Annie's 2014 Glog: MoA ferments

HillBilly Jeff · Aug 24, 2014

Ferments are looking good....now go catch some fish!!!!

annie57 · Aug 24, 2014

Devv said:
Those blood pressure machines are junk, mine if tested with a stethoscope runs 116 to 124 over 78 to 80. Have had the school nurse check it several times 5 days in a row. Now the machine puts me around 145-150 over 85-95, you know stroke bait. And they want to put me on blood pressure medicines. Glad your Nephew was there

Yeppers, on salary, and this white boy doesn't do over time. No pay no stay If a catastrophe happens I'm there for them, and will comp the time when I can. We get paid 24 times a year, and do have the two weeks for Christmas, a week for spring break, pretty much we follow the teachers schedule until school lets out. I feel like I'm semi retired, I work 6 till 2:30 with a half hour lunch. Beats leaving the house at 6 and getting home at 7 and being in the heat all day with 5 days off a year. 5 years from Christmas is the retirement date. I'll have 20 years credit.

MoA sauce looks good, I'm still sticking them in the freezer to sauce later on.

Back to the leg, so is good? I'm wondering if it's related to hobbling? When a leg is down the other one suffers from being over worked, especially when over 40

Take care!

BP machines entirely suck. A cuff and steth are more accurate. Honey, they need rats to test latest bp meds on and with idiots like that tech, gonna get some because people don't advocate for ourselves enough . . . had my "baby" (feels like yesterday . . . never mind!) not been there, no way I was accepting that incompetence. He just made it easy for me not to blow a gasket on her.

Collected couple gallon bags more MoA to freeze for "raw" (not fermented) jerk paste. That one ferment is scaring me with high activity, but if I swirl, might not be fouling airlock. Better active than not . . . Leg? Dunno. Feels good running on it 1st thing in morning at dark o'clock. The tests that the idiot did haven't been "read," aka creatively interpreted, yet. Hang in there this week!

stickman said:
It's a true thing that your best advocate in a medical context is yourself. I don't take anything they tell me at face value unless it tallies with my own observations, and I watch 'em close. A while back, I dropped a heavy piece of stone on my foot when I was working as a mason's tender. I got the foot x-rayed to make sure it wasn't broken (it wasn't), and the intern who was looking at the film stopped another intern and asked him if he saw a break in the picture. They both tried to bill me, but I refused to pay the second guy because the first asked him for his opinion... I didn't.

Good luck with the MoA ferment... if you'd care to share, watcha got in it?

Take care miz Annie... school starting soon sorta puts me in mid of the gladiator's salute to the (Roman) Emperor... Ave Imperator, moritori te salutant...

"Ave ImperatorA, moritori te salutant." I like that, Rick! The masochists who haven't dropped me by end of week will remember that one later on, lol. Yeah: "Who asked ya? Get ya bud to pay ya." (Man, that's crazy and don't want to know how often it happens w/o us knowing cost analysis.) Mmm, pain on stone work, but man: such a fine ART!

Oh yeah man; love share: whacked MoAs, sweet onion, whacked, a couple cloves garlic in each, whacked, a little ginger root, whacked. With few ounces golden organic raisins, and 1/2 sweet potato, barely baked enough to sort of soften a tad, as sugars, along with MoAs (pretty sweet pepper). One done with Caldwell's starter and other with whey, appropriate salt in purified water. Have a good one, hon!

Devv said:
Too true Rick.

I always wanted to bill a doctor for an "office visit" while I was working as an auto tech. First visit, office visit, come back in a week or two if I have the time to see you I'll tell you what the problem is. And I'll make you wait an hour before seeing you too. But of course I'll charge you for another "office visit" and then for the necessary repairs.

My experience is that they are the worst (cheapest) customers. Really glad I'm not in that business anymore..

Edit: I'm really sure some good ones are out there, my wife used to visit an excellent doc that actually kept his side of the appointments.

This is generally SO TRUE!

Edit +1: I moved back here at same time my primary moved here, so we go back; he's excellent esp. mediating between other specialists, advocating for my well-being. I feel blessed.

Barley-pop57 said:
Hey Ms. Annie,

Nice updates. I bet you are going to enjoy school if you have students like the one you advised.....it will be a long school year Do you have to grade on a curve ????

Will be looking forward to Christmas... Have a great one Ms. Annie !!!!!

Ya know Mikey, Jerky-Mon :twisted:

. Ya funny guy, ye-ah. I've decided to make it a "long year" for the "customers" aka students. Hell, no: curving = ethically objectionable! And I don't have to so never have. You'll get Christmas long before Christmas . . . if ya stop giving me PTSD issues on some of the dingbats have "advised." :rofl:

Peace, darlin'!

HillBilly Jeff said:
Ferments are looking good....now go catch some fish!!!!

Ya know, Jeff; great day for it today. Overcast, cool. Got out after run, got to a sure-fire crappie hole. Water temps good today, low 80's from this chill front and from creek feeding cove. Few dinks, one monster that more than got hung in brush and NEVER budged, or spit hook and shoved it into submerged tree for me; then moved and idiots showed up constantly on cell phones, so pulled trolling and zipped up lake to even more secluded with another creek feeding cove. Nothing much to twist and shout about but nice day! Hope you get out soon; really was pretty!

Barley-pop57 · Aug 25, 2014

Barley-pop57 said:
Hey Ms. Annie,

Nice updates. I bet you are going to enjoy school if you have students like the one you advised.....it will be a long school year Do you have to grade on a curve ????

Will be looking forward to Christmas... Have a great one Ms. Annie !!!!!

Ya know Mikey, Jerky-Mon :twisted:

. Ya funny guy, ye-ah. I've decided to make it a "long year" for the "customers" aka students. Hell, no: curving = ethically objectionable! And I don't have to so never have. You'll get Christmas long before Christmas . . . if ya stop giving me PTSD issues on some of the dingbats have "advised." :rofl:

Peace, darlin'!

Ms. Annie---Can't be having you have PTSD !!!! Peace & truce on that one...LOL

annie57 · Aug 29, 2014

some updates:

JA Hab ferment on Wed. (Ambitious.)

By Thurs. morning fouled airlock, took a cup off, out, and now is bubbling nicely without "eruptions."

Ingredients: JA Habs, sweet potato, raisins, salt, Caldwell's Starter. Thanks!

PIC 1 · Aug 29, 2014

Sounds like the starter brought it.....alive

How's the garden shaken ......photos ?

stickman · Aug 29, 2014

Excellent start to the sauce-making miz Annie! Not sure I'd use the JA Habs in a ferment, so I'm interested in hearing how yours comes out. How long are you gonna let it age before processing?

PIC 1 · Aug 29, 2014

stickman said:
Excellent start to the sauce-making miz Annie! Not sure I'd use the JA Habs in a ferment, so I'm interested in hearing how yours comes out. How long are you gonna let it age before processing?

Why not ?
Jamaican Habs would make a great ferment and a sauce..... :party:

romy6 · Aug 29, 2014

Yes we demand garden pics. Stop fishing and get to working

HillBilly Jeff · Aug 29, 2014

Looking good Annie.

Devv · Aug 29, 2014

I have 2 quarts of JA's working since January, LB keeps pointing to them..LOL

They should make a fine sauce.

Sawyer · Aug 30, 2014

The JA Red Habs seem to be real popular. I may have to make room for them on next year's grow list. Move over... somebody?

stickman · Aug 30, 2014

PIC 1 said:
Why not ?
Jamaican Habs would make a great ferment and a sauce.....

I guess since they're so fruity and sweet I just don't think of them as having the tang of a ferment... I'm willing to try it if it doesn't overpower the flavor of the peppers though.

annie57 · Sep 13, 2014

PIC 1 said:
Why not ?
Jamaican Habs would make a great ferment and a sauce.....

Amen, Greg. I think folks have misconception of what ferments do: bring out flavor. That bonnet sauce of yours last year proved the point of a long ferment :party:

. Killer nice!

romy6 said:
Yes we demand garden pics. Stop fishing and get to working

I did catch a few crappie down at pond with OLD/dear and (older) friend other day: he has MS and can't walk safely on boat, so went'n drownded (

) some minners (

) at pond where I get my ACCT water. Now, if any of you chaps can tell me who rhymed water and "orter" (meaning ought to) and in what song, you get a prize that you would not otherwise have gotten :dance:

.

HillBilly Jeff said:
Looking good Annie.

Thanks, Jeff got ya gift and a pic coming up. Most I identify or mis-identify, and will have more time for glogs.

Devv said:
I have 2 quarts of JA's working since January, LB keeps pointing to them..LOL

They should make a fine sauce.

Since Jan? Scotty!! Oh hell, son: I send ya some mawney for shipping some that processed! Dang, lettin' it age, RIGHT! (And LB is just pointing to how pretty they are. :liar

: ) Take ya time, babe!

Sawyer said:
The JA Red Habs seem to be real popular. I may have to make room for them on next year's grow list. Move over... somebody?

I have some seed John. I hope it'll be okay as I took it from first pods. (When you see a following pic will explain why nobody might want my seeds this year!!)

stickman said:
I guess since they're so fruity and sweet I just don't think of them as having the tang of a ferment... I'm willing to try it if it doesn't overpower the flavor of the peppers though.

Rick, the tang aspect replaces vinegar/lime j. etc. "tang" and is less intrusive, as the "tang" comes from the essence of the pepper. Also, fermenting only brings out the flavor of the pepper and mellows it to remove any harshness down line . . . unless somebody get too enthusiastic with spices. (Thank you for that comment on allspice: it can't be said enough! I only wrecked my first 2 years of making bonnet sauce because that dingbattery. :rolleyes:

Thanks!

)

Jeff H · Sep 13, 2014

romy6 said:
Yes we demand garden pics. Stop fishing and get to working

Two more weeks have passed and no garden pics.

annie57 · Sep 13, 2014

Am on medical leave. Doc wanted to put me on BP med, low dose, even though BP not high, OR I could take a medical leave for the semester and devote myself (again, did this when I was 21 for different reason) to body building, high intensity interval training, get a trainer, do it right, do it every day, save one, do it safely, go mostly whole foods, not "food products" as the natural holistic treatment, t'ai chi with good teacher yoga, lowering stress, the only stop-gap from me and heart disease (which I do have but mild now) from going to the medication that prevents us from eating kale, getting Vit K, from natural sources, which will then lead to the mechanical interventions effing up biological: what has happened to folks my mother's generation. Prior to her, they died young. We, the Boomers and younger, have an option and am taking my chances with natural options. Snagging from retirement so I'll have a decent retirement. I won't go my mother's "only-option" route.

Why no pics of new pepper garden much: here it is; planted too close together, 6 rows. In back are Tabascos 6' tall and in front of them in 5th row are some Jay's Peach GScorp that have to be 6'2." So, with some stuff getting TALLER because it's trained itself to go up rather than out, easier to slide in and get pics. Also, won't be rushing out door at dawn and coming home at dark. Live, learn 5, not 6 rows next year. See? Going to get a buddy to get me in there near that JPGScorp. Hold my hand up :rofl:

Thus, planted this densely, I know I have crosses of seed not already saved.

Jason (GA Growhead) Bhut Orange Copenhagen (to be overwintered):

Hillbilly Jeff (Jeff) gifting and recognize most of these, Jeff; put them in frig since was father's 84th b-day last weekend, party, and if am seeing right see a BMJ and TSMB (which you marked); what is Tepin X'ed with? Nice tasting little pepper, love those yeller skinnies, looks like choc bhut, red bhut, yellow bhut, white bhuts, green bhut??, mustard habs?, an evil looking Jonah, maybe a 7 pod brown or . . . the evil Jonah, r. bhut and what tasted to be a k.naga, went into Tab, Naga, Jal, Funky Reaper ferment 1, after I sampled them. Peppers are WAY on my diet, per doc's orders. (Such a hardship :rofl:

. New freezer :party:

) Thank you, Jeff!

Newer ferment (Tab/Naga/Jal/ basically) beside MoA):

And better shot with bubbles, in event want to know if ferment is working w/o airlock foul :rolleyes:

:

This week, going for a yellow brain, yellow bhut, yellow naga, yellow cayenne, yellow TSMB, yellow 7, some Trini Perfume, and another yellow annuum, as annuums in ferments take some of excess floral out of Indian and any bitterness out of 7's--less so with yellows--and a "hell" ferment that'll be half smoked of Funkies, mostly funsters, since I ~~like~~ love their taste. Think they'd make a great infused salt too. Juicy enough to do that. Peace out! Annie

John1234 · Sep 13, 2014

Some very delicious looking ferments going on in here. I like your approach to health, I ~~fail~~ try to do like wise

Sawyer · Sep 13, 2014

Nice-looking ferments, Annie. I still haven't worked up my nerve to try one. One of these days. Your garden looks a lot like mine, in terms of being planted too close. A few rows I can't get between (except on hands and knees), because the wild beans have everything tied together, but as long as I can get down every other row, I can reach everything. The jungle aspect definitely keeps the weeds down and the plants provide support to each other, but with cool, damp weather predicted for the week, I'm worried about pod rot due to inadequate air circulation.

annie57 said:
Am on medical leave. Doc wanted to put me on BP med, low dose, even though BP not high, OR I could take a medical leave for the semester and devote myself (again, did this when I was 21 for different reason) to body building, high intensity interval training, get a trainer, do it right, do it every day, save one, do it safely, go mostly whole foods, not "food products" as the natural holistic treatment, t'ai chi with good teacher yoga, lowering stress, the only stop-gap from me and heart disease (which I do have but mild now) from going to the medication that prevents us from eating kale, getting Vit K, from natural sources, which will then lead to the mechanical interventions effing up biological: what has happened to folks my mother's generation. Prior to her, they died young. We, the Boomers and younger, have an option and am taking my chances with natural options. Snagging from retirement so I'll have a decent retirement. I won't go my mother's "only-option" route.

Sorry to hear about your troubles, but I sure like that routine you've got planned for the semester. I need to do something like that, just because. What's that about kale?

annie57 said:
I did catch a few crappie down at pond with OLD/dear and (older) friend other day: he has MS and can't walk safely on boat, so went'n drownded ( ) some minners ( ) at pond where I get my ACCT water. Now, if any of you chaps can tell me who rhymed water and "orter" (meaning ought to) and in what song, you get a prize that you would not otherwise have gotten .

Ooh, ooh, I know this one! Burl Ives sings The Little White Duck. (I grew up listening to Burl Ives... mostly the folk song set.)

annie57 said:
I have some seed John. I hope it'll be okay as I took it from first pods. (When you see a following pic will explain why nobody might want my seeds this year!!)

I'll try them. Even planted that close, I think crosses will occur less often than not. I haven't crunched any numbers yet, but my plants grown from last year's seeds (also planted close) are running at least better than 50% true. I also have you down for some GWH seeds. Do you still want those?

annie57 · Sep 13, 2014

miguelovic said:
Some very delicious looking ferments going on in here. I like your approach to health, I fail try to do like wise

They smell nice too! Trying is best I got now, Michael but I'm damn-well trying hard because I fear/dread/hate the alt; while have options, best to avail myself of 'em. Peace, sweetie!

Sawyer said:
Nice-looking ferments, Annie. I still haven't worked up my nerve to try one. One of these days. Your garden looks a lot like mine, in terms of being planted too close. A few rows I can't get between (except on hands and knees), because the wild beans have everything tied together, but as long as I can get down every other row, I can reach everything. The jungle aspect definitely keeps the weeds down and the plants provide support to each other, but with cool, damp weather predicted for the week, I'm worried about pod rot due to inadequate air circulation. It's a beotch getting to peppers, man! Without breaking limbs; hope the weather hold off on cool, wet aspect for you: we got maybe couple inches rain last night. But not headed out there with fans ner nothin.'

Sorry to hear about your troubles, but I sure like that routine you've got planned for the semester. I need to do something like that, just because. What's that about kale? Kale and other greens (but kale has most) have a lot of Vit K. Which is fine if one is not taking certain anticoagulant for heart disease. Toxicity of K is rare, otherwise. K thickens or causes blood to clot, which is good but if folks taking a thinner, not. Balancing act that's risky. K's funky with kidneys (my mother is both diabetic and has heart disease) so she has to watch FOOD carefully because 30 years ago "mod medicine" had pharma "cures" for her. They then had stint "cures" when the meds failed. And they got bypass and pacemaker "cures." All mechanical, extraneously engineered solutions for biological issues. Sometimes that's necessary but where I can avoid a med or "mechanical solution," I will. I've watched her decline for 30 years when that's all they knew to do. They know and can do better now if we put forth the work.

Ooh, ooh, I know this one! Burl Ives sings The Little White Duck. (I grew up listening to Burl Ives... mostly the folk song set.) Yep, and Ives predated Dolly Parton's use of said "stuff" in her "Travelin' Man" but then Dolly also rhymed "courtin'" with "orten."

I'll try them. Even planted that close, I think crosses will occur less often than not. I haven't crunched any numbers yet, but my plants grown from last year's seeds (also planted close) are running at least better than 50% true. I also have you down for some GWH seeds. Do you still want those? Sure on both counts! Any seed that I tried to save early or will be saving--some crosses I don't mind and seeds get mixed up (operator error when I plant the things too) so . . . but the JA Red is a must, for me. Kind of in league with MoAs: gotta have them! Have a great afternoon, John!

Roguejim · Sep 13, 2014

annie57 said:
Am on medical leave. Doc wanted to put me on BP med, low dose, even though BP not high, OR I could take a medical leave for the semester and devote myself (again, did this when I was 21 for different reason) to body building, high intensity interval training, get a trainer, do it right, do it every day, save one, do it safely, go mostly whole foods, not "food products" as the natural holistic treatment, t'ai chi with good teacher yoga, lowering stress, the only stop-gap from me and heart disease (which I do have but mild now) from going to the medication that prevents us from eating kale, getting Vit K, from natural sources, which will then lead to the mechanical interventions effing up biological: what has happened to folks my mother's generation. Prior to her, they died young. We, the Boomers and younger, have an option and am taking my chances with natural options. Snagging from retirement so I'll have a decent retirement. I won't go my mother's "only-option" route.

Why no pics of new pepper garden much: here it is; planted too close together, 6 rows. In back are Tabascos 6' tall and in front of them in 5th row are some Jay's Peach GScorp that have to be 6'2." So, with some stuff getting TALLER because it's trained itself to go up rather than out, easier to slide in and get pics. Also, won't be rushing out door at dawn and coming home at dark. Live, learn 5, not 6 rows next year. See? Going to get a buddy to get me in there near that JPGScorp. Hold my hand up

Thus, planted this densely, I know I have crosses of seed not already saved.

Jason (GA Growhead) Bhut Orange Copenhagen (to be overwintered):

Hillbilly Jeff (Jeff) gifting and recognize most of these, Jeff; put them in frig since was father's 84th b-day last weekend, party, and if am seeing right see a BMJ and TSMB (which you marked); what is Tepin X'ed with? Nice tasting little pepper, love those yeller skinnies, looks like choc bhut, red bhut, yellow bhut, white bhuts, green bhut??, mustard habs?, an evil looking Jonah, maybe a 7 pod brown or . . . the evil Jonah, r. bhut and what tasted to be a k.naga, went into Tab, Naga, Jal, Funky Reaper ferment 1, after I sampled them. Peppers are WAY on my diet, per doc's orders. (Such a hardship . New freezer ) Thank you, Jeff!

Newer ferment (Tab/Naga/Jal/ basically) beside MoA):

And better shot with bubbles, in event want to know if ferment is working w/o airlock foul :

This week, going for a yellow brain, yellow bhut, yellow naga, yellow cayenne, yellow TSMB, yellow 7, some Trini Perfume, and another yellow annuum, as annuums in ferments take some of excess floral out of Indian and any bitterness out of 7's--less so with yellows--and a "hell" ferment that'll be half smoked of Funkies, mostly funsters, since I ~~like~~ love their taste. Think they'd make a great infused salt too. Juicy enough to do that. Peace out! Annie

Hi Annie! I was looking at that pepper plant jungle of yours, and have a question. I tried the "square foot" gardening method this season. Most plants grew large and healthy, but it was impossible for me to eradicate the aphids when they arrived. Way too crowded to get at all the little invaders. The best I could do was keep them at bay, somewhat. Pyrethrins only work so far, and it starts to get expensive, too. I won't use the "square foot" method again. Have you ever had issues like this with your dense garden? Thanks.

Devv · Sep 13, 2014

Quite the jungle there young lady!

Now get rid of that stress!