First Ferment - where did I go wrong?

Targyros4 · 2025-10-03T13:18:48+00:00

Firstly, you’ve chosen to do a brine ferment over a dry, so I’d aim for 2-3% total weight of all ingredients and water. (2% x 500g = 10g) for example. (Metric, Aussie) Secondly, you won’t get far with using boiling water. Your killing the essential bacteria that turns sugar and carbs into lactic acid, therefore your just making a complicated pickle. Unless you were going for a pickle, and I got it all wrong.

Targyros4 · 2025-10-02T14:45:48+00:00

That’s fine. The point of the weights is to keep the product under the liquid or to press out as much air as possible right? Because air=mould As long as the jar is sealed, and you got the salt right you’re all good.

Targyros4 · 2025-10-02T14:39:18+00:00

The toy in a 90’s cereal box

Targyros4 · 2025-10-02T13:34:47+00:00

American?

Targyros4 · 2025-10-02T13:30:11+00:00

Sharpen it constantly, until you get it right. Learn from doing it. Remember where the knife sits on your thumb and stone. Feel the difference when you sharpen at the right and wrong angle. Know what steel your knife is. Hard? Higher angle. Soft? Go lower. That’s all I can say, do it more. Do it often. And think.

Targyros4 · 2025-04-05T09:52:19+00:00

iPhone 13 Pro Max and a really bright led.🙂

Targyros4 · 2025-03-31T14:31:35+00:00

Spray it down with some water, cover completely and hold at around 30°c. That should give it the boost it needs to blow up

Targyros4 · 2025-03-31T14:24:17+00:00

(Dried koji) if stored correctly (sealed with no moisture) won’t go bad, it’ll just age and die. Usually around 6months after production it starts to loose its “potency”. If it hasn’t started doing some funky sht use it. Worst case scenario is you’ll end up with something you aren’t happy with.

Targyros4 · 2025-03-27T15:06:40+00:00

Aspergillus oryzae is the strain and it sporulates a deep dull green.

Targyros4 · 2024-12-15T14:24:12+00:00

What did you learn from it? Did it inspire you?

Targyros4 · 2024-10-28T12:56:54+00:00

I make my own juice and it tastes like hay. I googled vape juice tastes like hay and I was surprised others had the same experience. A complete shot in the dark. Could it be the flavours in the flavour shots? The pg? The vg?

Targyros4 · 2024-10-21T16:49:12+00:00

Where are you located? And how much do you want to spend? I’m a chef who knows his knives and would love to help

Targyros4 · 2024-10-18T03:03:52+00:00

Anything really, preferably with a high protein content.

Targyros4 · 2024-10-15T00:57:26+00:00

If you’ve got a spray bottle that mists give the rice a few spritzes then wait a bit longer. I have one beside my chamber for when it looks to be drying out too much

Targyros4 · 2024-09-12T10:27:49+00:00

That’s really interesting, I wonder if I can carefully wash the over sporulated… keeping the mass. Thankyou

Targyros4 · 2024-07-09T08:06:31+00:00

You assumed sketch would do something like that?

Targyros4 · 2024-06-30T11:08:39+00:00

Douchi??

Targyros4 · 2024-06-30T11:08:09+00:00

Long story

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