Oh man, I remember the time we found mother in the vinegar.
…not my mom, it’s a thing. I don’t know why it’s called this.
It’s a big slimy snotloogie of little organisms that sits in your whateverdrink, consumes it’s deliciousness, and basically shits out vinegar. These boogery buggers turn your wine nasty (but hey, goes great on french fries). The funny thing was, this was supposed to be vinegar that had been pasteurized so as not to …y’know. Have stuff living in it.
We thought it was gross and chucked it but in hindsight you could blop this into a bottle of applejuice and it’ll just make you apple vinegar for free. Nasty? Yes. Effective? Also yes. …but why the hell was there living vinegar-makers in my SHOULD BE VERY NOT-ALIVE VINEGAR.
Maybe they were some kind of heat-resistant ‘mother’ and now they’re in our drains making poop vinegar. WHO KNOWS.
3am posting, don’t do it.