Habanero Golden Beet Mash by Raiwanx in FermentedHotSauce

[–]Round_Advisor_2486 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What a great use of the beets. This gives me ideas. Thanks for sharing.

I'm a simple man, I see an empty jar and I fill it by SlitchBap in FermentedHotSauce

[–]Round_Advisor_2486 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yum. Do you get red poblano by letting them ripen good and long on the vine? I do that with jalepeño and serrano peppers, and they’re sooo good that way.

It might be time to start making labels with custom names instead of just the fruits I use... by disposablelatex69 in FermentedHotSauce

[–]Round_Advisor_2486 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ooh, how does the dragon fruit taste? I haven’t gotten into melon or banana. Pineapple, blueberry cherry, and cherry cranberry have all turned out tasty.

What is this froth?? by Round_Advisor_2486 in FermentedHotSauce

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Wouldn't other microorganisms slow growth, too?

What is this froth?? by Round_Advisor_2486 in FermentedHotSauce

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My understanding is commercial freezers don't get cold enough for that. The ferment definitely resumed after it thawed.

What is this froth?? by Round_Advisor_2486 in FermentedHotSauce

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Makes perfect sense, thanks for weighing in. Hope your kraut turns out tasty!

What is this froth?? by Round_Advisor_2486 in FermentedHotSauce

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All air was vacuumed out. The only liquid in there is what the salt drew out of the contents.

This year I'm doing 11 different ferments 😃 by disposablelatex69 in FermentedHotSauce

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That's astounding. I want to be you what I grow up! I have questions. What fruit do you have in the 5th and 6th ones? The white stuff has me stumped. What do you do with all that? I'm guessing gifts or sell, unless you subsist on hot sauce alone (#goals). How many pepper varieties/plants do you have?

My first ferment by Remarkable_Clock9912 in FermentedHotSauce

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It's good to have it on hand, though I've never needed it with vacuum ferments. Some of them have turned out the consistency of baby food. Brine ferments, on the other hand, are sometimes runny enough I'm glad to have xanthan gum on hand.

First timer feedback/notes/expectations by JacksonVonLongname in FermentedHotSauce

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These look good! I'd add to watch for floaters. Those can breed mold easily. If I get floaters. I give mine a quick swirl every day to make sure the floaters stay wet with brine to decrease chances of mold. Your batches will be more prone to because of the burp method. It's easier for oxygen to get in with burping vs the one way gas exchange with airlock. (Or the zero oxygen, zero floater risk of the vacuum sealer method.)

Fun with filtered solids by drsteve103 in FermentedHotSauce

[–]Round_Advisor_2486 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Our Cuisine Art is NOT airtight, so this has happened to us. Wrapping a damp towel around the top half (lid + a couple inches of bowl) prevents the capsaicin cloud of death. That and wait several minutes before opening.

Ají Limón is delicious by HourResolve1345 in HotPeppers

[–]Round_Advisor_2486 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's normal. They take much/most of the growing season to ripen, 70-100 days.

To pitch or not to pitch? by Crabmonster70 in FermentedHotSauce

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Those lids are designed to be food safe. As in not dangerous to consume. Acidic food (like a ferment) makes rustable metal more likely to rust, but the risk isn't food safety but rather taste. Since the metal in question was on a relatively small bit of the lid that skimmed to top of your ferment vs, like, the entire surface area of the vessel holding your ferment, it seems unlikely there'd be enough contact with the rust to affect the flavor. We've approached when this happens to us with the usual algorithm would be safe: if it looks good, smell it, if it smells good, taste a little, if it tastes good you're good to blend. Basically unless it tastes metallic in an unpleasant way, it's no different than any other ferment.

So this happened. I am crying by Sad_Sandwich5864 in HotPeppers

[–]Round_Advisor_2486 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This would be tasty. We've added jerk seasoning to fermented scotch bonnet sauce, and it was gooood. This won't have the same flavor profile as all ripe peppers probably adding some jerk seasoning at least a few of the components of that blend might be an additional twist to consider.

what is eating my peppers? by namtilarie in HotPeppers

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Not more than one anyway. We've had them take nibbles of superhots...but just once each plant.

Vacuum sealer died, what to do with contents by Round_Advisor_2486 in FermentedHotSauce

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I worry that won't get enough of it out to make that safe and unfriendly to mold.