Bruce

https://expressional.social/@wannabemystiker

A history, plant, and food geek posting in increasing amounts of Dane-glish and toddler-level dansk. Corrections to my gibberish are always welcomed and appreciated!

Aspiring farmhouse brewer.

Jeg bor i Oregon, Cascadia. Landet af 🌲🌲 og 🔥.

I absolutely HATE when people use inaccurate or false history to bolster a political point, regardless of ideology!

#FoodHistory
#FoodTraditions
#Ethnobotany
#GrowFood
#RetroBrewing
#Scandifuturism

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2024-09-03 00:43:50

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Someday (in a year or two), I want to try this.

2024-07-07 19:22:44

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Do the dried flowers retain some of their original fragrance?

2024-06-22 17:38:44

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That sounds like a fun board game. Does it work well with two players?

2024-06-19 17:18:01

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Board games, archeological research, rock concerts, sailing... I think you have the life!

2024-06-16 17:23:34

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"TRB went so fast from Hamburg to Gävle in the 3900s that we can't even resolve the movement with radiocarbon..."
Yeah, I just read that their movement into Scandinavia was rapid.

2024-06-16 16:12:17

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"The TRB guys actually gave up their abortive attempt to farm around Lake Mälaren 500 years before the IE/CWs arrived."
I didn't realize the TRB ventured that far north.
I find this period on Jylland to be absolutely fascinating. You have three COMPLETELY different peoples/cultures simultaneously (briefly) inhabiting a relatively small peninsula.

2024-06-16 15:11:49

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And then the poor Funnelbeaker people caught in the middle, with rowdy neighbors coming in from two different directions. 🫤

2024-06-01 19:54:01

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What kind of artifacts did you find?

2024-05-25 22:58:12

It looks like I might get some bær from my hyld for the first time, this year.
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2024-05-22 20:42:40

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"...drop books after 50 pages of not being good..."
This is very good advice.
99% of what I read is non-fiction (and pretty dry) and I feel an obligation to slog through it because I want to learn the subject matter. I tend to get 2/3 through most of this stuff then shelf it. I'm going to move that threshold down to 50 pages or so. Tak!

2024-05-18 18:38:15

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Cool photo.

2024-04-28 16:10:42

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I'm slowly moving my brewing toward more traditional methods--not using sanitizers, eventually eliminating the use of plastics, etc. I tend to like doing things the older way. That's why I love food history and traditions.

2024-04-28 15:57:00

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I am using a SafAle K-97 yeast for this batch. I would think it would easily out-compete any wild yeast that might get into the wort.

2024-04-28 00:22:35

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Well, here it goes for my first try at open fermentation.
(Bucket on the right, today's Altbier. Bucket on the left, a braggot I started two weeks ago.)
#OpenFermentation
#homebrewing
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2024-04-27 21:30:32

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With having to constantly mess with clearing out the strainer, not using any sanitizer, and using an open container (with a cotton cloth covering) for fermentation, if I don't get some kind of contamination on this batch I will never worry about it again.
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2024-04-27 21:29:46

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For the last two batches I've brewed I have used hop pellets. One thing I have learned -- I absolutely HATE using hop pellets. As I was pouring the wort through the funnel/strainer, I had to constantly spoon out the slimy, pulverized hop shit because it kept plugging up the screen openings of the strainer. Never again! Unfortunately, my local homebrew supply store no longer carries whole leaf hops.
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2024-04-27 21:28:39

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I am going further down the road toward #RetroHomeBrewing
• No sanitizer
• No hydrometer
• Using an open fermenter (with cotton cloth covering) for primary fermentation.
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2024-04-27 21:27:30

In the cauldron today, another German-style Altbier with some minor tweaks and an attempt at open fermentation.
Ingredient list for an 11.5 liter batch:
1.8 kg Amber liquid malt extract
220 g Crystal medium malt
100 g De-bittered black malt
50 g Crystal hops (pellets)
Half a 11.5 g packet SafAle K-97 Yeast
12.5 liters water
I'm using 5 liters of the water to boil the malt and hops in. The remaining 6.5 liters will be cold tap water waiting in the brew bucket.
#Altbier
#homebrewing
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2024-04-14 20:52:59

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"Do you have a precise example of which kind of acquaintance you are thinking about?"
Ja, I go to monthly gathering of Danes and Danish-Americans in the area. A number of them I see monthly and chit-chat with but would not really consider them friends.

2024-04-14 20:21:56

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What might be a good follow up phrase for a greeting to an acquaintance?
In the USA, we always ask "How are you doing?" or "How have you been?" (regardless of our relationship to a person) without really expecting or wanting an honest and complete answer. 😕

2024-04-14 20:13:02

Kære #DKMastodon
Is the phrase "Har du det godt?" a fairly non-invasive way to follow up a greeting to someone you are acquainted with (not someone who is a friend or family member)?
Tak!
#LearningDanish
#DanskSprog
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