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hammerfall! I see you're doing well! Can't wait to see pictures of your plants when they go outside! Happy growing!

Hammerfall, beer, always beer! Haha, from what I've heard, home made wine doesn't really taste that good lol I have a Parmesan sitting in the fridge right now, should be ready to eat in about 10 months haha Sausage, bread, prosciutto, pasta, beer: anything that can be made at home I want to...

Here's a little update: By aram_s at 2011-09-10 Everything seems to be working perfectly! The ones I was having trouble with started bubbling and there was a noticeable drop in pH in all of them. Batches 1 & 2: I thought were sufficiently low to turn into beautiful hot sauce. I didn't add...

Thanks for the replies, and Hammerfall I've already started saving some seeds, no worries ;) Rocketman, the Yellow 7 Pod/Fatali and the 1 gallon batches contain garlic, onions, and carrots which from what I read in many of your posts are typical ingredients. Like I said, my pH meter might need...

So I said I'd conduct a comparative experiment to see which method of fermentation works best for me. I used 3 different starters: 2 powdered yogurt cultures (A & B) and whey. The first four contain no other vegetables and the jars + the mash were boiled for around twenty minutes. I added the...

You two are the fermenting gurus! I realize that starters are not essential but what the heck, I'll just use them and leave nothing to chance lol I'll take both your advice: I'll just mix the jar a few times a day. If the yeast survives so be it, RocketMan seems to think that it won't affect...

That is exactly what I did. I removed the white growth and added some salt and water. We'll just have to wait and see what happens!

Good to know it won't kill me! haha I have several small batches going on and I'm just testing out the different methods mentioned here and elsewhere. Again, this is only a test to see which method I find works best for me so I can use it on a big batch once I start harvesting larger amounts of...

Thanks for summing up all this on one page! I started fermenting another batch a couple of days ago with sourdough hooch and I just noticed that there's some kind of white growth on top. Any idea what it could be? Should I scrape it off and add some more salt or should I just throw the whole...

i made a cider a few months ago with juice bought from costco and champagne yeast. it turned out a little on the dry side due to the yeast used but i still loved it! i'm sure yours will turn out great! i was doing partial too (i did a few batches and once i developed a system i decided to give...

thanks for the thorough reply rocketman! first things first: you're absolutely right, I didn't add any high-sugar vegetables in the mix (only peppers and onions). and duly noted on the sourdough. I can't remember what method I went with last year but it's pretty much whatever i read here. i...

you know, i saw you post this in another thread and went looking for it but the only ones available here were around 15$. i'll definitely look into this as a last resort if all else fails but it looks like the yogurt culture worked. thanks anyway! so i went and bought some packaged yogurt...

ha i thought i was simplifying as i already had powdered culture lol if i add yogurt culture/serum to my existing mash, would it still work? thanks Dig

hey all! i tried fermenting last year with the sourdough method and sad to say, it didn't work . i'm not sure what I did wrong. anyway, i harvested some cayennes, a few aji criolla sella and 2-3 jolokias this year and thought i'd give fermentation another shot in order to develop a system i know...

i make sure i make the suffer before i squish them. i cut of one of their antennae, then one of their legs, another leg then i squish them so that their bodily fluids bursts out of their heads. in my mind they're screaming and yelling to other aphids to leave lest they meet the same fate. i...