Here is another recovery/upcycling project which I finished yesterday. I found an old and dirty potato press on eBay that I was able to restore sufficiently to fulfill my needs. Now it won’t crush any potatoes anymore, but serve as a larger vessel for pressing homemade cheese instead 🙂
First Burn of the Backyard Rocket
Unexpectedly, we had two days of good weather here and I took the chance to try the backyard rocket for real for the first time. It’s a real litlle devil, burning hot and vigorously (I assume because of the chimney effect) and radiating a lot of heat. When it’s hot enough and the lid is on it even burns almost smokeless!
1950’s Bread Cutter Restored
Since we’re baking lot of bread ourselves I was glad to stumble upon an interesting recycling project. It’s a hand cranked bread cutter from some time in the 1950s (as far as I could determine) that required just a little love and effort. It’s doing service again in my kitchen now.
Pan-fried Cod with Shallot Sherry Sauce Recipe
We’ve got a very good fishmonger literally “around the corner”, in not even five minutes walking distance. So we eat more fish when we’re here 🙂 This time it was fresh cod with a very delicious sauce and here is the recipe:
Old Pepper Grinder Refurbishing
I got hands on a beautiful small antique pepper grinder, made from brass and with beautiful decorations. It was not in a too desolate condition, but it needed some cleaning, some polishing and the grinding gear was stuck.
Creamy Pasta with Broccoli Recipe
A simple leftover-recycling dish for busy workday evenings. It’s using only a few ingredients and is thrown together in no-time. Nonetheless satisfying, yummy and filling dinner.
Here’s the recipe:
Rotary Tumbler Contraption
I made a rotary tumbler device for metal cleaning (mainly knife blanks) from stuff I had in the shop. The goal is to somewhat “polish” the metal before further treatment. It’s made of a 12V-Motor, some scrap wood and a wine bottle tube.
Stirling Engine
How cool! I found my old model stirling engine (similar to this one) while rummaging through the basement. It even works with a hot cup of tea! Read more about this cool gadget and the underlying interesting principle here on wikipedia.
