Today in Labor History April 14, 1935: The Black Sunday dust storm swept across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles. This was one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl. 4 years later, on this same date, John Steinbeck published his classic working-class novel, The Grapes of Wrath, about Dust Bowl refugees in California.
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Ooo, oooo, ooooh! I gave the vinegar-in-the-making its daily stir, and this time tasted some. It has lost a lot of its sweetness and tastes ...... tart. A bit vinegary.
3 weeks since it started, another month or so to go for shelf-stable vinegar. Presumably. Different recipes differ 
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I have been religiously stirring the vinegar-in-the-making each day, and there is still some time to go before it is shelf-stable vinegar.
I tested the PH this morning, and it is 3 on a litmus paper test - quite early for it to be that low but the weather has been quite warm. i will give it a taste next time I stir.
It has a slight film over the top, so I am watching carefully for kham*. It is not developing in the way kham does, nor does it stir into the ferment like kham does. And, being a PH of 3 should mean that yeast won't develop (?). I am hoping instead that it is a vinegar mother forming. So will keep watching.
(Any ideas? Pls let me know.)
At least 3 more weeks of daily stirring, perhaps longer 
* Kham is a harmless yeast, but it does impact flavour.
@LifeTimeCooking That sounds like a lovely Friday. I’ve been watching your #GrapesOfWrath adventure. Enjoy your stirring.
Yes the roof replacement is a big project. Solar panels were removed yesterday in prep for the roof next week, then the solar guys need to come back and install a new system as the storm trashed the current one. Still some more trades due after the roof gets done but that will be the big part of things done.
@DoomsdaysCW @HollyCo26588808
The loss of millions of bison caused the sands storms that devastated the Midwest. Bison hoves are like plows, and then they fertilize the natural seeds. WHITE MEN are always the root of any problem.
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