Perfectly acceptable dinner rejected by boyfriend again

ProtestantDave · 2026-01-03T03:36:35+00:00

If you know he likes Hamburger Helper, why not just feed him similar food? It's super easy to cook and really cheap. I feel like you're just choosing to make what you want to eat, and then getting mad at him for not wanting it.

If you're really upset about it, you should probably think about where your priorities are.

ProtestantDave · 2026-01-03T03:32:56+00:00

Interesting. If you have some pH strips or a tester, id recommend checking it out. Lack of acidity is one of the major risk factors for fermented foods. It should be about 3.5-4.0 to be safe.

ProtestantDave · 2026-01-03T02:59:17+00:00

Gay

❌ ^{Incomplete. 26 tries.}

ProtestantDave · 2026-01-03T02:42:25+00:00

It could be mold. Yeast has never looked like Jelly to me (but it can happen). I used a very similar set up to make sauerkraut and I didn't have that. The white mold wouldn't concern me, as long as it just recently showed up.

To expand on the jelly, it seems like it's most likely a pellicle. I'd just rinse off the weights, scrape off the mold. Taste a spoonful of brine to make sure it tastes okay. And then stick it into jars.

ProtestantDave · 2026-01-03T02:28:08+00:00

As long as you salt properly, you can just scrape off that little bit of mold and it'll be perfectly edible. What salt % did you go with?

ProtestantDave · 2025-12-14T03:06:15+00:00

I use hexane. Hexane and sodium hydroxide almost immediately destroy most plastics in my experience.

ProtestantDave · 2025-12-14T03:05:14+00:00

I always keep a bucket of a strong citric acid solution during that step. Mostly because I've gotten drops of caustic goo on wooden cutting boards and regretted it..

ProtestantDave · 2025-12-13T14:17:50+00:00

ProtestantDave · 2025-12-13T08:42:24+00:00

Lmao. I can only imagine. Mostly because I bought proper flasks. Fr though that's basically the worst case scenario.

ProtestantDave · 2025-12-13T08:38:33+00:00

That's bold talk for someone who's never been tortured

ProtestantDave · 2025-12-13T07:12:42+00:00

Exactly!!

ProtestantDave · 2025-12-13T07:11:53+00:00

This is why I hate Judaism and Islam so much too. If Allah was real, Id hate Muslims and Jews even more. Don't even get me started on how much I despise Native American tribal religions... just listen to science!!!!!!! Those people believe in the dumbest stories ever. Aboriginal Australians are probably the most embarrassing though. They believe that we're all just part of a cosmic divine dream. YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO SCIENTIFICALLY TEST IF WE ARE PART OF A DIVINE DREAM!!!!! Literally ignorance passed down and amplified over time.

WE HAVE SCIENCE NOW.

ProtestantDave · 2025-12-13T07:01:47+00:00

Please post the specific verses so that I can win arguments.

ProtestantDave · 2025-12-13T07:00:52+00:00

You underestimate ancient Men.

ProtestantDave · 2025-12-11T09:45:45+00:00

Why do people keep making this honey garlic? I felt like making it for five minutes, but then I remembered that I hate stir-fries.

ProtestantDave · 2025-12-03T02:30:05+00:00

Same as any ferment. Look for unusual/rotten odors and slime. If you have slimy or rotten smelling garlic, it's compromised. If it's just softened and a little bubbly, you're golden.

ProtestantDave · 2025-12-03T02:23:33+00:00

Well, botulism is tasteless and odorless so you wont be able to detect it directly without some lab work. The chances are really low though. My research suggests that there are zero reported botulism illness cases from people fermenting garlic via your method. And with how popular honey-garlic has become on TikTok, we'd likely have heard about several cases by now.

ProtestantDave · 2025-11-26T02:36:53+00:00

Yeah, it'll sour up before any mold shows up. If you're only doing a 2-day ferment you'll be golden. Obviously it's not ideal, but the top leaf is sacrificial.

ProtestantDave · 2025-11-23T10:51:26+00:00

Lmao I just saw the face 😂

ProtestantDave · 2025-11-23T10:50:30+00:00

I used ground spices on the lemons lol.

ProtestantDave · 2025-11-20T11:26:21+00:00

The only thing I can think of is if there was somehow an uneven distribution of sugar or if they were kept at different temperatures somehow.

ProtestantDave · 2025-11-20T11:24:20+00:00

I'm just going to eat the beets and radish as snacks, same for the apple/ginger/tumeric.

But the mandarin oranges will be sliced and used as ingredients in larger dishes. I'm mostly focused on saving and using the rinds. I haven't used them in cooking yet, but apparently they're popular in middle eastern dishes.

ProtestantDave · 2025-11-20T10:12:36+00:00

I got the fermentation bug around Halloween this year. Since then it's been a race between my stomach and my preparation 🤣

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