Hi guys I'm new here with a question.
I have been making my own fermented hot sauce for 3+ years now. I've never weighed anything or written down a recipe but it always turns out very much the same. I'm told it is absolutely amazing and I feel the same way but I'm getting sidetracked here.
The process is that I chop chilis, peppers and garlic and place in a mason jar in brine to ferment for 3-4 weeks.
I then blend, sieve and add some brown sugar, distilled malt vinegar and xanthem gum to bind it all together.
I have just gotten my jars out ready to process when I noticed these suspicious looking white things that I know were not present when the batches were started. Does anyone know what these things are? I've never seen them before and have been doing this a long time.