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Asked by jryan1074 ·July 11, 2022 ·17.7k readers

FAA

I am going to strain my 1 year old FAA and was wondering if i could ferment the scraps of fish again for another FAA?  If so how should i proceed in doing that?  If no then i will probably bury it in my hugelkultur or just put into my compost.

faa re-ferment

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From the KNF library

From the KNF library Drafted by Claude from Office Hours and the books · Sep 2026 · 5 sources

Drake says FAA keeps improving for up to three years. (Office Hours Ep. 126, 37:57) Cho's chart agrees that it will continue to digest for 3 years. (Cho's Solutions, p. 13) A one-year batch still has time to improve. (Office Hours Ep. 126, 37:57) (Cho's Solutions, p. 13)

When you do strain, Drake's advice for a mushy two-year batch with bones is to pour off the liquid and dilute it 1 to 1000. (Office Hours Ep. 123, 40:09) Cho says to extract the FAA and use only the liquid. (Cho, Recipe, p. 50)

Cho's recipe also has a hint for the leftover bones: put them into the brown rice. (Cho, Recipe, p. 51) The excerpt cuts off there.

The library says nothing about re-fermenting the scraps, or about burying them in a hugelkultur bed or compost.

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