Food Hacks
Weird and wonderful ways of playing with your food
Modular Pie-cosahedron
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Who says pie needs to be round? Not turkey+tek, who used 20 triangular pie pans and magnets to make this geometrically delicious pecan pie.
The Butter Pen
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Any food project that starts out with cleaning a used deodorant container sure sounds gross, but stick with us here. What you end up with (after some judicious sterilization) is a fun and utensil-free way of spreading butter on toast, corn, you name it. Thanks, Butter Pen!
8-bit Art Toast Maker
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Remember when they found the Virgin Mary in toast? Now you can emblazon your own breakfast with the deity or cultural icon of your choice using this ingenious toaster hack that creates a handsome silhouette in your Wonder Bread.
3D Dinosaur Birthday Cake
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You might think making a three-dimensional cake this detailed would be for pros only, but it’s really very easy, if you follow the directions here, and use the downloadable pattern. One baker even added wings and turned it into a dragon cake.
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Gather together some long bolts, cedar grilling plank, metal condiment cups, and toothpicks, and you have yourself an adorable little tabletop grill for toasting marshmallows. Quick and easy enough for you to make one for everybody at your table.
Chocolate Covered Squid
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Let’s face it, nothing says “I love you” in the most unique way possible than the gift of chocolatecovered cephalopods. You can rest assured that, while others are giving the same ol’ boring samplers and factory-grown roses for Valentine’s Day, your gift will be truly one of a kind. And as long as your recipient is Wednesday Addams, your creativity should score big.
Carrot Caviar
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“Molecular gastronomy” is all the rage these days (think: Julia Child cooking with a chemistry set). This Instructable shows how you can get in on the geeky fun, turning a bottle of carrot juice into tasty little caviar-like beads.
Making Kombucha
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People make all sorts of health claims about this currently popular fermented drink, made from tea, sugar, and a macroscopic solid mass of microorganisms. It’s far more delicious than it sounds. And it’s fun and easy to make.
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