Experiment #2. Fill the Jar up to the top with Apples
I tried the same recipe with the cores of 6 ls of apples! "his time I used a# tomato $ar! "he#% I filled the $ar up to the top with apple cores the# added the li&uid! E'er(o#e else ta)es out their cores out at wee) o#e or two! I uc)ed the tre#d a#d #e'er too) out the apple cores duri#* the ferme#tatio# time! Results+ I fou#d the li&uid *ot cloud( a#d a scum was de'elopi#* at the top! It is called the mother! ,ep! "he apples were ferme#ti#*! I $umped with $o(- I fi#all( arri'ed! ./m% the 'i#e*ar arri'ed!0 At wee) three% I started chec)i#* if it smelled 'i#e*ar(! 1( wee) four or fi'e% I had APPLE CIDER VINEGAR- 2he# as recipe called for apple cider 'i#e*ar% I *ladl( *raed m( suppl(! .,eah% I stuttered li)e a peacoc)! 0 Experiment #3. Fill the &uart up to the top with 1row# Apple Cores! For Jar 34% I used the cores of aout 6 ls of apples a#d followed the ad'ice of a# apple core 'i#e*ar recipe o# 5ealth( Eati#* 6ite ! "he recipe called for letti#* the apple cores row# first! Note% this recipe o#l( calls for apple cores a#d water! No su*ar or ho#e(7 howe'er% the process ca# ta)e 8 mo#ths! I am too impatie#t for 8 mo#ths so I used the ao'e Nourishi#* Coo)9s recipe% ut filled the tomato $ar up to the top with apple cores a#d the ho#e( water solutio#! Results+ 6imilar to E:perime#t 3; ut I thi#) I will row# the cores #e:t time efore I put them i# the $ar! I thi#) it ferme#ted sli*htl( faster! <h% that scum .the mother0 ca# e added to the #e:t atch if (ou wa#t to ferme#t (our #e:t atch &uic)er! Also% (ou ca# add (our peels too to ma)e 'i#e*ar! I ha'e other uses for them! Let9s $ust sa( the( are lips smac)i#* *ood! Chec) ac) soo# for the apple peel recipe! I produced apple cider not apple vinegar. [below] Experiment#1: Remo'i#* the Apple Cores after a Few Da(s= E:perime#t 3> was ased upo# a Nourishi#* "raditio#9s recipe! 6ee the fruit scrap recipe here! .Note% recipes i# the oo) are ased upo# traditio#al food coo)i#*!0 2he( helps $ump start the ferme#tatio#! 5owe'er% I a'oid it li)e the pla*ue si#ce dair( a#d I do#9t alwa(s *et alo#*! 5owe'er% (ou ca# use ho#e( or or*a#ic Rapadura su*ar .u#leached a#d u#refi#ed su*ar0 without the whe(! If (ou use ho#e( rather tha# Rapadura su*ar% the ferme#tatio# will ta)e lo#*er! I# a #utshell% here is m( recipe adapted from the ao'e recipe from Nourishi#* Coo)! (ou use >?@ cup ho#e( or su*ar to o#e &uart warm #o#Achlori#ated water! .Chlori#ated water halts ferme#tatio#!0 I used locall( sourced ho#e(! 6tir the water a#d su*ar mi:ture so it dissol'es! Fill the $ar up half wa( with apple cores% a#d the# add the solutio#! Put a cheese cloth or towel with a ruer a#d o'er the lid! I used a paper towel with a ruer a#d! Put the $ar i# a cool place! After a wee)%(ou will see the li&uid dar)e#! .5o#estl( I did#9t see that much of a cha#*e!0 "a)e out the apples a#d the# let the li&uid sit for aout two to three wee)s! 6tir e'er( da( u#til it has the ri*ht 'i#e*ar smell! I follow the recipe to a B"C e:cept I did#9t cut up the cores! Due to the fact that I used ho#e(% I let the mi:ture sit for almost fi'e wee)s! After the third wee)% it smelled the same as it did the fifth wee)! I produced apple cider not apple vinegar. <r perhaps a reall( wea) apple cider 'i#e*ar! Perhaps I #eeded whe( for m( pro$ect to wor)+ I was 'er( disappoi#ted% ut used it as apple cider a#(wa(!