Rye grain prep question

[larshroom]

I just cooked my grain and drained going colander to colander. It felt sticky so I rinsed with water. Water is not dripping from the colander but it does get my hand wet when I pickup a handful. Would it be okay to load my jars to pc or do I need to wait till it's dry to the touch?

[wildburr]

should be ok

[Sideshow]

Throw a handful or two of dry verm either in the bottom of the jar or mix it in - works great

[larshroom]

Thanks guys...

[Brakiska]

A towel works great

let them site well spread on it and within minutes water should be gone
if the rye are far from being simmed to their full potential
some water isn't a problem
if some grains did open due to the simmering process
then verm or appropriate drying should be applied

[larshroom]

I mixed in a handful of verm...It is now in the pc.

[Brakiska]

next time if you mix it with something you could as well a bit of gypsum to it

[TVCasualty]

Rye is a nice grain to use, partly because you can just add the dry grain to the mason jar with just the right amount of water and go straight to the PC (no prep at all!).

In fact, I've done that with WBS too, so long as it has minimal to no corn in it (corn in WBS is usually cracked, so when it cooks it gets incredibly slimy whereas popcorn comes as whole intact kernels).

Adding gypsum (~1 gram per quart) is a good suggestion. It helps make shaking the grain up a little easier and has trace nutrients needed by the mushrooms.

Here's a rye tek from the archives: http://archives.mycotopia.net/discus...tml?1010193132

Good luck!

[marmy]

here is my fav rye grain prep... i do it slightly different, but the principal is the same

http://forums.mycotopia.net/holding-...-rye-prep.html (Quick step rye prep)

[TVCasualty]

Originally Posted by marmy

here is my fav rye grain prep... i do it slightly different, but the principal is the same

http://forums.mycotopia.net/holding-...-rye-prep.html (Quick step rye prep)

Thanks for posting that one.

That was the tek I was actually trying to link to but didn't have time to search for it (I forgot the exact name). The search engine doesn't like terms with three or fewer letters so when I tried searching "rye prep" it only searched "prep." Grrrr.