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      Progress of the ‘Pickled Nuts’ | Second Month

      Today is the day. Today, @loles-mhotmail-com and I share the progress of our experiment, the pickled walnuts, recipe from the course ‘Introduction to pickles’ by Robert Ruiz Moreno.

      We started the experiment two months ago and decided to follow up on both of them, to be able to compare and see how the walnuts behave being in different places in Spain. Castellar (Jaén) and Caspueñas (Guadalajara) 272 kilometers away in a straight line (397 by road).

      Two months have already passed and, for my part, this is what I observe:

      Location: Caspueñas, Guadalajara, Spain

      Ambient temperature: 20°C on average. At night, 19°C, during the day, 21°C (although probably throughout the month it has been 22 or 23).

      Ambient humidity: 68%

      I note the liquid even darker than last month, and also a bit cloudy. The liquid level has dropped slightly, but very little.

      However, as a novelty I have to say that, for some reason, the bottle is not hermetically sealed, because when I took it I noticed how around the lid it stained a little. I don’t know how this will affect the experiment.

      In a month or a month and a half, according to Robert Ruiz’s indications, it will be ready to be opened and tested. By the way, in this case, it is not the nuts that are used, but the liquid to make soft drinks. Once strained, the liquid is mixed with a neutral beverage with bubbles, such as soda, tonic or soda. There is less time left to find out if it is tasty or not.

      PS: to make the comparison easier to see, we added a photo with the nuts at the beginning and after the first month… and a map so you can see where each one of us is.

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      • Betza Medina (edited)

        Thank you for sharing your experiment! I think it is very useful to know the details for those who want to start in this, and how nice that you have reached this point together

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        a year ago
        • Level: level 4 executive chef 2 Executive Chef

          @betzamedina Gracias Betzabé, sí, es una maravilla que nos hayamos liado juntas en esta aventurilla culinaria, que además nos ayudará a poder comparar los resultados. Seguiremos enseñándolo por aquí, estamos ya en el ecuador, antes de poder abrir los frascos.

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        • Level: level 4 executive chef 2 Executive Chef

          Oh! you can also see the difference in yours! I see that the liquid is more cloudy. The difference is certainly noticeable ! Now I don’t know if mine are cooked by the heat! 🤣

          We’ll see how this turns out !

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          a year ago
          • Level: level 4 executive chef 2 Executive Chef

            @loles-mhotmail-com Si, más que el color, lo que noto es la turbidez. No sé, puede ser por las nueces. Son recogidas del nogal de casa, pero las nueces caseras a veces tienen manchas negruzcas de la cáscara que las rodea, el pericarpio. Las lavé, frotando con un cepillo antes de meterlas en el frasco con el vinagre y el azúcar… pero no sé, igual quedó algo que ahora está desprendiendo el vinagre.

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          Love how you’ve turned it into a kind of culinary long-distance study! The differences in temperature, humidity, and even the slight leak around the lid make it all the more real and educational. Can’t wait to see (and imagine tasting!) the final result. Also, that bubbly drink idea with the pickling liquid sounds so intriguing!

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            @undefined yo también estoy intrigadísima… como despues de tanto tiempo, todo el follón que hemos montado y todas las expectativas puestas en el experimento… el refresco no esté bueno… 🫠

          • Level: favicon spaced Scoolinary Team

            Bea,thank you for sharing in such detail the evolution of your pickled walnuts. This experiment is coming to life with such different nuances depending on the environment. And those Day 1 – Day 30 comparison photos are a visual gem!
            The contrast between Caspueñas and Castellar is crystal clear:
            In your case, the higher humidity (68% vs. 19% in Jaén!) and milder temperatures seem to have generated a murkier, darker liquid, which is super interesting.
            The Maloles bottle, on the other hand, maintains a somewhat clearer liquid, perhaps because of the intense and dry heat in the south.
            The detail of the bottle not having closed completely is very valuable too, it may be a factor to observe in the final result, we’ll see if it influences or if the flavor remains intact!
            I love how you have brought science, cooking and geography together in this experiment – a lovely collaboration!❤

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            a year ago
            • Level: level 4 executive chef 2 Executive Chef

              @undefined ds que esta comunidad es una auténtica joya 💎 que da lugar a colaboraciones como ésta ❤️

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