Category: Fermentation

Fermentation is not a fast process.  There are no fermentation recipes found in microwave cookbooks so when I say fast I mean “faster than normal”.  To make yogurt fast you need to...

I love hot food.  Hot sauce, spicy mustard and cayenne pepper are a standard in my kitchen.  The flavors of the various peppers are very individual along with the intensity of the...

There is nothing like biting into a nice cool crunchy fermented pickle.  The flavor just explodes in the mouth as the lactic acid, salt and umami spreads throughout the mouth.  Pickles are...

Hot peppers are a fun and interesting fruit to ferment.  They come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes and temperature ratings.  The amount of sugar found in the fruit is the real...

Yogurt has a slightly tangy flavor accompanied by sweetness from the leftover sugar in the milk so when you add it to a bowl of fruit or on top of cereal it provides a nice tangy addition to the...

There are few things in the kitchen which are as versatile as vinegar.  It is used in recipes, cleaners, food preservation, sanitation and in some cases even medicine.  It is prevalent in...