Category Archives: fermentation
Bread success – no knead sourdough
After discussing my bread problems on a previous post, I received quite a few helpful tips from readers and friends. El at Fast Grow the Weeds sent me a link to a no-knead bread recipe from the New York Times. … Continue reading
Sourdough pumpkin hickory nut muffins
Sourdough starter is good for other things besides sourdough pancakes. Since I found a banged up pie pumpkin, I figured I would try to come up with a recipe using baked pumpkin along with the starter and some foraged hickory … Continue reading
Sourdough pancakes
One of the first things I did when I started this project was bike down to Stoneground Bakery to ask for a bit of sourdough starter. Their starter has been alive for at least a year and has acquired what … Continue reading
Making sauerkraut
Fermentation is something that I only recently began to appreciate and learn about. Since picking up the books Wild Fermentation and Preserving Food Without Freezing or Canning, I have been taking on fermentation projects a few times a week. The … Continue reading
Ginger scrap kimchi
In an effort to incorporate more “waste” into my diet, I find myself scrutinizing the scraps, trimmings and ugly produce that I throw in the compost bucket at work. Some of the items are still good on some level, with … Continue reading
Fruit scrap vinegar
I have identified several food items that I currently use that will need to be replaced, replicated or removed from my diet in the near future. Many of these things are basic condiments such as mayonnaise, ketchup, and mustard, which … Continue reading
Sour pickles
After not being able to find a local store with local rice, I came home and got to work turning the lemon cucumbers I brought home yesterday from Mack Fleming (A Country Garden – 5 miles) into sour pickles. Here … Continue reading