Oh boy. I really had the best intentions: using the ingredients I had on hand; waste not, want not; making delicious snacks while being frugal, all sorts of virtue being expressed in a jar. However, the whole experiment was a sad fizzle, at least to …
I was so good at updating when I started, and then the Fall semester hit – boom! Anyway, even though I wasn’t updating, I was pickling regularly, so I have quite a backlog to go on with. Many of the jars I put up were …
Life has been crazy busy around here – we bought a house, moved, and have been simultaneously fixing up the old place while unpacking the new place. The new kitchen took nearly a month to reach functionality, and several more weeks to get back to …
We don’t eat a lot of kimchi (yet), but we like it for a few recipes and occasionally find ourselves buying an expensive pint from the grocery store. I finally got up the gumption to do a little research about it, and decided to try …
We’ve had a crazy few weeks around here, and I haven’t been in the kitchen much (thank you, China Wok!). Therefore, the fermentation project was quick and dirty: ginger beer. I got the idea for this from Katz’s Wild Fermentation, which is a fabulous little …
After the great sauerkraut triumph of February, I’m continuing with the fermentation while conditions are good. I don’t know if it’s the right temperature in my house, or if we happen to have some good yeast floating around, but I’m striking while this iron is …
This is the perfect quick project when you have an hour, and it will pay off for weeks. You’ll need a large clean container to put your yummy into (glass or ceramic crocks are perfect, food grade plastic buckets work great). Get a large bowl, …