blissful
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I was reminded today while we made the grocery list...checking prices in the online databases for our groceries..that Apple Cider Vinegar (AC Vinegar) is now at a ridiculous price. $4.29/gallon! It's vinegar!
You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar, but, you can get a lot of fruit flies with vinegar, lol.
So I am making fresh AC vinegar. I'll do a batch now, then another in the fall. I use it all the time, every day. I could use about 12 gallons a year, but I'm going to start with 4 gallons.
Clean food safe 5 gallon bucket. Apples off the tree, wash chop and throw them in the bucket. A cup or so of sugar to increase the fermentation, fill with clean water to the 4 gallon mark.
That'll sit around getting stirred daily for 2 weeks or until the foaming subsides, then strain it. Then let it sit a month or so more. All the time covered in a towel to keep off the dust and avoid a fruit fly convention.
I'll start another batch in a month. I have 1/2 gallon canning jars I can keep the vinegar in once it is done.
You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar, but, you can get a lot of fruit flies with vinegar, lol.
So I am making fresh AC vinegar. I'll do a batch now, then another in the fall. I use it all the time, every day. I could use about 12 gallons a year, but I'm going to start with 4 gallons.
Clean food safe 5 gallon bucket. Apples off the tree, wash chop and throw them in the bucket. A cup or so of sugar to increase the fermentation, fill with clean water to the 4 gallon mark.
That'll sit around getting stirred daily for 2 weeks or until the foaming subsides, then strain it. Then let it sit a month or so more. All the time covered in a towel to keep off the dust and avoid a fruit fly convention.
I'll start another batch in a month. I have 1/2 gallon canning jars I can keep the vinegar in once it is done.