Learning to be a Food Entrepreneur Episode 6 pt.1 (11/16/2017)

At one point in this episode I mention “I’ll just edit it out” but when I decided to start uploading these I decided to leave them as raw as possible. This way I could practice the quality of my speaking, and the listeners could hear the any progress I make over time. In this episode (November 16, 2017) I go through everything that happened since the previous recording on october 16th 2017. At the time of recording this podcast, I purchased my first camera. It was a Cannon T6i package from Amazon. At this time it was important for me to start filming as many things as possible to start collecting footage. I started filming me cooking different recipes.   The video for unboxing my camera can be found here: https://youtu.be/SqdDmugcwQk (If you would like to see any of the other videos please let me know!) I also talk about my experiments with pickling cucumbers. I started working on two different methods to decide which method I prefer to use. -The first method of pickling I used was a vinegar based pickling. -The second method I used for pickling was a Lactofermentation process. When I compared the vinegar based pickling process with the Lactofermentation process, I found that I personally enjoyed the Lactofermented pickles more. I took a scientific approach when experimenting with the amount of salt that was in the brine and the length of time the pickles sat at room temperature. Now that I think back to this experiment, I'm pretty fond of it. I'd like to make more Lactofermented pickles and perfect my recipe. I also talk about a project I started while researching cryptocurrencies. Back in 2017 I read through the white papers of the top 30-40 cryptocurrencies in order to better understand the purpose of each one. At the time I saw a number of people using them simply for financial gain but I was more interested in the technology and the problem each cryptocurrency/blockchain was trying to solve. I posted a video about sorting the cryptocurrencies into different sectors and someone reached out to me recommending that I see if there were correlations between cryptocurrencies in each sector.  Looking back: The experiments I was doing were very important to me at the time. I enjoyed learning about lactofermentation and approaching a recipe scientifically. Having the camera proved to be especially valuable. I still use it pretty frequently today. It was also very validating when someone reached out to me to ask if I had determined if there were coorelations between cryptocurrency prices in different sectors. The experience was provided value.  Also in hindsight- I think at this time I was using a rockband microphone in a coffee cup with a towel over it. It wouldnt be for another few month until I got a pop filter and a microphone stand. I'd like to get back to experimenting with fermented pickles. Maybe perfect them and design a label for it?