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The Fermentation Adventure & YouTube Channel Launch!

Hello my fermenting friends! I have exciting news! I’m back in the world of fermentation now joined by my wife Sarah! I’ve officially updated The Fermentation Podcast to The Fermentation Adventure. We’ve also launched a YouTube Channel! We’d love for you to subscribe and appreciate your support! So why the name change? Being branded as …

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Spicy Fermented Carrot Sticks Recipe

Can you ferment carrots? Of course you can! I’ve seen several recipes for fermented carrots and finally decided to try it. I wasn’t sure exactly what to expect when these would be finished but I can tell you it’s worth trying if you like pickles. I like spicy and I also like dill so I …

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Thanksgiving Ferments in Progress

After putting together the Thanksgiving show last week, I figured I’d take a picture of a few of the things I have going that I’ll be serving up for Thanksgiving. Of course I always have a to have some dill pickles on hand since they taste so good, but along with the normal pickles, I …

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Kefirko Questions for Friday’s Show

I’m interviewing the creators of the Kefirko tomorrow morning on The Fermentation Podcast. I have some questions I was going to ask, but do you have any questions you’d want me to ask them for you so you can hear it from them on Friday’s show? The Kefirko is the container / strainer that helps …

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Resources, Sandor Katz Interviews Audio & Video

I thought I might start putting together some resources that I think will help people in getting started in fermentation. The more people out there fermenting, the more great recipes and know-how we can get into the general public again! I’ll start putting somewhat of a knowledge base of how-to’s and some links to helpful …

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What to do with Jalapenos and Using Fermentation

What should I do with this beautiful bowl of jalapenos? Should I make pickled peppers? Hot sauce? Or should I try my new idea of making pickle salt but instead, make a spicy pickled pepper salt? I recently published my Fermented Jalapeno Hot Sauce Recipe and explained how to do it in Episode 12 – How to Make …

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Dehydrating Pickles & Fermented Dill Pickle Salt Recipe

Dehydrated pickles? Did I just go there? That’s right, you can dehydrate ferments and at first taste, you might be tempted to toss them, but wait! There’s a good use for those extremely strong, salty, tangy flavors and you’ll see what I mean when you try my “Fermented Pickle Salt Recipe” which you could also think …

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Compost, Fermentation, & Building Soil Nutrients

What do you do with your food scraps from your kitchen? Do you compost them, harnessing the power of fermentation, or do you let those nutrients slip away from your home nutrient cycle and it’s out with the garbage, losing them forever? If you want to build rich, black, amazingly fluffy soil that you can …

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Fermented Jalapeno Hot Sauce Recipe

DISCLOSURE: This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I get a commission if you decide to make a purchase through my links, at no cost to you. Please read my disclosure for more info. I’ve had a lot of people asking for my Fermented Jalapeno Hot Sauce Recipe and also just asking in general “How do you make homemade …

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Sandor Katz FERMENT Short Film

Recently there was a short film made with Sandor Katz called “FERMENT” created by Joe Zork, presented by the Southern Foodways Alliance, in association with the Southern Documentary Project. There are many videos of Sandor Katz but this one has a very personal, relaxed feel where you just see Sandor in his home element. The …

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