Fermenting Food.
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I’ve bottled yesterday the beauty berry mead that was started on February 6th or about then. I’m hopeful, seems promising, the tiny sample I had did taste alcoholic and hot, which is totally expected at this stage and that dominates other flavors this early. That alcohol forward taste will mellow in the months ahead and hopefully some great spicy, floral notes will reveal themselves.. Probably won’t get into this batch until late next fall.
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Another Magnolia petal mead. Tripled the magnolia petal content.
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I have a couple of pepper ferments going. One started 10 or so days ago and one today. When you have a lot of peppers and need something to do with them. 40 grams or so of sea salt, that’s the cost.
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Yeah I'm gonna harvest tomorrow if the deer don't eat them tonight.
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Fermenting some pickling cucumbers.
Started this weekend.
With daytime temperatures in the house at 76F it's going to take about a week or less for kosher style deli pickles.
Dropped a cut up ghost pepper in for flavor.
Started this weekend.
With daytime temperatures in the house at 76F it's going to take about a week or less for kosher style deli pickles.
Dropped a cut up ghost pepper in for flavor.
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Just ate one of my deli pickles.
Totally delicious.
Strong garlic taste and acidic sour without vinegar.
Just enough heat from ghost pepper to make mouth tingle.
Crunchy too.
Less than two dollars in cucumbers made an artisan pickle that would cost six dollars at the store.
Not processed and healthy with all the lacto bacteria goodness to boot.
The salt was a hand measured tablespoon to one pint of water.
About three tablespoons of garlic powder.
One big red ripe ghost pepper.
Cucumbers cut in half lengthwise and stuffed in a quart jar.
My airlock lid put on.
Totally delicious.
Strong garlic taste and acidic sour without vinegar.
Just enough heat from ghost pepper to make mouth tingle.
Crunchy too.
Less than two dollars in cucumbers made an artisan pickle that would cost six dollars at the store.
Not processed and healthy with all the lacto bacteria goodness to boot.
The salt was a hand measured tablespoon to one pint of water.
About three tablespoons of garlic powder.
One big red ripe ghost pepper.
Cucumbers cut in half lengthwise and stuffed in a quart jar.
My airlock lid put on.
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Thought I would toss this one out here.
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Got two quart jars of kimchee under way.
Worth, how long did your pickles work?
Worth, how long did your pickles work?
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Which ones?
I've always got something going on from time to time.
Haven't made pickles in a while.
The last ones were so galicy they made me burp garlic for hours if not days.
Not comfortable at all but probably healthy
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Last night, we ate on the hot dogs the sauerkraut I made late in 2022. My friend was pumped to see the caraway seeds it the sauerkraut. He said his favorite sauerkraut, Bush brand sauerkraut, has caraway seeds then it dawned on my friend that he was eating my homemade sauerkraut from the prior year.
I hadn’t even opened the sauerkraut I made in three months or more. I stuck that sauerkraut in the spare fridge we keep at 33° or so in a two gallon zip bag. I had a bite at lunch before dinner just to make sure it wasn’t toxic or something. The sauerkraut smelled great and tasted great. I never killed the lactobacillus culture by heat or anything or added any vinegar. Even after more than three months, the sauerkraut was still firm with a great bite and a pleasant sourness. I had a big helping on a leftover hotdog at lunch today.
These ferments are surprisingly durable and long lasting.
I hadn’t even opened the sauerkraut I made in three months or more. I stuck that sauerkraut in the spare fridge we keep at 33° or so in a two gallon zip bag. I had a bite at lunch before dinner just to make sure it wasn’t toxic or something. The sauerkraut smelled great and tasted great. I never killed the lactobacillus culture by heat or anything or added any vinegar. Even after more than three months, the sauerkraut was still firm with a great bite and a pleasant sourness. I had a big helping on a leftover hotdog at lunch today.
These ferments are surprisingly durable and long lasting.
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@karstopography
You wouldn't believe how long I've had some in the refrigerator with live bacteria.
So long I don't remember and it's still good.
You wouldn't believe how long I've had some in the refrigerator with live bacteria.
So long I don't remember and it's still good.
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I have made sauerkraut many times with great success. And love it. Have tried fermenting pickles several times, and to me they just don't taste nearly as good as the ones I make with vinegar and can. Or as simple refrigerator pickles. I have the jar lids like karsto shows in his pics. And have followed recipes from on line on cukes and salt mixture. Will try cukes again and try Worths recipe. Last time I made them I did whole cukes, will try halving. How long do you ferment at room temps Worth? I have read that sauerkraut done properly, will last forever in a crock at room temp. You may have to remove mold now and then. I prefer the fridge and no mold!!!
I ferment at room temps for 4-5weeks? Been a while so don't remember exactly.
I ferment at room temps for 4-5weeks? Been a while so don't remember exactly.
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My sauerkraut in the 2 gallon zip bag out in the refrigerator was fermented in a gallon sized glass container for 30 days at coolish room temperature. Mostly while the house was in high 60s F. We allow the house to be a little cooler in the late fall and winter. Nothing worse than an overheated house. I took out a little of the sauerkraut from the fermenter at different intervals, but like the 30 day version the best.TheMad_Poet wrote: ↑Sun Mar 26, 2023 8:40 am I have made sauerkraut many times with great success. And love it. Have tried fermenting pickles several times, and to me they just don't taste nearly as good as the ones I make with vinegar and can. Or as simple refrigerator pickles. I have the jar lids like karsto shows in his pics. And have followed recipes from on line on cukes and salt mixture. Will try cukes again and try Worths recipe. Last time I made them I did whole cukes, will try halving. How long do you ferment at room temps Worth? I have read that sauerkraut done properly, will last forever in a crock at room temp. You may have to remove mold now and then. I prefer the fridge and no mold!!!
I ferment at room temps for 4-5weeks? Been a while so don't remember exactly.
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Karsto, I have a 2 gal crock I make it in. Cover it with a large food grade plastic bag filled with salt water solution. The weight of the water in the bag covers and seals the crock nicely, yet allows gases to escape around the edges. I now have a large 1/2 gallon glass jar that I can use the lids with. What I made my last pickles in. Attaching a PDF I got years ago on making Kraut, for any interested.
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For a deli pickle it is about 5 days or so depending on the salt and temperature.TheMad_Poet wrote: ↑Sun Mar 26, 2023 8:40 am I have made sauerkraut many times with great success. And love it. Have tried fermenting pickles several times, and to me they just don't taste nearly as good as the ones I make with vinegar and can. Or as simple refrigerator pickles. I have the jar lids like karsto shows in his pics. And have followed recipes from on line on cukes and salt mixture. Will try cukes again and try Worths recipe. Last time I made them I did whole cukes, will try halving. How long do you ferment at room temps Worth? I have read that sauerkraut done properly, will last forever in a crock at room temp. You may have to remove mold now and then. I prefer the fridge and no mold!!!
I ferment at room temps for 4-5weeks? Been a while so don't remember exactly.
I picked it up on a video about how a New York deli did it but can't find it now to save my life.
Cut way back if you use garlic powder what a mistake.
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5 days?? Then refrigerate? That doesn't sound like enuff time? But I will try that and see, that would be super. I may run out and buy some store cukes just to try it out. And practice for this summer, Thnx Worth.worth1 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 26, 2023 10:22 amFor a deli pickle it is about 5 days or so depending on the salt and temperature.TheMad_Poet wrote: ↑Sun Mar 26, 2023 8:40 am I have made sauerkraut many times with great success. And love it. Have tried fermenting pickles several times, and to me they just don't taste nearly as good as the ones I make with vinegar and can. Or as simple refrigerator pickles. I have the jar lids like karsto shows in his pics. And have followed recipes from on line on cukes and salt mixture. Will try cukes again and try Worths recipe. Last time I made them I did whole cukes, will try halving. How long do you ferment at room temps Worth? I have read that sauerkraut done properly, will last forever in a crock at room temp. You may have to remove mold now and then. I prefer the fridge and no mold!!!
I ferment at room temps for 4-5weeks? Been a while so don't remember exactly.
I picked it up on a video about how a New York deli did it but can't find it now to save my life.
Cut way back if you use garlic powder what a mistake.
EDIT, Reading some articles about 1 day at room temp, then 7 in refrige, then start eating. NY deli half sour terms are used most articles.
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Maybe more than 5 days you'll just have to test and see what you like.TheMad_Poet wrote: ↑Sun Mar 26, 2023 10:33 am5 days?? Then refrigerate? That doesn't sound like enuff time? But I will try that and see, that would be super. I may run out and buy some store cukes just to try it out. And practice for this summer, Thnx Worth.worth1 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 26, 2023 10:22 amFor a deli pickle it is about 5 days or so depending on the salt and temperature.TheMad_Poet wrote: ↑Sun Mar 26, 2023 8:40 am I have made sauerkraut many times with great success. And love it. Have tried fermenting pickles several times, and to me they just don't taste nearly as good as the ones I make with vinegar and can. Or as simple refrigerator pickles. I have the jar lids like karsto shows in his pics. And have followed recipes from on line on cukes and salt mixture. Will try cukes again and try Worths recipe. Last time I made them I did whole cukes, will try halving. How long do you ferment at room temps Worth? I have read that sauerkraut done properly, will last forever in a crock at room temp. You may have to remove mold now and then. I prefer the fridge and no mold!!!
I ferment at room temps for 4-5weeks? Been a while so don't remember exactly.
I picked it up on a video about how a New York deli did it but can't find it now to save my life.
Cut way back if you use garlic powder what a mistake.
EDIT, Reading some articles about 1 day at room temp, then 7 in refrige, then start eating. NY deli half sour terms are used most articles.
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I've got me a big ole quart of disc sliced cucumbers fermenting in salt water dill seeds caraway seeds and one crushed garlic clove for kosher dill pickles.
Probably take about a week.
Totally lost track of the amount of salt to water.
Guessing about 1.5 to 2 tablespoons per quart.
Probably take about a week.
Totally lost track of the amount of salt to water.
Guessing about 1.5 to 2 tablespoons per quart.
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I had almost enough cucumbers left to make long slices.
More than enough brine leftover.
I remembered I had a poblano pepper so I used it to top off the jar.
I used the top of the pepper with stem to hold everything down.
Same ingredients inside.
No airlock.
More than enough brine leftover.
I remembered I had a poblano pepper so I used it to top off the jar.
I used the top of the pepper with stem to hold everything down.
Same ingredients inside.
No airlock.
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