P is for Plums

2 things to do with prune plums, today's eclipse as seen in so. Oregon, and watch out for drunk birds

Fruit is abundant in sugar.

Yeasts love sugar.

Yeasts quickly turn sugar into ethanol.

And so it is for birds this can be a party season.

Luckily, they won’t live with addiction, on yeast’s tail is acetic acid bacteria turning that ethanol into vinegar…

Your fermentation headline for the week is Drunk birds sober up in Environment Yukon holding tank.

In all seriousness, I have read that this time of year, birds are more likely to hit your windows due to drinking and flying. Some say decals on your windows help, keeping your blinds down to minimize reflection is also helpful. Things to think about if you have trees or bushes with fruit that is fermenting due to warm days and cold nights.

Eclipse in southern Oregon Oct 14, 2023

Zwetschgendatschi (Bavarian plum sheet cake)

First Zwetschgendatschi of the season had fewer plums ripe and the pastry is seen by the last one Christopher put as many plums as possible on it...

There are two variations of this cake, one is with a Hefeteig, a yeasted dough, or a Mürbeteig, which is a shortcrust dough. A Mürbeteig is a pastry base for many German cakes, tarts, and cookies.

Some people wax poetic over a Zwetschgendatschi mit Hefeteig but I have always preferred the buttery Mürbeteig perhaps this is because it is what my grandmother made but I won’t deny it could be the butter.