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Sunday, December 21, 2008

How to make a Wall-E sandwich

December 21, 2008 characters
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EDIT: Before you read the How to make a Wall-E sandwich… I’ve discovered that some people posted the entire page of How to make a Wall-E sandwich on their website/blog. I’m glad that they felt the urge to spread the joy of Wall-E sandwich to others, and I’m sure they didn’t mean any harm, but I spend a long time making & writing this how-to’s with [...]

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How to dye eggs naturally

December 21, 2008 basics
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I wrote in the Professor Layton bento post that the color blue is kind of a taboo color in the kyaraben world. In Japan, kyaraben are mostly for kids, and many moms try their best not to use food coloring in bento. Any processed food contains food coloring, and I don’t freak out about it. I wanted to use minimal food coloring in my bento, so [...]

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How to dye rice naturally

December 21, 2008 decorations
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Well it’s not really “dyeing” rice, more like how to change the color of rice for your bento. I use these methods a lot to make Totoro, or backgrounds with rice. It’s not much, but since rice is white, changing the color of rice can make a quite difference in your bento. [How to dye rice gray-ish] (used in “Sleeping Totoro”, etc…) – rice – black [...]

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