To the fermenting newbie, the presence of funky white or other colored stuff on the top surface of a vegetable ferment can be quite off-putting and cause panic. I’ve heard more than one story about someone throwing out an entire … Read more
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Flies and Fermenting
You’ve heard the old saying “You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar,” right? If you’ve brewed kombucha, you know that it isn’t true! In nature, vinegar (acetic acid) indicates fermenting activity, which signals to scavengers like flies … Read more