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[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Hmm, what would it take to get soup to ferment and become alcoholic...

[–] Soku@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

One time when we were young, a pot of milk based vegetable soup (traditional thing, you love it or hate it) was forgotten on the table when we went to party out of town for a day or two mid summer. When we got back, the soup was a few hours short of developing sentience, surprisingly no mold but quite lively. My friend turned that potful into thick American style pancakes and these were the best I've ever had

[–] NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 12 points 2 days ago

You guys certainly rolled max constitution. That thing sounds like it would instantly rupture all the sphincters in my body.

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ah, yes, standard operating procedure when food is left out for days in the summer heat is to cook more food with it.

[–] Soku@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Oh, we were very young and on the verge of poverty. One didn't go around wasting food

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Sounds like you got really lucky. I wouldn't recommend doing that again. Some nasty stuff can grow in that, but it sounds like you got a nice wild yeast fermentation probably.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Plenty of sugar to start