Good job, Macy! One can always count on a sulcata to eat stuff for our videos, huh?
I made a gel, no fresh foods, so for the inevitable zombie apocalypse we are covered. LOL
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Of course!
For some reason these gels put me in mind of Soylent Green! End times for sure.
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Four more people have gotten kits of stuff to make gels. Maybe more videos? Tom and Maci's videos are really cool. I too have used many of the products in cooking, even though all are human food grade organic, I don't want to blur the edge so as to not find myself crossing some line. In California, pet food manufacturing is slightly more restricted than human food - really. I wonder what past entrepreneur created that legislation?
Moringa in any kind of soup, stew, beans, rice dish is pretty good. It has a chewable vitamins odor, but more earthy. I can't really pin down the flavor it imparts to cooked foods. My wife and mother-in-law like it. I'd caution a little goes a long way. I think Tom hit it dead on about the hibiscus having a fruit leather kind of flavor, and that it's crunchy makes it more fun, at least for me, I like crunchy foods. Rose hips are candy.
Moringa in any kind of soup, stew, beans, rice dish is pretty good. It has a chewable vitamins odor, but more earthy. I can't really pin down the flavor it imparts to cooked foods. My wife and mother-in-law like it. I'd caution a little goes a long way. I think Tom hit it dead on about the hibiscus having a fruit leather kind of flavor, and that it's crunchy makes it more fun, at least for me, I like crunchy foods. Rose hips are candy.
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Hi Guys, it took forever for me to break my learning curve to make the Kapidolo Farms web page functional again, with a hellava lot of wifely help, the marital one, not Yvonne.
I have a few friends who made the gel but are confounded by bring a link or post here, so I'll help them. NO DISRESPECT to those of you who did it on your own. I am very grateful for your expertise and participation.
I will bring them all together in a 'final post' with a tally as best as I can sort it out. But until the 30th, I'll bring some of these others here.
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Each of several videos appeared to have the same link, lets see what happens here.
I have a few friends who made the gel but are confounded by bring a link or post here, so I'll help them. NO DISRESPECT to those of you who did it on your own. I am very grateful for your expertise and participation.
I will bring them all together in a 'final post' with a tally as best as I can sort it out. But until the 30th, I'll bring some of these others here.
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Each of several videos appeared to have the same link, lets see what happens here.
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Good job, Christine! Very interesting!
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Got my goodie package today, it all smells great!
I'm a little impatient, so I took a few snaps and mixed it up, it's in the fridge right now and will be tortoise lunch tomorrow. I will probably run the stills into a text box for the 'how to' part, then video the little buggers chowing down tomorrow.
I'm sure people will want to speed past the part where I might talk, and rush right into the cute tortoises trying to cram their faces full.
Will, thank you
Raspberry leaf was especially nice. My grandmother used to dry raspberry leaves to make a tea for whenever you didn't feel well. I always loved how it smelled. That smell brought back lots of fond memories...
I'm a little impatient, so I took a few snaps and mixed it up, it's in the fridge right now and will be tortoise lunch tomorrow. I will probably run the stills into a text box for the 'how to' part, then video the little buggers chowing down tomorrow.
I'm sure people will want to speed past the part where I might talk, and rush right into the cute tortoises trying to cram their faces full.
Will, thank you
Raspberry leaf was especially nice. My grandmother used to dry raspberry leaves to make a tea for whenever you didn't feel well. I always loved how it smelled. That smell brought back lots of fond memories...
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Here is the photo to my desert tortoises trying the gel. The instructions were not great but our tortoises liked the food. I hope the promotion will help us try different foods to figure out other options for them.
Can you re-post the photo using the Forum's "attach files" instead of Facebook? I'd love to be able to see it.
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At the finish line, at the deadline....
(ok, so I now know about a few typos. I'll get a fresh version uploaded with corrections soon.
In the meanwhile, you guys can assume I already know what I screwed up.
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Thank you for this project, Will!
I learned that my tortoises love layer crumbles (I'd never have guessed) and that you really do have to boil that agar-agar to make it set up.
I'm suitably impressed by the beautiful and fragrant, quality ingredients you offer.
And I learned how to make a movie using my computer!
This really is a great way to have some shelf-stable, appropriate foods always on hand. I was really surprised that when I put the solidly gelled pucks on a bed of chopped dandelion and kale, my redfoot tortioses completely ignored their favorite greens to work on the pucks.
Chris
(ok, so I now know about a few typos. I'll get a fresh version uploaded with corrections soon.
In the meanwhile, you guys can assume I already know what I screwed up.
@Kapidolo Farms
Thank you for this project, Will!
I learned that my tortoises love layer crumbles (I'd never have guessed) and that you really do have to boil that agar-agar to make it set up.
I'm suitably impressed by the beautiful and fragrant, quality ingredients you offer.
And I learned how to make a movie using my computer!
This really is a great way to have some shelf-stable, appropriate foods always on hand. I was really surprised that when I put the solidly gelled pucks on a bed of chopped dandelion and kale, my redfoot tortioses completely ignored their favorite greens to work on the pucks.
Chris
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Aw man! It says I have to sign in to see it.
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TA Tom Arbour. TFO 7 FB 11. $68 Store Credit
DK Dana Knepper. No video ?
EJ Ellen Jones. No Video
KH. Kelly Hull No video
TN. Tandy Nelson. No Video
EB. Ericka Buckreis. I was not able to see the image/video
CA. Chris Asmann Video upload issue
CL Christine Light. TFO 3. FB 33. $36 Store Credit
MH Monica Houghtling. No Video
MJ Macy Jacob. TFO 7. $57 Store Credit
If you don't agree with my tally, please let me know at [email protected]
DK Dana Knepper. No video ?
EJ Ellen Jones. No Video
KH. Kelly Hull No video
TN. Tandy Nelson. No Video
EB. Ericka Buckreis. I was not able to see the image/video
CA. Chris Asmann Video upload issue
CL Christine Light. TFO 3. FB 33. $36 Store Credit
MH Monica Houghtling. No Video
MJ Macy Jacob. TFO 7. $57 Store Credit
If you don't agree with my tally, please let me know at [email protected]
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Sorry about the problem viewing, I've fixed it.
This is the first time I've shared a video on any public place, so it's a good learning experience.
I'm not interested in any prize, this was just for the fun of doing it.
This is the first time I've shared a video on any public place, so it's a good learning experience.
I'm not interested in any prize, this was just for the fun of doing it.
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The great afrobeat drummer Tony Allen, who plays drums on the track I used for this video, died yesterday while I was busy fitting everything together. May he rest easy.
Sorry I missed the deadline to 'like' your video. You did a great job, and your boiling water pour instead of boiling the agar will help others not make the same mistake. But the tortoises didn't seem to mind it wasn't set up firm!
I cant believe i haven't seen this thread before today. @Kapidolo Farms great stuff as usual. @2turtletom @TechnoCheese great videos, I had no idea you had such extensive youtube channels. I'm now a subscriber.
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Spectacular music. I'm not an audiophile in the sense of knowing types and influences yada yada yada, but that sounds like tracks they play on the local San Diego Jazz station 88.3, my primary non-NPR listening place. The two methods you show gave some great insight, so I hope that works for others to see what can be done. Thanks.
