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Re: Growing vinegar eels



Mike, I use to do my cultures this way, but I made a little modification.
 I add a tablespoon of sugar in a gallon jar of apple cider vinegar/water
mixture (1:1)  and skip the apple pieces.  The apples seem to deteriorate
and cloud the culture.  I have more than I need.

Park Bear

>Mix cider vinegar with water, ratio 1:1 to 1:5 vinegar to water, depends
on who you >ask.  Chop up some apple and drop in, no skin, and add
starter.  Will probably take >several weeks to get going and some of the
guys have little secrets they swear by like >adding a pinch of yeast or
sugar, but the basic does work.  To harvest, go to the >grocery store,
buy some scrubbers for teflon, usuall green and are in flat pads usually
>about 4x6 and 3/8 thick.  They look like flat, fat, green steel wool.
cut into triangle >shapes, put wide end in the culture and put the lid on
the thin end so it does not fall in. >When you need eels, remove the pad,
let it drip into the jar, then squeeze into jar.  Dip >into a container
with water and swirl around, let it drip into that and then put back
>into the culture.  If you hold the container up to the light you can see
em all tryin to >swim somewhere, in a hurry goin nowhere. Use an
eyedropper to put some in with >fry.
>mike

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