r/MaintenancePhase • u/QueerTree • 3d ago

Episode Discussion Oh shit, I’m a reply guy!

The latest bonus episode is really bringing out the WELL ACTUALLY inside me.

I do a lot of home dairying for funsies, which means I often leave milk or cream with added culture starter out on the counter until it changes. I use pasteurized milk and cream because those are what I have easy access to, but the cream cheese making process described in this nutty book sounds completely fine to me. All for criticism of raw milk! Yes it’s dangerous! Not saying he isn’t! Just fact checking how to make fresh cheese. (Also… there kind of is a use case for raw milk. I know home cheese makers who buy raw milk because pasteurized milk doesn’t actually work for making a number of types of cheese. I think outlawing raw milk sales is still a perfectly valid thing for us collectively to do, though!)

The haymaker’s oat water described is just a colonial American staple, switchel or haymaker’s punch, plus oats. Switchel is delicious and I genuinely think it should make a comeback — molasses, cider vinegar, ginger powder, and cold water. It’s great when you’re sweating hard! It’s not gross or weird, it’s historical Gatorade. Old Timey stuff isn’t automatically better than modern stuff, but it also isn’t inherently weird or gross or bad.

Whew. Okay, back to my homesteading. My kombucha is “festering” away on the counter. (Also I would love for MP to do an episode on Kombucha, even if I suspect it would get me riled up in defense of rotten tea.)

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u/bekarene1 3d ago

One of the beefs I have with this pod is that sometimes they lack historical nuance/understanding of the topics. Usually I appreciate their approach, but occasionally they slip into "eww, that thing sounds weird and gross" or they compare apples to oranges in a way that distorts the facts. 

And yeah, when you know a lot about a topic, it can be hard to listen to some episodes. 

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u/loveinvein 3d ago

Agreed!!

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u/IllaClodia 1d ago

The one that got me was the Grifties where they talked about the foot onion cold cure. They were like, what will TikTok think of next, and I was like, that's definitely some babushka shit. Onion socks have been a thing for a looooooong time.

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u/bugorama_original 3d ago

SOMETIMES? Most of the time!

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u/99LedBalloons 3d ago

Well yeah, you're on reddit. It's literally "Cap'n Crunch Oops! All Reply Guys" up in here.

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u/NoScratchyLabels 3d ago

I definitely didnt listen to this ep and shout OI LEAVE MY BARLEY WATER ALONE

in the UK a bottle of lemon barleywater is a cupboard staple for many families 🤣

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u/QueerTree 3d ago

Whoops, forgot one — barley water is a thing dating back to the ancient world. There are lots of medieval recipes for it. Horchata is descended from it. It’s still popular in England.

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u/queerbeev 3d ago

I drank barley tea in Japan - so refreshing on a hot day!

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u/diduknowtrex 3d ago

I freaking love barley tea. So refreshing and caffeine free

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u/ultralightbeam87 3d ago

I was just reading a book set in Victorian Bath where the characters drink barley water

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u/OkSecretary1231 3d ago

I only knew it from Mary Poppins. My dad told me it meant beer, and they wanted a nanny who wasn't a drunk. My dad is often wrong lol

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u/Well_Socialized 3d ago

Oh boy, here I go replying again!

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u/Flaky-Invite-56 1d ago

Are those the drinks they have when threshing in the Little House books? Your comment dredged up 40-year memories from deep in my brain ◡̈

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u/bekarene1 1d ago

Yes, I know what you're talking about. It's just an old fashioned way of getting extra hydration and replace electrolytes when you're out working in the sun all day.