Tag Archive for ‘fermentation’

KOMBUCHA!

Like I mentioned in the last post we are reviving our mother, scoby that is and she’s ready to roll.   Thing is with these live cultures – they are live and if you neglect them well, then, their toast.  So that’s what happened with my previous batch.  I had about 25 “mothers” was fermenting up [...]

SHRED SOME HEADS

Wild fermentation is the opposite of homogenization and uniformity –Sandor Ellix Katz On the preservation front Now that I got some beautiful cabbage heads (thanks to a local Freedom Farmer) I made a batch of sauerkraut – using Sally Fallon’s recipe.  I did just plan cabbage for one batch and for the other I mixed [...]

FERMENTATION EXPERIMENT

Fermentation crock and cutting up the locally grown cabbage Homegrown carrots (seeds available at FREEDOMSEED.org) Homegrown carrots, daikon radish, green onions and local cabbage Pounding with a wood mortar in whey, salt and spices to release the juices After a few days in the crock, time to put the kimchi in cold storage Last week [...]