You should leave the bottles open and covered with muslin until there are absolutely no bubbles rising in the mead. That could take up to 6 months, and sometimes my mead gets drunk before it gets that old! Once it stops bubbling it should be safe to put lids on the bottles and you can …

This is a fairly easy congee recipe.. I get the impression that several books could (and probably have) been written about different approaches. This is just the easiest and laziest, which suits me. Some recipes advise you to stir the congee constantly, but I used a very thick based pan to spread the heat, kept …