So, to no one in particular, “please don’t mind if the posts seem a little scattershot, maybe not finely-tuned, polished […]
Diary: Luxury life with scattershot actions amidst (in)consequential events Read Post »
While I’m here: wife came home from a work project (planting some saplings) with a couple cardboard boxes from a
Kitchen: anaerobic ferments, various (mostly in peanut butter jars) Read Post »
What follows are simply sundry odds and ends from mostly late Nov, (bit of early Dec). 2021 with an emphasis
Diary: DIY Firestarters, Vinegar, side cart… (+ usual supplements and hospital) Read Post »
Today: putting sauerkraut in jars, making chutney from persimmons, washing up dishes, drinking another coffee, making barley tea, there is
Kitchen: multi-purpose ginger, turmeric, chutney, kraut round-up Read Post »
Today-ish (amongst laundry, salads, coffees, bath and vacuuming…) * Setting up stereo (need sturdy table)* Making pickles (trying with kojo)
Diary: tasks (sundry = stereo, pickles, pre-school) Read Post »
Don’t call it a business, nor a side hustle, this is arts and crafts for gifts and kindness. This batch
Kitchen: Dave’s Pickles (“branded” as gifts, not a side-hustle) Read Post »
For the record, these are salt fermented though i did a couple with vinegar and sugar which are great too.
Kitchen: Brief guide to salt fermented pickles Read Post »
[continuing from: Kitchen: Umeboshi Time with Crock & Rocks (+ pickles & jam)] I know what you’re wondering, “but Dave,
Kitchen: Umeboshi update (drying after salting, before salting again) Read Post »
Re: making umeboshi (salted “plums”) – These tart and salty gems come in all sorts of sizes and various styles
Kitchen: Umeboshi Time with Crock & Rocks (+ pickles & jam) Read Post »
Another jar of pickles / fermented for 6 weeks and opened today #carrots (no, baby still waiting inside Hotel Ryoko)
Kitchen: pickle jars & exciting times Read Post »
Took a break from the kura sortganizing project (due to unexpected frustration & unresolved mysteries) and fermented some various vegetables
Kitchen: Vegetable Ferments Read Post »
Kaki (persimmon) perhaps the most under-appreciated fruit (to me at least). So interesting! Looks vaguely like a tomato with colour
Diary: Kaki / Permissions, various notes and projects Read Post »
Fermenting & Pickling Bonanza! Cucumbers, Daikon, Garlic, Peppers (various), Onion etc. Some anaerobic fermenting in seasalt brine. Some pickling in
Kitchen: Pickles and Ferments / Tsuchida Cottage (2 batches) Read Post »
