tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post1866731146931675534..comments2024-02-10T18:50:01.193+10:00Comments on Gully Grove: Random happeningsChris http://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-67399215907964994962015-10-18T10:44:15.373+10:002015-10-18T10:44:15.373+10:00No worries, its people who share their information...No worries, its people who share their information on the internet, which educates me too. Vinegar making, is a great way to get something which is normally relegated to the compost. Though you do have to watch for the vinegar flies in summer. They can be bothersome. ;)Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-51099869805258101022015-10-13T19:49:49.957+10:002015-10-13T19:49:49.957+10:00I'm so making some apple cider vinegar next ti...I'm so making some apple cider vinegar next time I get a big box of apples to stew. A great way to reduce and reuse the waste. Thanks for sharing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13692635505109794188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-10464509097309027242015-10-08T18:10:19.765+10:002015-10-08T18:10:19.765+10:00I always keep some vinegar in my main jar so I can...I always keep some vinegar in my main jar so I can keep the mother alive, though I reduce its size somewhat if there isn't much liquid You really only need a bit to help colonise a new batch. But that's why I try to continually have a jar of fruit peelings brewing, so I can top up the main jar when I use some of it. :)Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-6375745820805177092015-10-07T22:41:47.691+10:002015-10-07T22:41:47.691+10:00Thanks for the information on the vinegar! I start...Thanks for the information on the vinegar! I started an apple cider one yesterday after canning applesauce so I feel more confident now. We buy an organic vinegar with a mother in it so I thought to keep in in the batch but it probably makes no difference. Where do you keep your mother when you run out of vinegar? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-14021434525613533522015-10-07T11:49:02.146+10:002015-10-07T11:49:02.146+10:00There seems to be a lot of possibilities with the ...There seems to be a lot of possibilities with the software. You can burn it to a CD and run it live, so you don't have to install it on your computer until you're happy its what you want.<br /><br />What you describe is how its always happened when I make vinegar. You will get some bubbles in the beginning, as the natural sugars and yeasts ferment, but once you remove the organic matter the mother will gradually form. So you're doing everything right. If the mother hadn't of formed, you'd know it failed. The mother is the key, not the bubbles when it comes to making successful vinegar.<br /><br />Be sure to keep some of the mother and place it in your next batch of vinegar (after you've strained the organic matter out. My main jar the vinegar ages in, always has mother in it, to speed up the process of converting any additional vinegar I add. If you get chickens later on, you can feed the mother to them also.Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-26985265309769604332015-10-06T21:35:39.451+10:002015-10-06T21:35:39.451+10:00Busy, busy! I will be checking out the new softwar...Busy, busy! I will be checking out the new software you linked to as I prefer a system that does well with digital art. <br /> I have been meaning to ask you about vinegar making. I started a batch out of plum scraps and it looked great during the first ferment-lots of fizz. But when I strained out the fruit, it hasn't fizzed again. Its smelling like vinegar and it looks to be slowly forming a mother (or something else that is floating around just under the surface). I wonder if it should have fizzed the during the second ferment or not? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com