@lolitechengineer@Suzu@adequate@p@sicp So I live on the equator and some advice I have learned from living here is that here, you need to be careful about exposing them to too much light (we only get twelve hours a day but it is very very bright) , while you should be sure to give them loads of water.
I think it is better not to prune peppers, but pinching out the first flowers seems to have a positive effect
Compared to my other plants, bugs really seem to really love my pepper plants too; I use garlic water with a small amount of vinegar as pesticide. Too bad my house is too full or I'd get a grow tent just for my peppers.
Fermenting peppers (and other plant foods) is easy.
Get a jug. Weigh it. Add peppers, garlic, etc and cover with water, weigh again, subtracting weight of jug; add salt ~= 3-4% of weight ; put in a weight to keep the fruits and veggies submerged ; seal with airlock. You should blend or chop the peppers first, your choice for which.
I don't use an weight or airlock for my peppers. I just shake the bottle gently enough to make sure the top layer is staying wet, and I crack the lid of the bottle every day to let gases vent out.
I like to use dilute soy sauce for the salt because on top of providing its own rich flavor, it has preservatives that benefit hot sauce fermentation.
After fermentation has ended, blend / add vinegar / add more stuff to taste, optionally keeping it in the fridge. But it's pretty simple to do.
The most interesting hot sauce I've made so far was a blend with homemade red wine.... and it worked out better than it sounds...
@snacks@eris and all carbs that are not fiber equally become glucose in your body so from one point of view, sugar and grains/fruit/beans/etc are not that different
@snacks the difference is that simpler carbs (eg sugar) cause insulin to be released more rapidly, more complex carbs (eg whole wheat bread, many vegetables, beans) are processed more slowly so the rate at which insulin is produced & absorbed is slower, makes them easier on the body / more friendly to type 2 diabetics and larger people, keeps you fuller longer and keeps giving you energy over the longer term for everyone
t. type 1 diabetic , so glycemic index is not a huge thing for me personally but still something i have learned about for the sake of educating type 2 diabetics and adjacents
@sathariel@meowski@georgia You can be aware of your body and surroundings without being attached. There's a trend from sri lanka to say that all jhana / samadhi necessarily depends upon complete disconnect from the senses, like you go into a coma and no longer can perceive sound or touch, that's nonsense
@georgia@meowski@sathariel And it's good to say that meditation doesn't require negating the senses, but our relationship to them becomes nullified when the mind is deeply, deeply concentrated