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Category Archives: Food
Fermenting the Harvests
The last few weeks I have been busy fermenting some of the veggies I have been harvesting recently. Fermenting is one of my favorite ways to preserve the harvests as well as to add extra flavor to things like cabbage … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Preserving
Tagged cabbage, kimchi, kohlrabi, lacto-fermentation, napa cabbage, sauerkraut
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Collard Kraut and Other Fermenting
This is the time of year I typically ferment a lot of vegetables from the garden. The cool fall weather provides good growing conditions for things like cabbage, kohlrabi and radishes, all of which are tasty when fermented. This year … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Preserving
Tagged collards, daikon radish, gochugaru, kimchi, lacto-fermentation, napa cabbage
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Greasy Beans, Half-Runners and Other Bean Talk
The last few years I’ve become fascinated with growing various types of heirloom pole beans. Many have interesting descriptive names like “greasy beans”, “cornfield beans” and “half-runners”. It was confusing to me at first, but I managed to learn the … Continue reading
Homemade Kimchi, Two Ways
The ingredients that follow are for the seasoning paste, and should make enough for a quart jar of kimchi. You can scale it up or down as needed, and I often double or triple it to make more than one … Continue reading