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To ensure that the oven is hot enough to roast the ramps, it’s important to preheat it. Set the temperature to 375 degrees Fahrenheit (190 degrees Celsius), and allow it to fully heat. Make sure that the oven rack is in the center position before you preheat it. Once the ramps are seasoned and coated with olive oil, place the baking sheet in the preheated oven. Allow the ramps to roast for 15 to 17 minutes, or until the leaves just begin to char. You don’t want the ramps to actually burn. They’ll have a burnt toast taste if they do. When the ramps are finished roasting, remove the baking sheet from the oven. Mix the ramps into salads and pasta dishes, or use them as a topping for steaks and burgers. Store leftover roasted ramps in an airtight container in the refrigerator. They should stay fresh for up to three days.

summary: Preheat the oven. Bake the ramps until the leaves begin to char. Add the ramps to a salad, pasta dish, or sandwiches.


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Traditionally, teepees were made from tanned buffalo or deer hides, which were water resistant and pliable. Since buffalo skin is relatively difficult to acquire nowadays, most modern teepees are made using canvas. Smaller teepees are difficult to manage fires in, so if you're going to build one, you might as well build one of significant size. For a comfortably-sized teepee, you'll want a piece of canvas roughly 15 x 30 feet. The two basic requirements for the teepee are some kind of covering (the canvas) and poles, about three feet longer than the width of the covering canvas. You'll need about twelve of them for a really solid teepee. The smoother the better, they're ideally several inches thick and made from lodge pole pine.  The easiest way to acquire these poles is to buy them commercially. Felling wood is also an option, but you need to make sure that you're harvesting legal wood, which can be a tricky proposition. To be safe, buy them from a dealer to ensure that they're sturdy and legal. To prepare the poles for use, smooth out any rough patches with a pocketknife and sandpaper, and treat it with a coat of a 50/50 mixture of linseed oil and turpentine. This will ensure that your poles will be protected against the elements and will last for many years. If you don't have a pre-cut canvas made for a teepee, you'll need to cut your own from the canvas. Tracing a pattern onto the canvas first is the best idea, but the basic cut is a semi-circle half as wide as it is long, with notches cut toward each end on the flat side of the semi-circle, and with flaps cut from the middle of the flat side, for use as "smoke flaps," and a hole for the door. You'll also need to save enough canvas for covering up the door hole when you're inside. Synthetic rope is not a good idea for building teepees, because it has trouble gripping the poles like natural ropes, causing slippage. It's also good to have about 12-15 stakes for staking the bottom of the canvas to the ground, as well as the materials to make a fire. If you want an authentic teepee, get some porcupine quills or other long pins to fix the open part of the canvas covering when you assemble it.

summary: Get some canvas. Prepare some lodge poles. Cut the teepee pattern from the canvas. Get 45 feet (13.7 m) of manila or straw rope.


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Taking a warm bath or shower will help slacken the tape. If you don’t have a tub available or don’t wish to shower, you can use a wet towel. Simply use warm water to dampen it and lay it over the tape as you lay on your back. This will make is significantly easier to take the tape off. When it comes time to take the tape off, make sure you do so slowly and carefully. If you rip the tape off too quickly, you risk tearing your skin. Even if you used tape that is made for your skin (medical or sports tape), you still need to pull it off slowly. Pluck out the tape as you hold the nearby skin still. Be careful not to pull your skin. If you can’t seem to pull the tape off, apply baby oil to the skin. The baby oil will help remove the stickiness that is on your skin. Grab a cotton ball and dip it in baby oil. Follow the line of the tape as you slowly remove it.
summary: Soak the tape in warm water. Remove the tape slowly. Use baby oil.