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I have (somewhat infamously) written about recipesyou should never make. Like Sprinkles Cupcakes, In-N-Out, and Krispy Kreme, the allure of squeaky curds eluded me. (Plus, people really seem to like poutine.) The squeak felt fresh. It turns out, the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is a bowl of curds. Keep your spray bottle of vinegar and clean towels nearby. Were looking for a sterile environment. If youre working right on top of the burner, you have to stir the entire time....

Its hard to talk about cheese without mentioning ballsbig, white, wet balls. Mozzarella isnt the easiest cheese to make, but its the one people often start with. And then you have the gourmands who prefer something runnier, stinkier: your Stiltons and bries. Mozzarella is the great uniter of cheeses. Almost everyone loves a mozz, and in particular, they love the idea of making it. (This is a lie. Italian grandmothers dont mess around....

At some point in your cheesemaking journey, youll need a cheese press. (Hint: I couldnt find one on Amazon that met the grade.) What is a Cheese press? What we do with those curds is determined by the kind of cheese youre making. Then we use the press to exert some force. If it was as simple as throwing as much weight as possible onto the cheese, itd be easy....

Ricotta doesnt get enough airtime. I challenge you to find a cheese with as much potential as ricotta. Ricotta is also the easiest cheese to makeso simple that you might call it unfuckupable. In fact, making ricotta boils down to capturing milk solidsan up-cycle more than a recipe. Keep a spray bottle of vinegar and clean towels nearby. Were looking for a sterile environment, because we do not want to contaminate your cheese....

Feta is already pretty perfect. Preserved feta has its roots in Persiaits actually called Persian feta. Grab your ball jars and a couple bottles of oil; were making the Belle & Sebastian of cheeses. Let it air dry overnight. If youre preserving the cheese in a quart-sized jar, one-inch cubes work well. You may notice I keep saying dried garlic, and I do want to stress the dried part. Using very clean hands, place any dried spices youd like to use in the bottom of the jar....

Youll see a game board with 16 tiles, each with one word or phrase. Your job is to select a group of four tiles that have something in common. Select four items and hit the Submit button. If you guessed correctly, the category and color will be revealed. (Yellow is easiest, followed by green, then blue, then purple.) If your guess was incorrect, youll get a chance to take another crack....

Labor Day has acomplicated history. No matter your skill level, weve got a grilling recipe you’re able to execute with confidence. You wont find anyhamburgersorhot dogson this list; youve probably got a handle on those. (Weve even got a couple of vegan-friendly options, if thats your bag.) (you might even make a breakfast version, if you want to throw a Labor Day brunch.) Grilled pizzas Its easy to get overwhelmed by DIY pizza making....

Barrier methods used in the vagina have a long history of their own, by the way. Other materials are known from antiquity: oiled paper, linen, plants, and more. Sometimes they were intended to prevent sexually transmitted diseases or parasites, like bilharzia in Egypt. We know now that these condoms can prevent pregnancy but arent reliable protection against STDs. The word condom dates from around this time, first appearing in an 1875 dictionary of London slang....

you’re free to turn any vegetable into a crunchy snack. Yes, even the weird ones you would never consider snacking on. They just need a thin, crispy, buttery partner to really shine. Both crispy coatings are delicate and light, and live to highlight the vegetable within. Somehow, this combination actually transforms the most humble of veg into a treat. Everything is fair game. Cut, peel, deseed, and prep the produce appropriately....

You may also just be remembering things that wereoncetrue but that dont apply to the method youre using today. So lets set some of these myths straight. Condoms donothave holes that sperm can pass through. Even lambskin condomswhich arenotrecommended for preventing STIshaveholes too small to let sperm through. Its true that viruses, including HIV, are very small. HIV is about 145 nanometers wide, or 0.1 micron. So how big are the pores in a condom?...

However it happened, the result is the same. What is emergency contraception? It does not reverse a pregnancy, and it is not an abortion pill. Emergency contraception does not affect your future fertility, or your ability to get pregnant in the future. How can you prevent pregnancyafterhaving sex? But until they meet an egg, and that egg implants in your uterus, you are not pregnant. Think back to that stopwatchyou have until it hits 120 hours to take a form of emergency contraception....

But if your shoes are always coming untied, maybe we should revisit that shoe-tying lesson. These are your bunny ears. Then, you tie the ears together with another overhand knot. Then you make two overhand knots with those big loops. TheCheerio method, which is what I always start my kids with. Pull the loops to tighten. TheIan knotis a quick method that will impress your friends. You make two loops, and instantly pull each through the other....

But many people are never given a choice. Perhaps this is why it seems like the hottest millennial trend of the moment is quitting birth control. Formula selection has also expanded in the last 50 years. Ethinylestradiol is still the go-to estrogen, but today, your progestin options go beyond norethindrone. Scientists have been chasing the perfect progestin for decades, and theyve synthesized several other options over the years. However, the estrogen in combined norethindrone pills cancels out these effects enough to be usable for most people....