You guys are going to say, (what's is this guys major malfunction) throw me out and band me from this site for sure.
Ok first let me say that my last batch of fermented products was very good, the taste that I was going for was there, (mild, no tang). My only issues I needed to work on was shrinkage and case hardening.
So I'm studying my book on fermentation, reading about aw, low ph/ hi acidity etc.
Then I start reading about the cultures and things really started to stick and I was understanding things, almost as if I read some of it before.
So, I'm reading on about the different culture and molds and bactoferm T-SPX pops up.
So I say to myself (SELF!) go look in the freezer, and sure enough, there it was T-SPX, and the package was opened, and remembered using it.
Then it dawned on me, oh yeah, now I remember reading up on this stuff and thought I'd give it a try, well it worked and gave me great results.
So the thing here is, yes I asked a ton of questions about this area of fermentation almost to the point were I think you were getting ticked off and told me to buy the book.
Good thing I did, because I would never have remembered that I read and studied this stuff before.
I'm still far from your caliber, but I was on the right track, and sorry for my ignorance, I guess maybe with heart problems not enough blood was getting to my brain, I don't know???
You just can't make this stuff up for sure #$%^&*($%!