eggmasterflex

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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • I’m the same: I used it a ton when I first got it and now it’s collecting dust. Here are my personal issues with it:

    • I find it a little too big and bulky for 2D, retro, and lo fi games, but too low res and weak for a good experience on most larger/newer 3D games.
    • The controls and screen size/res are not adequate for most PC mkb oriented games.
    • The size, battery life, and low screen visibility in bright places make it not worth traveling with compared to my Switch.

    I guess I essentially just wanted a Switch that could use my Steam library for 2D indies and older games.

    Aside from that, I think I also kinda bought it to rejuvenate my interest in gaming, but it only did that for a few months. That has nothing to do with the Deck though.






  • I’m sorry to doubt you, but it will certainly ferment with a 1:3 ratio of grape/acid vinegar to distilled water, even with lemon juice added. We usually do less than that (10-20%), but it’s not too much to work.

    I have seen plenty of those videos and that’s what made me wonder why it’s not a concern for these traditional recipes. All I can say is, the jars in that third recipe are very common to see in Turkey and no one burps them, nor do we have exploding turşu jars. I think the other poster is right that that type of screw lid may not be fully airtight. But I assure you, it’s not a concern for anyone making fermented turşu.

    This is why I was curious. It seems it’s a different technique which is relatively unknown outside the near east and west Asia. I have to assume slower fermentation (possibly due to the vinegar and hot solution, as you suggest) is a big part of it. Also, most recipes will only ferment for 2 to 6 weeks.


  • Le Parfait style. It has a replaceable rubber seal.

    I mean like the seal is not normally permeable, as evidenced by being watertight (for a period of time) even with some negative pressure inside the jar created by the cooling solution. However, once there is enough positive pressure from fermentation gasses inside the jar, it becomes permeable. In other words, it’s selectively permeable for positive pressure. I suppose that might be due to momentary one-way deformation of the rubber at a certain pressure which might be why you’re not supposed to reuse them for fermentation, and why it’s so important not to open the jar until it’s ready to be eaten. Basically, it might be acting as a very simple one-way airlock. But this is just a guess. And I am probably overthinking it.





  • Thank you for the informative answer. My family uses glass jars with a rubber seal and a wire lock. Maybe there is some way for pressure to get out, but you can keep the jar fully upside down (actually you are supposed to until it cools to room temperature) and it won’t leak. I’m wondering if there is a vacuum created by the solution cooling in the sealed jar which is enough to offset the gasses. When you open them when they’re finished, they pop open with some force like a carbonated drink.

    There is also the chickpeas, which Turkish turşu recipes always include. Chickpeas absorb carbon dioxide, but I have no idea if it’s at a scale that could make a difference. They prevent the juice from getting cloudy too, and I don’t know how they do that either. Any ideas?

    As for the solution, that makes sense about the vinegar, but we have definitely boiled the solution, added it to the jar (not while boiling but almost), and had fermentation. I think it might depend on the vegetable structure - perhaps the bacteria in the deep folds of the cabbage survive? I’m not sure, all I can say is it certainly works. These are definitely fermented, not like vinegar pickled veggies (which we also make).






  • From the article:

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