LAB NOTES: Raisin Irish Soda Bread

Hello everyone, Wayne the Mad Food Scientist here.This time out, I’m making Raisin Irish Soda Bread. I was chatting about my previous loaf of Irish Soda Bread with Mick from the U.K and he suggested taking dried fruit and soaking it in tea, then adding the rehydrated fruit into...

LAB NOTES: ANZAC Biscuits

. Hello, Wayne aka the Mad Food Scientist here. Today’s post is about an oldie, but a goodie. The famous ANZAC Biscuit. What’s an ANZAC you ask? ANZAC is an acronym for the Austrailia New Zealand Army Corps. This force was originally stood up during World War I and again...

LAB NOTES: Sunday Night At The Improv… DCL Style

Hello, Wayne, the Mad Food Scientist here.Today’s post is going to be a bit different than my other posts as it is about me attempting to answer the nearly eternal question. “What’s for supper?” It was Sunday Night at the Improv… DCL Style. So I won’t have many specifics, but...

LAB NOTES: Super Creamy Split Pea Milk

  Hello all, Wayne AKA The Mad Food Scientist here.A while ago, I was in a discussion with someone on Quora and heard about Pea protein milk. I was interested in it, but my local grocery store doesn’t have it. So, off to YouTube I went searching for a way...

LAB NOTES: Non-Soy Tofu: Four Bean Tofu Challenge.

Last weekend I made two batches of tofu. A batch of tofu made from kidney beans, and a batch of tofu make from Great Northern Beans. I was talking with Azzie about my findings and she asked “What would happen if you mixed them? Would the tofu be firmer”...

LAB NOTES: Rich Simple Syrup

Hello Everyone,Wayne, AKA the Mad Food Scientist here.A few months ago, I became interested in simple syrup because agave nectar, and maple syrup are quite pricey. I’d originally heard of it while I was attending University while watching Alton Brown’s “Good Eats” in one of the episodes about cocktails....

LAB NOTES: Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate

Hello and welcome back to the Domestic Culinary Lab. I’m Wayne aka The Mad Food Scientist.Today, I’ll be writing about coldbrew coffee and how it came about that I’m making it. First let me clarify, I’m making coldbrew concentrate and that it will need to be diluted to be...

LAB NOTES: Vegan Buttah ( Version II )

Welcome back to the Domestic Culinary Lab!  I’m Wayne aka The Mad Food Scientist.Today I’m going to talk about making vegan butter. For the past few months, I’ve been tinkering with various recipes for vegan butter out of curiosity and, let’s address the elephant in the room. The sticker...

LAB NOTES: Fried “Egg” Sandwich With Runny “Yolk” AKA Banjos

Hello, Wayne, the Mad Food Scientist here. Welcome back to the Domestic Culinary Lab.A week, or two back I was watching a video from Rose on The Chea Lazy Vegan YouTube channel about a vegan fried “egg” sandwich with runny “yolk” during that video Rose pointed out she’d gotten the...

LAB NOTES: Homemade Mushroom Seasoning

Over the past year, I’d been hearing numerous references to mushroom powder and that it was easy to make on the Sauce Stache and Mary’s Test Kitchen YouTube channels. As well as other channels..So I went looking and I found this recipe on the Inspired Taste website  (  LINK...