pot and turn on the gas range. When the water starts boiling, add one or more eggs. Let the water boiling for 4 minutes if you want soft-boiled eggs. Soft-boiled eggs are good for kids and babies. Break the egg with a spoon and hole the contents of it. If you want medium-boiled eggs, leave the water boiling for 6-8 minutes. Then repeat the process menti...

How To: Make creamy tuna & mushroom pasta

David from "The One Pot Chef Show" demonstrates how to make the delicious, quick, and inexpensive family dish of Creamy Tuna and Mushroom Pasta! All you need is some bow-tie pasta, sliced mushrooms, cream of mushroom soup, garlic, tuna and milk. By following the simple steps in this video, you can make this dish in 30 min. Boiling the liquid ingredients and mushrooms and then combining the mixture with the pasta and sticking it in the oven is really all it takes! If you're looking for a new r...

How To: Apply winged eyeliner

Beechbum06 shows viewers how to do winged eyeliner. She uses a slanted eyeliner blush and a pot of gel liner. Using a slanted liner brush really helps to create the winged look because the brush is thin and is more precise than a pencil would be. After watching this video, the viewer would learn an alternate way of applying eye liner. The viewer also becomes aware of alternate types of eyeliner to use rather than the typical pencil or liquid liner.

How To: Make Pinoy style baked macaroni

Sick of lasagna? Check out this recipe for baked macaroni and branch out to new baked pastas! This recipe for baked macaroni is made in the style of Panlasangpinoy, a baked pasta dish from the Philipines. This meal is large and serves many, so consider making this for your next pot luck or family gathering. It tastes so yummy, you won't even have leftovers to clean up! Enjoy!

How To: Make Filipino lechon kawaii (pan-roasted pork)

This video is a step-by-step demonstration of how to make Filipino lechon kawaii. The ingredients used are pork, cooking oil, salt, peppercorns and bay leaves. First the pork is boiled in water with the peppercorns and bay leaves. When it's done, he rubs salt on the pork. Cooking oil is poured into a deep pot and heated to frying temperature, and the pork is added and cooked until it's golden brown. It is cut into small pieces before serving. The narration of this video is in Tagalog, but the...