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beer
- many methods from all grain to extract
bread
- using a campfire and a rock and no oven
sorbet
- normal kitchen ingredients and a ziploc bag, no icecream makers needed
cheese
- using rennet or in kitchen ingredients. 24 hour feta cheese, 15 minute mozzarella, and other aged cheeses
mayo
- oil, vinegar/lemon juice, and spices with a whisk.
wine
- fruit wines and a method to use Welch's Grape Juice concentrate to make a very decent wine.
sourdough
- how to create a sourdough culture without buying or ordering one online.
fruit leather
- like making beef jerky but with fruit using only an oven
butter
- make butter from cream using either mixer, blender, or tupperwear.
ghee
- have left over cream from making whip cream? fast way to turn it into butter and clarify in only two steps
jewelry making
- how to make a wax model, a mold, and cast metal into the shape you want
soap
- make soap from any fat/oil (animal or vegetable). great for saving fat you'd discard when trimming meat
tent
- build an ultra light tent. I used mine for 7 months while hiking the Appalachian Trail
stove
- how to take two soda/beer cans and make a stove to boil water and cook food while camping
bookbinding
- take free ebooks from online and print them in a way suitable for binding into a book. no special tools.
improvised coffee filter
- make a quick coffee maker out of a two-liter bottle
render fat to tallow
- how to take scrap fat/meat and purify it. make soap from scratch or a candle or moisturizer
how to knit
- make your own clothes and winter gear
knot tieing
- which knots to use for which situations.