[dropcap]Hello[/dropcap] folks – another month flies by – weee – and it’s padaek inspection/update time again. To be honest, since the last update, I’ve been a little concerned about the padaek’s progress/development and have been inspecting it about once/twice every week. Alas, during this time including today – there’s been hardly any movement/change to the padaek to my naked eye – can you believe it? I am both baffled and slightly worried as to what the padaek’s situation is.

As you can see in the first photo, the surface level of the padaek at the 2 month update (03) is still the same now (04) – so yes,  it’s been taking its sweet ol’ time. The colours of the padaek (sauce/liquid and sediment/fish) remains the same also, which is comforting to see. Despite this stagnation/hibernation though – overall, the state of the padaek looks good to me.

I still haven’t yet opened the lid so don’t know what the padaek smells like inside the jar, but from the outside, it’s still basically odourless. I’m thinking about opening the lid (most likely next month) to remove the cling wrap, ziplock bag & stone, at the same time, inspect (and possibly smell) the padaek too. How exciting!

I’m quite surprised and a little worried about the little/slow progress of the padaek’s reduction/fermentation, but I think/hope it’s normal, natural and still on track. Keep doing what you’re doing padaek – you’re doing a great job. Stay tuned for next month’s update folks – have a great day/weekend.