um so some cake batter sneaked into my mix which clearly has baking powder added/bicarb

made a little vid of the resulting monster

https://twitter.com/candycustard/status/1045798628344958981

this is from a session today and meant to be going back in, in the morning... it had better not overflow

You'll be waking up to enjoy a relaxing Saturday morning porridge bath Candy. That looks awesome, almost certainly looks to be alive as it bubbles away !

That's not worrying at all....

I suppose if it's just bicarb it's quite a good trick which I might try for myself. It does look rather more lively than I'd like mind which leads my mind to wander towards other possibilities. I've never seen porridge ferment but I suppose it's technically possible if you kept the porridge warm enough (25 - 35C?) for a long enough period, though I'd expect it to have taken days for enough atmospheric yeast to land in it before it'd become a sourdough. I'm really quite intrigued, it's a terrific looking little accident.

It has it's own twitter account. Take cover, people https://twitter.com/CandysPool

I had a fit of absolutely helpless giggles when stirring it trying to knock it back a bit. Most bizzare thing I've had to do in a long time

Wasn't there a horror movie called "The Blob" ??
Haha this is the sequal!!

I'm thinking wear a ninja outfit and battle it out! Don't let it consume you! ( well unless Henry catches it on film )

After seeing the foam come for you last weekend, I think wam substances are joining forces to gang up on you . Xxx

oh god you're right

lol @ ninja outfit

Well this was it last thing last night and then this morning a bit had spilled over. It's not too bad I guess - I hardly dared go to bed thinking it was going to swamp the whole room

it's still bubbling and hissing - can't wait to see the clients face when they see it

Hi hun
Can I ask how much you used and where you go to get large quantities like that as I would love to do a pool soon

Yup, it was made in my home town, Phoenixville. We have a film festival for it every July.

I definitely want to see ninja Candy

no special place... I didn't even think to look for a bulk supplier actually - will def look into that! But anyway I gradually collected it 10 or 15 bags at a time from sainsburys, tesco etc

it's a 500 litre pool and needs 150kg porridge oats

This really is how the zombie apocalypse begins, isn't it?

You need yourself as a ninja, plus a tomb-raider style adventurer to fight monsters, and a boilersuited female scientist to examine the phenomenon, all tackling the Porridge Pool of Doom together. Gunge Avengers, Go!

Bit of rye flour over the top, bake in a Dutch oven for 50m...

Looks fantastic. Just want to jump in there right now. Your clients are in for a great time I suspect.

anyone fancy a go in it in return for emptying it... ?? It's too thick for my pump lol

I'm up for that as long as 3 bears don't come and join me

quick before they find us

Where you based

bit of a way from you I'm afraid - near Ludlow - Shropshire

Dam I would have been well up for a go in that porridge xx

Same Norfolk is a bit far

I had made half a large pail of Xanthan Gum gunge, and left it covered in a dark place for a few days. When I got back to it, it had doubled in volume and was all filled with air bubbles, along with an odd odor. It was now more of a 'Foam Gunge' which was fine with me. But there must be some kind of science to all this, and perhaps an easy way to double our volume of mess without buying double the quantity.

It was feshly made so def the bicarb In the cake mix I think. All cleared up now

Did you jumped in?

Brilliant!

I'm aiming for treacle one day! Til then mostly gunge I think. Stuff I can pump out

Who needs a pump when you have a volunteer, a squeegee and a snow shovel