Dedes: Buffalo mac n mead

Dedes 01.30.22	Hey dudes hyd I love you all
ArsMoriendi 01.30.22	I made a black bean soup today that came out good Veggies used: onions, carrots, parsnips, celery spices/herbs: garlic, chili powder, oregano, marjoram Other: lemon juice, tomato paste, salt Served with shell pasta. (Shredded cheddar and sour cream as things you can add at the table to taste)
Dedes 01.30.22	Marjoram is an underdog Chicken soup essential. Probably works well with any lighter soup tbh Maybe I'll try something like that and toss a little shredded Asiago in, I bet broccoli would also whip in it
ArsMoriendi 01.30.22	The most essential thing in a chicken soup imo beyond the obvious (chicken/onions/celery/carrots) is parsnips God I fucking love soups with parsnips
Dedes 01.30.22	Never had a parsnip I like putting potatoes in my soup tho as well as corn I like a mad loaded chicken soup man, all soups should just be stews tbh
ArsMoriendi 01.30.22	Dude try parsnips, they're like carrots but way better
Sinternet 01.30.22	parsnips are probably the worst vegetable ever, tied with corn
WeepingBanana 01.30.22	How the hell do you not like corn lmao Highly recommend getting a pressure cooker if you wanna make amazing Mexican stews in like 45 minutes. Also you just should get one anyways, you can do some incredible things w them. Made an insanely good turkey stock in like literally 1 hour the other day, tasted like it had been simmering for 9 hours it was insane
CottonSalad 01.30.22	Parsnips with Leeks my dudes! that's the soup/stew combo
anode 01.30.22	I’m on parsnip squad. Just discovered them recently and they’re prob the best tuber
Dedes 01.30.22	Tubers ranked when
anode 01.30.22	Parsnips Potatoes Carrots Beets Rutabaga
Dedes 01.30.22	Rutabaga is tasty Haven't had it in a seriously long time though
anode 01.30.22	Maybe I cooked it wrong but tasted like a bitter shoe when I made it
ArsMoriendi 01.30.22	You forgot turnips
WeepingBanana 01.31.22	Turnips are the super bitter ones, not parsnips. I’ve only ever had them mashed or puréed and I really don’t like them. Parsnips rule tho
Dedes 01.31.22	I tend to get turnips confused with radishes tbh Radishes are probably the only food my body can't stomach tbh
WeepingBanana 01.31.22	Pickled radishes on tacos or in pozole are nice but I hate when I get a salad and there’s a sad, unseasoned radish in there just mucking up the joint
Dedes 03.12.22	Guys I have 60 pounds of Orange Blossom honey does anyone have enough wine jugs to accommodate that amount
WeepingBanana 03.12.22	I’m making an oxtail bolognese right now with chicken gizzards and I think I fucked up and didn’t dice the gizzards small enough. Hoping they soften up after like 5 hours of simmering
bgillesp 03.12.22	How did you get that much honey?
Dedes 03.12.22	My sister's husband is a beekeeper and they sell honey marketed as raw and unfiltered (which it is). The issue is they still have to heat it until a certain temperature to presumably kill bacteria but a massive batch went past the mark where they can still call it raw honey. So now I have 60 pounds of Orange blossom honey.
Dedes 03.12.22	@banana I'd love to try cooking with oxtail. Tried a peice standalone at work and I actually quite liked it in spite of it tasting HEAVILY of iron haha
BallsToTheWall 03.12.22	60 pounds, damn!
Dedes 03.12.22	Dude it's a whole like 5 gallon pale lmao I could've spent easily 300 dollars for that amount of honey so believe me I'm ECSTATIC.
bgillesp 03.13.22	Thats pretty awesome for you. What are you gonna use it for? Also I know very little about honey so is it gonna granulate like the cheap honey I buy at the store or will it stay smooth a while?
Dedes 03.13.22	No it'll granulate haha But you can just heat it over the stove and it'll reconstitute Anyways I'm gonna make mead. I've made it thus far with clover honey, buckwheat and orange blossom and while buckwheat is my favorite thus far orange blossom is lovely. Faint taste of citrus that makes it pleasant.
bgillesp 03.13.22	Oh didn’t know that. Neat. I love Buckwheat honey so I bet mead from it would be awesome
Dedes 03.13.22	It's wonderful Ultimately a little more bitter than other honey but in a good way. Clover honey is just a bit too sweet imo
DominionMM1 03.13.22	how exactly does one make mead? i’ve made lots of beer but have never done mead. also try making green chile if you haven’t already
Dedes 03.13.22	Tbh it's more akin to making wine than beer. The process is simple. Get some water, preferably distilled (if not just boil it and let it cool to remove potential impurities), mix in your honey based on your preferred sweetness of the mead, then pour it into w/e receptacle with your yeast and a good handful of raisins for a little yeast nutrient and extra sugar and let it ferment for anywhere between 4-6 weeks, maybe 8-12 if you want something more potent. But tbh at 6 weeks it should be arounnnnd the strength of a standard beer. Then just cap it and let it age for however long you want but at minimum generally like a week. You can also make maple wine with the same exact process although in my experience it seems to ferment a bit faster.
chemicalmarriage 03.13.22	Dedes you should start a meadery and give us a sput discount
Dedes 03.13.22	Don't let my espousing of knowledge fool you I've been rigging the shit out of my own mead lmao
chemicalmarriage 03.13.22	Idk what that means
Dedes 03.13.22	Bullshitting it man I don't have a hydrometer or anything First time I made it was in an empty cider bottle with a bag wrapped over top with tiny holes to stop Co2 from blowing it all over the floor
chemicalmarriage 03.13.22	Dedes Meads fuck yeah
bgillesp 03.13.22	Lol Dedes Meads. There’s a great meadery near me that makes all sorts of flavors, but my favorite has a tea blend as the main flavor
Dedes 03.13.22	Tea mead? That's an interesting combo but I could see it being a satisfying combo. Peach Mead is p good too but peaches definitely have a very mild flavor
bgillesp 03.13.22	Ooh I had a peach habanero mead once. It ruled