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TL;DR follow me on Bluesky @crockoftime.com and check out the Fermenters starter pack to kickstart your feed. Back in February 2024, as soon as it opened to the public after an initial invite-only beta period, I joined Bluesky (both as “Crock of Time” and as myself: @cr0ybot.com). I had the opportunity to join during the beta but at the time I was all-in on Mastodon…
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I’ve recently noticed the appearance of tepache in cans in some local grocery stores, so I grabbed one to pit against my homemade stuff. I’m not sure how much of a fair comparison it will be, since the stuff I made has been sitting in the fridge for a few months, but oh well. I had assumed the stuff from the can would be heavily…
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Happy 3rd birthday, Crock of Time! While this isn’t the New Years Resolution post, it’s a good point in the year to take stock of how things have been going this year. I lamented about how I had lost my sourdough habit and wouldn’t be able to do the Sourdough Guide I’ve been wanting to do for years, but the folks in the Discord renewed…
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Hello patrons! The first post on my Patreon page might seem a little out-of-place: it’s from 2020, and I didn’t launch my campaign until 2023. I knew I wanted to try to build something without advertising or sponsors, but I wasn’t sure how to do it then. I’m still figuring it out, of course. That first post was about my efforts to develop a sourdough…
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I am recruiting the help of my collaborator (and wife) Jack Watson to design stickers for the Crock of Time community and fermenters everywhere, but I need your help too! Livestream simulcasting at 4pm EDT on April 1, 2023: Check out these stickers she designed for another incredible community (that also happens to have a Discord) called Frontend Horse, made up of some of the…
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The first merch I’m working on is a limited edition “Founding Supporter” logbook. Patreon supporters at the Master level will receive one as part of their subscription (including a signed note from me), and depending on availability they will be sold separately here on crockoftime.com. Whether you’d buy one or not, it would be helpful if you could let me know which one you like…
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After some trepidation, I’ve finally decided to launch a Patreon for Crock of Time: crockoftime.com/patreon I am a web & app developer that happens to really love food and fermentation. This hobby has become much larger than I ever thought it would thanks to this amazing community, but I have also been stretched really thin this past year. I’ve always been hesitant to get money…
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2022 felt like a difficult year just a few days ago, and now 2023 has already topped it. Yesterday, after 14 years, my cat Loki died. It hit me really hard, and I’ve still mostly been immobile over 24 hours later. My wife, though she also lost her pet, has been supporting me, ensuring I eat, helping collect 14 years of photos to remember the…
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The best virtual conference in fermentation is coming back! Tickets go on sale January 5, 2023 at kojicon.org! Last year there were many excellent sessions, including information sessions as well as workshop-style sessions demonstrating how to make things with koji, and also featured some koji-cousins from China and Korea. You can get the most up-to-date information about the conference at that link and also on…
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