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title: "A Peppery Experiment"
date: 2020-09-27
description: ""
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Inspired by boredom, an unreasonable affinity for all things vinegary, and a
friend doing neat pickle stuff, I've decided to try making some fermented hot
sauce. It's the first time I've fermented something, so it should be a learning
experience, if nothing else.

The [recipe](https://www.chilipeppermadness.com/recipes/fermented-hot-sauce)
I'm following is pretty simple, but my impatience and cheapness may impact the
outcome. I don't have any jars that are as big as they recommend, so I split it
into two that are, _cleverly_, not the same size. The big jar doesn't have
the right lid anymore, so the wrong one is currently held in place with
shoelace.  And, to be extra confident in the seal, I slapped some books on top
of it. Another job well done.

<a href="../assets/peppers_full.jpg">
<img src="../assets/peppers.jpg"
    alt="Two glass jars with halved peppers immersed in water.
    One has a shoelace and some books on it.
    Both are practically erupting with plastic bags"></a>

Plus, apparently I can't read, because I ordered white cooking wine instead of
white wine vinegar. So, that bodes well. I don't need it until the end, so I've
got time to pick up the right stuff, but still.

I have no idea how this will turn out, but I'm pretty excited to see! Just a
week of waiting.