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You Can Make Brew, too!
Lessons & Reflections from the National Butterfly Center
Today's lesson is simple: How to Make Banana Brew
What you will need:
8-10 Ripe Bananas (over ripe is good, too!)
1 Lb Brown Sugar
1 Bottle Dark Imported Beer (Our butterflies Like Guinness and Negra Modelo, but feel free to experiment.)
Preparation:
Blend the bananas until liquified; it's ok to leave little clumps. Mix in the brown sugar, and carefully add the beer. Stir well. Pour into jars or jugs, but do NOT seal containers closed. Jars and jugs must have holes in the lids or around the top to allow gasses to escape, or the brew will explode as it ferments. Fermentation will occur rapidly, as bacteria in the unpasteurized beer will actively consume the sugars and produce gas as a byproduct of this process. Note: Pasteurized domestic beers lack the healthy bacteria necessary to aid fermentation.
Breaking the Rules...for Butterflies
Lessons & Reflections from the National Butterfly Center
Oh, how quickly we fall.
Fall in love.
Fall for lines.
Fall from grace.
FALL OFF BUCKETS.
A year ago, I barely gave a second thought to butterflies; never mind, ‘larval hosts’, native plants or nectar. But today, I am a changed woman. My eyes dance as I glance out the window. I cannot maintain eye contact with visitors in the gardens. I walk away from conversations mid-sentence, to follow something that flutters by. I caught the bug, says Max.
I have become one of you.
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