Hi all,
Decided to do a little experiment out of shits and giggles and I guess, just boredom.
So I was flushing the starch packing peanuts down the sink when I thought, I wonder what if angel yellow label + these would equal anything. I figured, they're essentially just starch and air, so, let's see. Also, yes I know they're not 100% "food safe".
So I dissolved about 4 x 5L jugs (not much of a measurement I know, and there won't be much as this was a bit of a half assed experiment) worth of peanuts in regular ol tap water. Gave it a good mix up and poured it into a 5L demijohm. Added a sprinkle of epsom salts and a pinch of DAP (because) and adjusted ph down to about 5.5 (was around 7.5 before) with a pinch of citric acid. Added a teaspoon of angel yellow label. Woke up this morning aannndd... airlock activity.... fermenting away. Not at lightning pace, but, going regularly enough.
Where to from here? Don't know. It'll probably taste like ass (even worse maybe), I'm debating whether or not to actually run it to ser the end result. As for use, unless you get a lot of these regularly, or they're cheap as (I get them in deliveries from time to time, so csm be saved up), I'm not sure if it'd be worth it or not, which I suppose depends on the taste as well? If it tastes like garbage, I guess it could be used as fuel or what ever, rather than just flushing the starch.
As for proper measurements, I guess it's something that could be done another time if it's deemed worthwhile enough. So I guess we'll just see what we see.