Crock of Time

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Your food's destiny awaits: crockoftime.com Fermenting in the home kitchen with @cr0ybot.com sᴇɴᴅ ᴍᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄʀᴏᴄᴋs

It has taken me 5 years to make pickled mustard greens again after the first time, according to my last logbook entry. Not sure why because I've been thinking about these ever since. The secret is 1.5% MSG.

A quart flip top jar with what looks like chinks of thick cabbage in it covered in brine. The label says "Mustard Greens".

This sauce is dedicated to Sampson, who always helped me start my seeds and plant the seedlings, including the ones used for this sauce. I miss my little helper.

Bottle of hot sauce labelled "Sampson's" in front of larger full containers. A green chili and an origami dog sit in front.An old Chihuahua looks up from behind a raised bed full of freshly planted chili seedlings. A bigger blond dog looks on from behind the garden fence.

I once again have more tomatoes than I can eat, so this is all getting cooked down and milled today. Since I recently did ketchup with fermented tomatoes I might dry this into paste and ferment that as a comparison.

An array of tomatoes spread onto a countertop, many still on the vine. There are a few beefsteaks in the top left and a bowl of orange cherries center left, the rest are paste tomatoes.

About 2 years ago, I wanted my next video to be about my best hot sauce yet. Then life happened, and I haven't made a video or posted on the website since. Today I started fermenting this year's hot sauce. No recording, minimal photos, just me and my trusty physical notebooks.

My logbook, a lined notebook with messy writing and parts crossed out. Another notebook, open for reference, is mostly cropped out.

First canning session in a long while, dipping my toes back in slowly. I cringe a little at the passata video from a few years ago, would love to do an update but it's hard to find the time these days.

One quart and one pint mason jar of tomato sauce in front of 2 bowls full of tomatoes.