Paul Bates

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A Few Great Fermentation Videos

I wanted to give you guys some great videos to watch while I’m preparing my next podcast on Permaculture and what it has to do with Fermentation. Fermentation is such a broad topic and just by visiting my Pinterest page you’ll notice the large umbrella that fermentation covers. From sauerkraut to pickles to homebrew beer …

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Pickled Okra Recipe

Today I go over how to pickle okra with a good recipe that I think flavors it well. Okra, that long, crunchy, fresh vegetable that ends up being so slimy in the end. I had never really liked okra because of the slime issue and I still find it slightly creepy, but it grows so …

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Episode 5 – Getting Started in Fermentation

Today I want you to get started in fermentation with some simple ideas and fermentation recipes in several fermented foods categories. Everyone has to start somewhere, but just like the key to getting anywhere in life, the answer is that you have to start doing SOMETHING. The journey of 1000 miles starts with a single …

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Watermelon Soda Recipe

Summer in Florida for me means it’s time for watermelons, and recently that’s started to turn into making watermelon soda!  I had never tasted homemade watermelon soda before but the pictures of it always enticed me.  That beautiful slightly red glow to it with that little bit of carbonation just seemed too much for me …

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Episode 4 – How to Make Ginger Beer and Lacto-Fermented Soda

Today I wanted to cover how to make ginger beer, how to make lacto-fermented soda, and some of the benefits of drinking ginger beer (or ginger ale). The history behind ginger beer is long and somewhat obscure but there’s no doubt of it’s popularity and it’s great taste. Also, once you know how to make …

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What to do with Pickle Juice and Uses for Leftover Brine

What can you do with leftover pickle juice or any of the fermented brines that we’ve all come to have in abundance when you get into fermenting? I mean you don’t just pour it out do you?  Do you?!? This is something I quickly began to think about as soon as I had multiple jars …

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Episode 3 – Nourishing Traditions Book Review

Today I do a book review on Nourishing Traditions by Sallon Fallon and Mary Enig. This book has been held in high regards by many homesteaders, fermentation enthusiasts, and generally by several people who want to eat more naturally and back to the earth. While I don’t agree with everything in the book, I feel …

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Homemade Dill Pickle Recipe

Dill pickles! Most of us love them and we all know what a store bought pickle tastes like, but how about learning how to make real, old-fashioned, homemade dill pickles using simply a salt brine? It’s not as hard as you might think and takes such a short amount of actual “work time” that I think …

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Episode 2 – Homemade Lacto-Fermented Dill Pickles

On today’s show I want to show you how to make homemade dill pickles the lacto-fermentation way. This is one of the first things I got started fermenting and one of the most flavorful things that I enjoy all the time on sandwiches or snacks etc. I hope to convince at least a few of you …

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Episode 1 – Welcome to The Fermentation Podcast!

I want to welcome you to The Fermentation Podcast. I never thought I’d ever create a podcast but I feel in the fermentation space there’s a gap of knowledge and community that appears to be missing in the mainstream. I hope to get people excited about fermentation and everything related to it. I bring a …

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