Sicilian Green Olives
Last autumn, I got to pick some fresh olives from a friend’s trees! (I think they were Mission and maybe Arbequina varietals.) Some were green, some were black, and others …
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How to Deal with Mold on Fermenting Vegetables
Oh No! Moldy Sauerkraut [3:57 video] Don’t let mold on top of fermenting vegetables get you down. It’s fine under the brine! Watch this four-minute video on how to take …
Sauerkraut
Sauerkraut is a fermented cabbage dish. In its simplest form, it is just cabbage and salt. But you can add other vegetables (or fruits) as well as your own seasonings. …
Why isn’t it fermenting?
Q: “It’s been 8 days and my red cabbage kimchi is not fermenting. Why?” A: This could be due to several reasons: 1. Too much salt. Salt slows microbial growth, …
Dirty Dozen Fruits and Veggies
Use this list from the Environmental Working Group as a guide when considering where to spend more for higher quality (local, organic and/or regeneratively grown) produce. Personally, I’m okay buying …
✈️ Traveling with Ferments 🚢
Air travel is a modern marvel, enabling us to safely traverse vast distances in short amounts of time. The act of traveling, though, taxes our body in unnatural ways. The …
Ginger Sauerkraut
Sauerkraut was traditionally prepared in the autumn and then stored fermented all winter long in a cellar where the earth temperature kept it cool but above freezing. People would consume …
Strawberry Sauerkraut
Ever-searching for ways to eat more strawberries, I was intrigued by Sandor Katz’s suggestion to use dried fruits in sauerkraut. Why dehydrate berries instead of using them fresh? Fruits, which are …
Funky Fungi: Dealing with Mold and Yeasts on Vegetable Ferments
To the fermenting newbie, the presence of funky white or other colored stuff on the top surface of a vegetable ferment can be quite off-putting and cause panic. I’ve heard …
Curtido
Curtido (sometimes spelled cortido) is a Salvadoreña (from El Salvador in Central America) version of sauerkraut. The word encurtido means pickle in El Salvadorean Spanish. In its native country, the …