Should I or Shouldn't I?- Okra Mead Debacle

[m_c_zero]

So many of you had no faith that this experiment would end well. Well, I'm here to say it really didnt end well.

At least you tried, and trying is half the battle!

 

[jerrodm]

At least you tried, and trying is half the battle!

If you do try half the bottle, keep a garbage can handy--I foresee intestinal rejection...

 

[Whattawort]

I think if you were to run it through a fine mesh strainer and can it, you could probably be pretty successful marketing the okra slime as a "green" lubricant. Charge $15/qt and the crunchy granola types will probably use it like WD40. Just make sure it comes in a recyclable container. Wonder if the same could be done for large dog slobber. I had a St. Bernard that constantly looked like it had swallowed a shoe and the laces were hanging out of her mouth. I'm sure that stuff could have easily been used for an industrial lubricant.

CG, did your face turn as green as the okra when you tried it? And did it actually make it down to your stomach or was it rejected on initial contact with the your tongue? You sir, will be remembered as a man of progressive brewing science. On your death from the terrible, yet ambitious, nightshade mead project which is surely to come, all brewers will pour one out for our homie. I'll even go so far as to buy and drink (gah!) a bottle of Rogue Doughnut Voodoo as an homage to your obsession with.....interesting libations.

 

[Whattawort]

I think if you were to run it through a fine mesh strainer and can it, you could probably be pretty successful marketing the okra slime as a "green" lubricant. Charge $15/qt and the crunchy granola types will probably use it like WD40. Just make sure it comes in a recyclable container. Wonder if the same could be done for large dog slobber. I had a St. Bernard that constantly looked like it had swallowed a shoe and the laces were hanging out of her mouth. I'm sure that stuff could have easily been used for an industrial lubricant.

CG, did your face turn as green as the okra when you tried it? And did it actually make it down to your stomach or was it rejected on initial contact with the your tongue? You sir, will be remembered as a man of progressive brewing science. On your death from the terrible, yet ambitious, nightshade mead project which is surely to come, all brewers will pour one out for our homie. I'll even go so far as to buy and drink (gah!) a bottle of Rogue Doughnut Voodoo as an homage to your obsession with.....interesting libations.

 

[cheezydemon3]

I applaud your experiment Creamy!

Someday one will turn out good.......I recommend to brew more beer though. Beer is more likely to meld with something crazy than mead IMHO.

 

[Golddiggie]

I'm going to have to say, yes, too far.
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But if I were to package it for vegans...

Do it...

So many of you had no faith that this experiment would end well. Well, I'm here to say it really didnt end well.

We tried to talk some sense into you but you wanted nothing to do with it. Well, maybe you'll listen a bit more next time... Yeah, right...

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Check out the video, Whattawort... you'll get an idea of the entire journey my face went on.

 

[Golddiggie]

Check out the video, Whattawort... you'll get an idea of the entire journey my face went on.

Seeing your pain put a smile on my face that day...

 

[CreamyGoodness]

In my defense, a woman I just met tasted my celery mead and said "James I love you". Imagine my discomfort until I realized both her boyfriend and my wife were laughing.

True story!

 

[Whattawort]

link me the vid. If it's on this thread, what page?

 

[Whattawort]

Disregard

 

[Whattawort]

Good god man that is vile! At least you manned up to the plate and tried it though. I probably would have thrown in the towel after realizing how much slime was involved.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

It was rather unpleasant. On one occassion in my teens I ate a raw egg to see what it was like. This was like that, but less neutral.

 

[KayaBrew]

I think the only thing to do now is to out-gross yourself with another experimental brew. Something way out there. Think outside the box. Maybe something like shrimp-shell mead.

 

[Golddiggie]

Lobster bisque mead. :rockin:

 

[Subsailor]

Sea Cucumber Braggot

 

[Golddiggie]

gooey duck...

 

[CreamyGoodness]

The worst part of the slime is that it seperates from the rest of the liquid. If that werent the case, I would say that it... in MINISCULE amounts, would make a fine clarifying agent or add body (like the old put a banana in secondary trick).

If anyone is willing to try putting... say... one pod in a whole gallon of mead, I would be interested in seeing the results.

Im not so interested in trying it myself.

 

[bottlebomber]

Make baba ganoush mead

 

[CreamyGoodness]

It would appear that no one is taking me seriously.

 

[bottlebomber]

You're just now realizing it because you haven't been drinking.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

*Actual serious question* What I can't ignore is the fact that the nast brown lees in JAOM were almost NONEXISTANT in the okra mead. Why is this, and can this knowledge be used for good instead of evil?

 

[bottlebomber]

JOAM has a lot more foreign matter in it. I've never made a show mead though, so I'm not sure how much lees the honey puts off.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Thing is you saw the recipe, its identicle other than scale and "fruit" involved.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Could you use an eyedropper of slime on a gallon of mead and get clear mead? On 5 gallons?

Thing is, mead is too precious to mess with like that for the experiment...

 

[Golddiggie]

It would appear that no one is taking me seriously.

Should we be??

I'm not going to put any okra into MY mead... If you're so interested, well...

I still think an inferno (hot peppers) mead should be your next attempt. Let it finish a bit sweet, which should help balance some of the heat...

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Well I did do a serrano and hot sauce. Its over a year old and still around. I should get it cold and taste it again.

 

[Golddiggie]

Well I did do a serrano and hot sauce. Its over a year old and still around. I should get it cold and taste it again.

I'm talking about a mead that's 18% (or better) with enough hot peppers to almost spontaneously ignite.

 

[sonofgrok]

*Actual serious question* What I can't ignore is the fact that the nast brown lees in JAOM were almost NONEXISTANT in the okra mead. Why is this, and can this knowledge be used for good instead of evil?

Okra slime = sediment solvent?

I'll take the sediment thanks.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

You scoff... I think I'm on to something personally. Not sure what is the problem.