Home made Pizza Pie

 Back in the 1950s when Pizza hit America by storm everyone called it Pizza Pie.

Simple basic ingredients, heres my recipe:1 and 1/2  CUP WARM WATER (105 to 115 degrees)1  TABLESPOON YEAST3  TABLESPOONS  OLIVE OIL 1  TABLESPOON SALT1 TABLESPOON HONEY4 CUPS OF ALL PURPOSE FLOUR

Cover and let rise in a warm place.If your house is on the cool side, turn the oven on for a few minutes, then turn it back off, and  set your bowl in. let rise for 1  1/2  hours or so.

The dough will at least double in size.

I love punching it down after it rises. Doesnt that look good?It smells good too!

 

Now its time to have fun!

Putting corn meal on the wooden peel keeps the dough from sticking.

I would love to be able to toss the dough but it would take a lot of practice and I dont make pizza often enough.

Marinara sauce.Mozzarella and turkey pepperoni, sweet basil leaves right out of our garden. We will add cheddar cheese,black olives and mushrooms.

We have a pizza stone on the Grilla pellet grill. We are at 550 degrees.

Wow does that ever look and smell good.

YUM!!!!

For the second pie we have garlicky hamburger, mozzarella, basil, black olives and mushrooms.

Such beauty!

In it goes for 10 -12 minutes.

Double YUM!!

Grab a plate and lets eat! Thanks for stopping by my blog.Please leave a comment.(I hope this made you hungry)

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FInishing Up the Big Table

I dont have time to write a long post, but I did promise a potential client I would put up some photos of the table weve been working on ... Also, we picked up the chairs Monday and they are pretty sharp too ... Its our first experience with Danish Cord seats. Nice job by Sandy Sherman Chair Caning of Brookline, Vermont.
This is the second coat of gloss finish .. the final satin coat will go on probably today
The eight side chairs
Close up ... all for now

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made it to 100

well i have to note this milestone. i now have 100 members/followers of my photos and postings. thank you all for your comments, (i alchoices like those), and for sticking with me through my ramblings and comings and goings .. there is a huge community of woodworkers now, much, much larger than when i started almost 40 years ago. while i sometimes wish we might have had the internet when i was learning, im also glad to have figured out a lot of things on my own. this blog is my attempt to give a little back to the community i work in and spread the things around that i have learned ( and am still learning) over the years. i hope you are all having the same spring weather thats in our forecast for the next few days ... time to get out the convertible here and its not even the middle of march yet ... again, thank you all ... dan

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seeders instruments banjo 8

well, seeders instruments banjo #8 arrived in northern ireland on friday ... it was wills first international website order. the shipping was a concern at first, but the US Postal Service handled it flawlessly. it left tuesday afternoon ... 3, or 2? days ... reasonable cost considering ...
it sounds great, as you can hear on this one minute clip of will playing and singing. link to the video here ...
i didnt get a lot of progress pictures. it got itself together and out the door mostly on evenings and weekends and went without a hitch, so i only occasionally glimpsed the progress as it went along.
great saturn peg head inlay. that pot and drawing on the right is his next project
regular old hard oil finish ... 6 or seven coats i think ...
the whole deal
and the label
great combo of woods and restrained design collaboration. i liked the no fretboard inlays much more than i expected to ...
back viewstay tuned for more ... ha ha ...

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Dollar Saving Ideas

How do you like my utensil rack.An old garden rake makes a great place to hang your equipment or pot holders.  

I built these lamp holders out of scrap fencing and inserted those little solar garden stakes.  They dont give a lot of light, but they do light your pathchoice and provide a nice ambiance. 

Just another view of our solar lights. 

My crafty wife surprised me with this menu board. She used chalkboard paint and built it from scrap fencing and a scrap of plywood. We enjoy using it when we throw a dinner party. 
We have a family motto,"Never throw out scrap lumber",You would be surprised at all the things we have built with wood from our scrap bin. Have a wonderful day!Keep improving your home and making it you,and please leave a comment.Steve

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Wagathas Organic Vermont Made Dog Biscuits

Weve got a new client were working with, Wagathas Vermont Baked Organic Dog Biscuits, extraordinary biscuits for dogs. ... I toured the factory in Manchester earlier this week and learned that they make and ship approximately 100,000 food grade dog biscuits a day. Dogs love em. Right here in town .... Who knew? ... Anychoice, after they saw our display racks that we made for Vew-Do Balance Boards, they contacted us to develop new racks for their dog biscuits. We built the prototype for their bags last week and yesterday Trevor did some work on the first prototype for the bulk display ... We need to work the graphics in still, but retail display work seems to be presenting an interesting new field of possibilities for us.
Arm waving to develop a concept for the bulk rack
Jim, presenting the first prototype ... weve still got some work to do but the concept seems viable ... More later ....

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