Love the quote. I must say that I at first questioned the availability of the cucumber in ancient Rome; so I looked it up. Found this interesting read on the history of such a random food item, LOL had to share. Not sorry:

https://ipm.missouri.edu/meg/2014/3/Cucumber-A-Brief-History/

Anger is temporary madness.

I have been pulling random quotes from random pages. Although someone pointed out that one was incorrectly quoted, but the concept stood; lol.

The things we worry about are normally the things that least matter; even though we build it up in our head. I have always been a rip-the-bandaid-off-quickly kind of person. Just get it done and over with asap.

Great story thanks for sharing. It is amazing how the little changes can have the biggest effects on us and our wellbeing.

Hate it when the internet lies to me! Thanks for catching that; my mistake!

BTW love the Enchirideon. Read so many times my copy looks like a used napkin at this point.

Do as much as you can, when you can, where you can. However, to be fluent one needs to speak. I know, it sucks, but it is the necessary evil here. You can try a few applications like: Tandem; Conversation Exchange. These places you can find people/groups and chit-chat. It helped me. BUT, my tool was the immersion method, as I live in South America.

-Fluent in Spanish as an English native, living in Chile. Please, feel free to ask me anything!

This.

Ask them: How much money do they have in their bank account? How often do they have sexual relations?

Data privacy? I have nothing to hide. Freedom of speech? I have nothing to say.

I have seen recipes for various flowers and reeds — such as dandelion, but have never tasted one. Now that I think of it, I have never seen one lol. Do it!

Sounds like it all worked out well!

25 lbs of fruit with 12 lbs of sugar all in 5 gallons??? Do you have a picture of this… I only ask because I am having a difficult time visualizing the volume.

I clicked on all three of your links. I still cannot see them.

This is a joint the size of a tampon.

Enjoy it!

Thanks! Melomels are great. I have found they are perfect intro meads for those who do not “like the taste of mead” as there is additional fruit flavors… Have had good luck with blackberry, blueberry, and 50/50 black/blue blends.

I do not know about other users, but I am unable to see the pictures on this specific post. They sound delicious though.

Beautiful color. How does it stand up to the 16%? Is there sufficient fruit or is it overpowered by the alcohol? I have some strawberry in the cellar, but I made it 11% off-dry.

A lot of detail here. Good post… do you have any pictures?

I do NOT wash the fruits of choice. I crush them, and let the wild yeasts on the skins/outsides do the magic for me. I WILL however, adjust the sugar content and acid levels BEFORE fermentation to how I want it designed, then, let it ride! It usually starts 2 days after, and not 24 hours. Oh, and I also maintain everything spotlessly clean during the entire process to make sure that just the wild yeasts are jumping in there vs. some random stuff… Have also experimented with open-top fermentation and wild yeasts where you leave the lid off.

I love wild yeasts and use them all the time. However, I do not brew. I am more of a wine/mead person… My knowledge of brewing with wild strains is limited and cannot comment.