Crazy, isn't it? Canning sounds like so much work, pickling is a snap... why isn't it more popular? If you're planning to keep the pickles all winter, I hope...
If someone has answered this question before, I am sorry I couldn't find it. I have a pickle crock (unknown age but probably 20 - 30 years old). Typical crock...
I dunno, but I have had crockery with internal cracks, which could be what you are seeing. But the color change disturbs me ... the older pottery was sometimes...
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I have been busy (and some might consider lazy!) lately and my kombucha has sat quite a long time. It has a thick scoby from many layer. Looks really nice......
All I can get here is store milk. Does this mean I can't get started in Kefir? I would love to try this for both Kefir and cheese. Can someone please explain...
John, you can buy and use organic milk in VT. Where are you? There are many small dairy farms and folks with 1 - 5 milking cows scattered around the state....
... Store milk makes fine kefir. Just get the stuff labeled "organic" because the other stuff seems to have antibiotics in it sometimes that can keep the...
Heather, Thank you for that information. Water Kefir, how do you use it, Do you put it in water or what? Thank you, John in VT ... From: Heather Twist...
"It has a thick scoby from many layers." Try peeling the layers apart and using just one in your next brew. I store my extra layers in a "hotel". Good luck, ...
John, I'm a little north of Montpelier. Over the past 10 years I've gotten raw mailk from four different sources at different times. It took a while to find...
... I had a milk kefir culture going for about 3/4 of a year using store-brand nonfat milk. It did fine, multiplied about 4x, and never got killed off by...
... You can put it in sugar water with some fruit, or fruit juice, or sugared ginger water. Mainly it wants sugar of some kind to grow (milk kefir eats sugar...
As long as there is no fuzzy or dry growth on it it should be OK. The mushroom should be firm and not fall apart, and the liquid should be really sour then all...
"What is a hotel? How do I set one up?" My hotel is simply an glass jar with several SCOBYs and enough finished kombucha to keep them wet. I cover it with 2...
Oh, I'll never try canning pickles again. I did that once and it was sure a PITA, and they pickles didn't even taste good. I had bought a bushel of pickling...
On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 7:33 PM, April McCart ... Pickled beets are wonderful. Since they have so much sugar, they tend to grow mold, so I gave up on them. I...
A scoby hotel is just a jar with some finished kombucha in it and as many scobys as will fit. You can use the scobys as skin conditioners in the tub or puree...
We have pickled beets with out any problem with mold. I don't know if it is because I use an innoculant or because I have not done as many batches as you,...
I figured. Thanks for the how to. :) Tracey ... From: Microbial_Nutrition@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Microbial_Nutrition@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Patti ...
Are these raw pickled beets? I'd be interested in trying these too. What books or websites do you recommend to learn about how to make fresh pickles and...
Thanks for the help. I tasted the seeping and it was salty. Who only knows how the entire crock was stored or used before I got it. Could have been that it...
Hi, I was just looking through my notebooks and found these raw recipes that I had copied off the web. I haven't tried any of them yet but I thought I would...
Awesome recipe! I just wanted to add that it is really, really easy to grow horseradish. I have two huge plants that I started from the top of a horseradish...
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