Category Archives: Fermented foods

Yeast wrangling 101

Several years ago, while still living in New Zealand, I wanted to learn more about bread. I went to the library and took out virtually every book they had on bread making and bread baking. There of course were several … Continue reading

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High-tech yogurt

I am lucky enough to have access to local milk, but if you don’t, store-bought will work just fine for this recipe. Ingredients: One gallon of milk 1/2 cup live yogurt culture 1 cup skim milk powder (optional) ‘High-tech’ equipment … Continue reading

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Sauerkraut (recipe below)

Six weeks ago the ‘other two-thirds’ (OTT) and I harvested our cabbages and spent a couple hours shredding, salting, pounding and layering it all into crocks. We then sat it in the corner of the kitchen and forgot about it. … Continue reading

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