Article: While many slow-cooker beef recipes call for a whole roast, others such as beef stews or beef stroganoff call for cube or chunk beef. Review the recipe for the desired size of the beef cubes. Usually they will be 1"x1". If your beef isn't pre-cut, you will need to cut it into small pieces. You'll be seasoning these pieces and browning them. If there are more pieces than will fit into the bottom of your slow cooker or pan, divide them into batches. Before the meat begins the long process of slow cooking, it is best if you brown it first. The chemical process of meat browning is known as the "Maillard Reaction". If your slow cooker has a high heat function that can sear and brown brown meat, use that. Otherwise use a large pan or pot.  Put a few tablespoons of oil in the cooker or pot. When the oil is hot it will look like it is shimmering. Try to avoid splashing water in the oil to see if it is hot. This causes splatter. Most cubed beef recipes call for seasoning. Even if seasoning isn't called for, you will also want to make sure that the meat is dry. Patting it with a paper towel will accomplish this. The surface of the meat being dry will help facilitate the Maillard Reaction and will lead to better browning.  If you recipe doesn't call for seasoning, you can still use a light dusting of salt and sugar. A dusting of salt and sugar will also help a brown crust to form. Your recipe may also call for the meat chunks to be dredged through flour or corn starch. Sear the chunks in the hot slow cooker. You'll want to make sure that all sides are browned for maximum flavor. When all the pieces are browned, turn the cooker off. Since these pieces are smaller, they should brown fairly quickly. If you are browning in batches, place the completed chunks on a plate to the side. #*When they are all done, put them in the slow cooker again. Review your recipe for the cooking time and temperature required. Set your slow cooker to these specifications. If your slow cooker doesn't allow you to set an end time, simply create a phone alarm for yourself so that you know when to turn it off. Most roast recipes will call for other ingredients, such as vegetables, soup mixes, and seasonings. Now is the time that you will add most of these ingredients. If the recipe calls for adding some ingredients later, set these to the side and make a notation of the time you will need to add them. Your hard work is pretty much over. Now you just need to wait for the duration of the cook time while the delicious smell of beef flows out of your slow cooker and through your house. If the recipe called for adding additional ingredients midway through the cook time, be sure to do that. Some recipes call for occasional stirring. If so, be sure to do so. When the cook time is elapsed, you are almost ready to enjoy. If you were cooking a stew, all you need to do now is ladle it into bowls. If you were cooking a dish like a stroganoff, you will now need to serve the slow-cooked beef chunks and sauce over your noodles or rice.
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Get your recipe. Cut the beef into cubes. Turn up the heat. Season your meat. Sear the meat. Set the cooking time and temperature. Add other ingredients. Let it cook. Finish up. Finished.
Article: You'll need about a foot of aluminum foil, tape of any kind, and an unsharpened pencil. You may also need a sharp knife to whittle your pencil. If you don't have a pencil, you can substitute a pen, a chopstick, a dowel--anything pen-shaped. Pencils or other wooden objects work best, however, as you may want to cut your stylus to have an angled tip. You are not sharpening the pencil tip as though you are going to write with it. The angled tip should still have a surface area of at least four millimeters, about the size of a pencil eraser or the very tip of your finger. Many capacitive touch screens will not register the touch of anything smaller.  The stylus will work without this step, but you will have to hold it straight up and down. This will make it more comfortable to hold. Always be careful when handling a knife--remember to cut away from your body. Never pull the knife toward yourself.
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Gather your materials. Use a sharp knife to whittle tip of the pencil to a slight, flat angle.
Article: You should be able to find one at your local art supply store.  If you have a piece of paper that is larger than 17 by 18 inches, simply cut it down to size. Construction paper works well for making a folder. You can also use a stronger type of paper, such as a thin cardboard or poster board, if you would like the folder to be more durable. If you don't have any paper that big, you can simply tape pieces of paper together to make one that is the right size. Place one of the short sides closest to you and the longer sides running up away from you. Fold the bottom 6 inches up and make a crease along the fold. Make sure to fold it so that the longer sides are folded but the shorter sides stay the same length. Be sure to fold the paper right down the middle. Fold the paper so that the previous fold is concealed inside. This will make the pockets on the inside, instead of the outside. You will only need to attach together the outside edges that have two layers of paper, where the long sides were folded up, and the center crease, where there are two layers of paper due to the pocket flap. This will finish the pockets on the inside of your folder. Remember to to do this step on both flaps of the folder. Personalize it with decorative flair or simply write a description of what you will keep in it, so that you know without having to look inside it every time. Now your important papers are safe and sound in your very own homemade folder.
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Get a piece of paper that is approximately 17 inches tall and 18 inches wide. Fold your piece of paper to create a pocket. Fold the short sides of the paper in half and then crease it. Staple or glue the edges to finish the pockets. Decorate the cover as you please. Put documents inside your new folder!