So you wanna make pepper extract? HereÂs how. WhatÂs really gonna happen will be the extraction of capsaicin from your hot peppers with an organic solvent. Capsaicin is an oleoresin found in many plants, principally in peppers, or "capsicums". The hotter the pepper, the more capsaicin present. To separate the capsaicin (the hot stuff) from the pepper (the other stuff), you can use a very common and relatively inexpensive organic solvent known as ethanol, a.k.a. pure grain alcohol, or even plain old vodka. The method I use is very simple and very effective. First I get a quantity of dried peppers of choice (I use habaneras because I like their taste), and grind them coarsely. I place the ground peppers in a sealable jar and add enough grain alcohol to just cover. I put the lid securely on the jar and give it a good shake, and put it in the fridge. Every time I think about it, I give the jar another good shake. After 3 or 4 days, I set up another sealable jar with a funnel. Inside the funnel I place a coffee filter. Then I pour the peppers that have been soaking in the alcohol into the filter, and let them drain completely. I seal the second jar containing the pepper extract and alcohol and put it in the fridge. Then I return the drained ground peppers to the first jar, cover again with alcohol, seal, shake and return to the fridge remembering to shake occasionally for another 3 or 4 days. Then I repeat the filtering process, reserving the filtered extract in the second jar as before. To be on the safe side, I flush the now spent ground peppers down the toilet and place their jar in the trash. The filtered alcohol contains a considerable amount of capsaicin and you can taste it. But, PLEASE do it this way until youÂre sure you can handle the heat!!!! Dip the mere tip of a toothpick into the liquid. Shake it off. And only then, place the mere tip of the toothpick to your tongue. DONÂT LICK IT !!!!! Do this only once, because it may take several seconds for you to realize the heat. If it is too hot , DONÂT DRINK WATER! Drink milk, eat some cheese or even eat some sugar. BUT, DONÂT DRINK WATER! Pour the strained liquid into something like a glass pie pan, cover with cheese cloth, and set in a dark place to allow the alcohol to evaporate. After the alcohol evaporates, you will be left with capsaicin oil. This is VERY, VERY HOT STUFF! ItÂs dangerous if misused.

If you have a problem with the assumption you should raise that, rather than falling back on coincidental word play to criticize something that you do thousands of times every waking hour in order to function. Also the Native Americans were not in the Americas when Europeans came out of caves, but ignoring that, do you have any reason for the claim that native americans had a civilization that was advanced long before europeans? Or is that based entirely on your gut feelings? The europeans did try to erradicate the native americans, well not all of them, but most, and you know what the native americans returned the favor, not all of them but most, they just didn't have the technology or the numbers. I have heard of care packages, are you seriously trying to argue that you are a better judge of the habits of people that I know than I am based on a folk remedy? How many members of the Hopi tribe do you know? Like really know, with names you can list off? Have you Ever been to a Hopi reservation, or a Hopi shrine? Are you speaking from personal experience or are you just trying to prove that its possible that I might maybe be wrong and that makes the claim absolutely true? I gave Anecdotal evidence, you are not in a position to know enough about it to pick it apart, nothing you can say will be more effectively than crossing your arms stamping your feet and yelling. What you can do is find evidence to support the claim, it can be solid evidence like a clinical trial, or it can be somewhat softer evidence like an explanation of the biological plausibility. I lived with several Hopi's, so yes I was home with them and they were home with me for several weekends; and I don't know what bubble world you are talking about, I do make assumptions about people based on the evidence, I am regularly commented on for my ability to perceive things, to take in information and logically deduce other information, Sherlock Holmes was my favorite literary hero growing up.

I just use a micro fiber cloth, slightly damp. However, here are a couple you could try. I've used them, but I am so lazy about dusting and the kids tend to be less than thorough so a simple rag makes it look okay even if they miss stuff. If you want the cloth to be impregnated with the solution: Place 3 T lemon juice in a Ziploc and add about 5-10 drops of oil (jojoba, apricot kernel, olive, whatever you like). Shake, then stuff you dustcloth in the bag for a day. Dust as usual. This is more of a deep-cleaning dusting solution. If you prefer a spray bottle: 1/2 C apricot kernel or jojoba oil or Murphy's oil soap 1 T rubbing alcohol 1 C water 3 T castile soap or 1 t powdered detergent add 10-15 drops of essential oil if you want a scent. Lemon, cedar, patchouli work well. Pretty much anything you like is okay. Mix soap and water first, then add other ingredients.

Thanks Chase, I'll sacrifice the shank slices I was going to use for soup and add them to the bones. I would think that three pounds of very meaty shank would be enough to add to six pounds of bones, is that OK? FOAS, in our main stream markets beef shank is $5.99 a pound so a real find at the Mexican supermarket for $2.69. Maybe I'll go back and look at their "soup bones" which were the odd shaped chunks. Our markets mark down meat too, but only by about 25%. The Mexican market is still my best choice. I looked at several videos, including a four part one from a cooking school with a huge kitchen and they all used clean bones, but I know that Chase has been making demi-glace for a long time and I trust her choices. In our house, there is no such thing as steak or roast bones with meat left on them and I think Max would know I was crazy if I asked him to give up chewing the bones. L