Prepping Grain Spawn

My last batch of grain spawn was in pints that I’ll be dividing in half for my baby buckets. As those are almost ready to go into buckets, I want to prep a new batch of true half pints to run my recipe with. Last time I was a bit short of grains using a […]

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Pressure Cooker Level Up

Using a pressure cooker was outright scary for me the first time, but with the help of some friends and the reference to this awesome video, I got over my jitters. However, a year on, and it seems I’ve slipped up. I was watching a video on cordyceps and noticed he said he did not […]

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Pressure Cooker vs Induction Stove

Learned almost too late you SHOULD NOT put a pressure cooker on an induction stove (glass top stove).  It can cause it to crack!  So, my solution was a hot plate.  My pressure cooker is 16 qt, so a bit smaller than the 23 qt most people get for canning.  It managed to get up […]

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