Up, at 19:30?

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I think that is what I read.  Since it is just hitting 20:00 now, probably right.

I tore the bed apart.  Oh, I slept warm enough, last night.  But, there were... becoming cracks in the coverage.  Rolling Buffalo, is my indian name.  Probably more from the Lakota (Sioux) side.  Not sure the Navaho had much to do with buffalo?  Dunno.  I think they were more farmers, and did some hunting on the side?  Who... knows.  Not sure they know, anymore.

Yes, well, my bed looks like it.  All good, or not.  I'm hoping to get up, well before bedtime, and making it up.  It sure is nice to crawl up, slip in under the covers, without any fuss or mess with which to contend.  So it will be, I hope.

I got Sassy fed, first thing.  I am feeding her less, usually.  Often only a can a day, if she has hard food and treats on the side.  She really doesn't care too much for hard food.  Which... is a plus.  The idea is to help her lose weight.  And, I am careful with treats.  I used to feed them as if feeding wild birds by hand, by the handfuls.  Now she just gets, maybe a dozen to a score, the latter only rarely when she seems overly hungry or I extra spoiling.

Then I got to kefir.  I ate a bit too much yesterday.  I'll have to only have one cup today.  I'll have it with the remaining blade chop and some veggies, for my one meal today.  I don't ask Sassy to go without, without reducing myself.  Not that I even can lose weight.  When I reduce food intake, my body just reduces metabolism.  Actually, and unfortunately, I suspect similar with Sassy.  Still, it's... how it goes.

I ended up with two full big jars, and one half full.  The one big one I had allowed to kefir, became too infested with kefir grains to be useful for storage, so... I pulled it, drained and sieved it's contents, and have washed it and replaced it.  Nice to have an extra jar.  Should have several.  Might, somewhere.  But this works for now.

I don't wash a jar, usually, and put it right back into action.  I want any chlorine or else to dry out of it.  So a new is better.  So, I have two and an half big jars filled with just kefir, and three quarts brewing.  The new jar is coming along, a bit better.  But in cooler weather it's taking time.  The problem with that is, last night I had to either harvest them a bit raw, or leave them to probably over ferment.  I left them.  Not sure that was best, won't do that next time.  But... sometimes, just not sure.  It'll work out.

One thing I have found, with kefir, is that, with the big jars to hold the finished fluid, and time to let that meld as I go through the better jars of the stuff, the weaker stuff improves over time.  So, if one or two batches comes out a bit watery, that will be mixed and managed by more full batches.

Oh, and grains?  Way too many, finally, for functional use.  And I won't put them in the big jars anymore.  They colonize, take up space, and become... odd.  Souring things a bit more than is preferred.  I like it sour, there may be limits?  So, I am going to begin making "cheese" with that.  Trying, as well, to collect whey.  Whey can be consumed, or used in fermenting veggies.  Storebought carrots, and such, for now.  If I learn to do that, and like it, I may look for a local or farmers market in the summer.  Though that may be pushing things.  I wonder if you can ferment fruit (not making a wine, mind you, more a vinegar)?  I don't know.

I did make a batch of "farmer's" or cottage cheese a bit ago.  It's still good.  Added a bit of salt, pepper.  Could add garlic and onion powder, or chives or such.  Just wanted to try it plainer.  It's okay, just not... the best.  I heard adding cream or milk makes it more like storebought?  I am avoiding lactose, so no milk.  I did try cream, but it would take a goodly lot of it.  Still, I may consider adding another quart of cream a few times a month, so as to do that as well as making creme fraiche.  Ugh.

The Blob, indeed.  Still, I am keeping it to one processing time a day, and only an half hour, plus maybe an extra that amount once or twice more a week, for side projects.  I see it as a non-heat form of cooking.  It makes food that helps fill my belly, and maybe helps to heal?  We'll see. 

Well, I did get that going.  Made tea along the water.  That and a big glass of water.  No carbs, sweeteners of any kind, just raw.  Trying to remember to get back to intermittent fasting.  Having difficulty getting that fully back on track.  Every day is the day to start, should one remember.  Later.