Sauerkraut Brine Ratio: Getting the Salt Right
Salt is the only part of sauerkraut that you cannot improvise. Everything else in the process forgives you: the shred …
Fermenting
Crocks, weights, airlock lids and pH meters. Ferment vegetables and hot sauce without the mold panic.
Kahm Yeast vs Mold: How to Tell Them Apart
You open the jar on day eight and there is something white on top of the brine. The immediate question …
How to Ferment Vegetables: Salt, Weight and Time
Fermenting is the one preservation method that needs no canner, no dehydrator and no electricity. A crock or a jar, …
Fermented Garlic and Honey: What the Risk Really Is
Fermented garlic and honey is one of the most shared preserving projects on the internet. Peeled cloves in a jar …
Fermentation Weights: The Fix for Floating Cabbage
Day three of your first sauerkraut, you lift the towel off the jar and the top inch of cabbage is …
Fermentation Lids: Airlock, Valve or Loose Ring
Every January somebody posts a photo of a kitchen counter with a pink puddle spreading out from under a jar …
Fermentation Jars: Which Size and Material to Use
The jar question usually arrives at the wrong moment. You have a head of cabbage shredded on the board, a …
Kombucha Brewing Kit: What a Starter Setup Needs
Kombucha needs less equipment than almost any other ferment, which is why the kits vary so wildly. One box is …
Kimchi Container: Onggi, Plastic or Glass for Your Fridge
Two things go wrong with kimchi in a regular food container. The whole refrigerator smells like it within a day, …
Fermenting Mistakes: Salt, Brine and That White Film
Nearly every first ferment goes wrong in one of four ways. The salt was measured by eye, the jar overflowed …
Bottling Fermented Hot Sauce Without the Pressure
You bottled the sauce on Sunday, gave four bottles away, and on Thursday somebody texts a photo of an orange …
Fermentation Kit: What Belongs in a Starter Set
Almost nobody starts fermenting with twenty five pounds of cabbage and a stone crock. They start with one head of …