hatter contest

2016 Origninal Star Trek Hats

I draft all the patterns myself. I learned to make hats from a variety of books like From the Neck Up, youtube. I have also had personal instruction from Jane Smith, and Lee Duncan. If you are in to hats and caps I recommend Mad Hatters Society and the Cap Department groups on Facebook. Most of my postings are public so check me out too Michael A. Chylinski aka jomodad. You can find free patterns and tutorials all over the web www.craftsy.com is one of my favorites heres a link to my projects Jomodad Craftsy Projects. I purchase most of my supplies at Jo-Ann's keep an eye on their website for great coupons. They have a sale on patterns for $1 and they have some ok hat patterns there. Ok, Have fun and be original.

sephardic cooking

This is not a recipe as much as it is a method of cooking. You can change the ingredients to things you like. I love to just use green beans and leftover meat, but you can make substations as you like.

Saute the onions in olive oil and some garlic and seasonings to taste. if meat it raw brown, if leftovers just toss in after adding water. Once the meat is browned add the vegetables and beans of choice. I like Lima, white, black-eye peas, or green beans or any combination of those. I sometime add carrots, potatoes, squash or cauliflower. Squash I try to add towards the end but its ok to add it early. Bring it to a boil and then trun down to a simmer and let simmer of at least 1 hour more is fine.

I am sure it can also be done in a cork pot not sure what changes it might need, but we have let it cook all day on the stove with no problems.

I like big chunks so it's more like a meal than a soup, but you can eat it like soup or over rice. We have made it with meat balls and then the next day and heated up some marinara and put the meatballs in that for a second meal or I have made eggs the following morning and heated the broth with some of the beans and onions and put that on some fried eggs and refried beans and a tortilla to make Hueveos Rancheros.