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  • How to Make Moonshine   16 years 4 weeks ago

    Hi, I have been brewing ales for a couple of years now and learned some intresting infomation from this site. Reading the questions and ansewers provided I have noticed that their is some repetitive questions about yeast, fermentation, etc. Let me try to ansewer some of your questions that have already been ansewered. When you put together distilled water "because its 99.9 % clean" and your fermentables "suger, corn syrup, carrots, etc." and YEAST!!! in a clean container, you then have the ingredints for fermentation. Fermentation is the process of the yeast eating or converting the sugers into Co2 and alcohol. If you have not let your must or wert "any ingredients put together prior to fermentation for taste, perserving, alcohol content, etc,etc, and etc" go throu this fermentation process then you don't have alcohol. You boil the must to kill microscopic organisms like wild yeast. If you don't do this process you could wind up with a not so good container of nasty stuff. The smell and color or physical look of your must while fermenting can let you know it things are going correctly. If it smells or looks bad don't drink it "think refrigerator". After your concaction has cool to the right temp then add your yeast. Adding yeast is not complicated just read the directions on the dame package, the yeast package should have directions or tell you the right temp for adding it. Their are different kinds of yeast, just ADD THE YEAST PLEASE! Just remenber that if you use suger with beer yeast get ready to pucker up because it will be very sour. You should use corn syrup with beer yeast. Yeast for baking and wine is good for fermentation of sugar. You should know about how long to wait for your yeast to do it's thing so that your sugars have been proscessed. There is no one ansewer for this. Just because you don't see evidence of fermantation does not mean that its finished. Don't worry about adding to much yeast because during the process of fermantation there is yeast all over the place. Once the initial process has started to calm down you will see it collect at the bottom of your fermenter which is the container with which this process occurs in. Add one packet of yeast at least because if you don't use enough yeast then that could give way to another organism getting a head start in your wert. About distillation of your fermented stuff. Although you have used all the proper ingredients and did everything perfect you will have in small % of alcohol like methanol amoung other stuff. These other alcohols in homemade beer or wine or whatever are not enough to be harmful. You could drink yourself do death before these other alcohols killed you. I don't recomend trying to make moonshine if you don't know the basics of home brewing. The distillation of fermented concactions is complicated their are different variables that apply and unless you have detailed instructions and help DON'T DO IT or you will see what I mean!

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  • Yogurt: Should You Try Making Your Own?   16 years 4 weeks ago

    I found a great quality yogurt maker at Tuesday Morning for $29.99 and it has been used about once a week ever since. Best investment ever. The quality of the yogurt is so much better. We sweeten it with fresh fruit or agave nectar syrup.

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    I'm willing to try most anything mechanical. Learning how to fix things is very satisfying. If it ends up being too complicated, then we call someone in.

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  • Yogurt: Should You Try Making Your Own?   16 years 4 weeks ago

    Andrea, thanks for the great tip about freezing the starter in ice cube trays! That'll be handy.

  • 5 Questions Couples Should Ask in the Money Talk   16 years 4 weeks ago

    Money is a significant aspect of every relationship especially to married couples. You certainly can not live and be happy together without means. As financial argument brings a very relative discussions that lead to most fight of partners it is essential that financial responsibilities are being talked once in a while. Compromising with each other in terms of budgeting and expenses lessen the worries that may results eventually. Money talk is relevant as much as your bonding moment together, I can say.

  • I Finally Canceled Comcast Cable…Before It Hurt More Than My Wallet   16 years 4 weeks ago

    I moved just before I started writing my doctoral dissertation. I realized that all those first-month freebies would woo me away from productivity, so I decided not to get cable until after I finished. Six months later I asked myself: do I really need Comcast?

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  • Yogurt: Should You Try Making Your Own?   16 years 4 weeks ago

    Hi, Jonathan . . . yup, you read that right. A distinct DISadvantage to my location. Consider yourself lucky!

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  • I Finally Canceled Comcast Cable…Before It Hurt More Than My Wallet   16 years 4 weeks ago

    I just did the same thing_Got rid of Comcast_their lousy customer service_too many problems for the money. Went to DirectTV. it was seemless and they have packages just like Comcast.

  • Yogurt: Should You Try Making Your Own?   16 years 4 weeks ago

    The best incubator I have found is an Igloo cooler. I put canning jars of milk/yogurt mixture inside the cooler and fill the cooler up to the jar necks with the right temperature water. I float a candy thermometer in the water to monitor temperature. I close the cooler, then check it in a couple hours. If the temperature has started to drop, I take out a little water and add some boiling water, stirring in the hot water, and waiting to see if the temperature is back up to the right place. I check it every couple hours, until it is done. If the water has started to separate from the yogurt, it is a little over done. Controlling the proper temperature is key to yogurt success, so this thermometer method is foolproof. Also if incubated in warm water the milk/yogurt mixture is evenly warmed, as opposed to any method where the single heat source is from underneath.
    Yogurt starter can be frozen in ice cube trays, so don't need to buy starter yogurt very often.

  • A Recipe for Youth Financial Literacy   16 years 4 weeks ago

    Great article John. Love the focus on getting kids started early on these habits through tangible, consistent practice.

    A commenter mentioned that 5 might be too early for an allowance. I think that varies with the child and the family - do what you're comfortable with. In our case, we waited about a year longer to start an allowance with our youngest. Nonetheless, we still employed the techniques that John discusses prior to setting up a regular allowance. We just did it with the spare change he collected in sofas and under car seats as well as the occasional Birthday check.

    Whatever you do, put a consistent system in place whether its physical or online. Practice makes perfect (or at least less imperfect)!

  • Your Job as a Personal Finance Literature Reader   16 years 4 weeks ago

    Awesome post! I always find that the money articles have no context but I can understand that it may not be possible to lay everything out on every 500 word post.