Def. Just don’t boil it. Hahah

Pancetta?! Guanciale. But pancetta’s OK too if it’s all you’ve can get.

Yeah, fair point. Or saw that both sides probably lead to the same end eventually.

A majority of American citizens who voted…that’s an important distinction. Roughly 29% of voting age american citizens and 22% of all american citizens - a sizeable minority but a minority nonetheless - voted for fascism and racism.

Yes. This worked for me as well. Smoked a pack or more a day for 14 years, within a year I just put the vape down. 10 year anniversary of last cig coming up!

TIL big box stores = steal cubes. Nice.

That’s not usually what is meant by proponents of the 4 day work week. Instead, they’re usually referring to four 8-hour days.

I would agree. Skip the separate decarb and just let it steep for a while. Decarb and extraction in one fell swoop.

Not wanting the job is a good thing. That’s how it should be…

…or wild kitchen yeast or whatever.

There is a lid in this photo, but I’ve opted to keep the container open for the first few days to encourage wild yeasts to settle in. Once the fermentation starts picking up I’ll transfer to another container. I’m following Sandor Katz’s fast and loose recipe from The Art of Fermentation…I expect to learn valuable lessons or reap unexpected rewards. Or maybe both.

I made many batches of carrots and daikon back in the day. They were delicious.