That neighbor in my building who said my kefir grains looked like science experiment refuse

I had a whole system going fermenting my own kefir for 6 months and then the guy from 3B said those grains look like something you'd scrape off a lab bench, which hit different because he was a retired chemist so maybe my fridge probiotic hobby is just cultured bacteria to him, but has anyone else had their weird food setup judged by someone outside the game?

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nathan_foster6019d ago

That chemist had a point though - you're literally cultivating a live bacteria colony on your kitchen counter and calling it a beverage. People get weirdly defensive about their fermentation hobbies but if you saw someone keeping scraped-off lab cultures in their fridge you'd probably side eye them too. Maybe take the L and admit it looks questionable to anyone who isn't deep into the home microbiology scene.

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sarahsullivan19d ago

Is it weird that this actually made me stop and think for a second? I used to be one of those people who got kind of defensive about my kombucha and sourdough starters, like they were special little pets or something. But @nathan_foster60, you kind of have a point when you put it that way with the lab culture comparison. I guess it does look a bit strange to someone who's not used to seeing jars of cloudy liquid sitting out on the counter, bubbling away. I mean I'm not giving up my fermented stuff anytime soon, but I can see why someone would side eye it.