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Sunday, August 15, 2010

A First Ferment


A gallon jar. A few handfulls of cucumbers. A couple grape leaves. Garlic. Pure sea salt and water (3 tablespoons to each quart of water - 'cause someone's gonna ask). A little weight. Time.

Before long I'll have the first batch of summertime half sours!

That's what I made today. Peace.

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19 comments:

  1. Vincent James PiaAugust 15, 2010 at 8:05 PM

    Yep... you're right... I was going to ask! ;-)

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  2. Dori TAugust 15, 2010 at 8:52 PM

    they will be so yummy

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  3. ReeniAugust 15, 2010 at 9:11 PM

    Delicious!

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  4. astitchintimeAugust 15, 2010 at 10:53 PM

    Yay for half sours :)

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  5. Healing WomanAugust 16, 2010 at 7:37 AM

    I love watching you reap and prepare all of the summers blessings.

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  6. Sarah KnightAugust 16, 2010 at 9:18 AM

    Interesting : )

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  7. KimAugust 16, 2010 at 11:05 AM

    yum

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  8. MeghannAugust 16, 2010 at 11:44 AM

    Wow, you make it look so easy :)

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  9. emilayusofAugust 16, 2010 at 1:22 PM

    wow! amazing! i enjoy reading your post!

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  10. Joanne OlivieriAugust 16, 2010 at 1:46 PM

    Ooh, sounds delicious. My mouth is watering.

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  11. AnonymousAugust 16, 2010 at 2:50 PM

    a nice make - never heard of half sours, they sound tastey! hmmn! didn't know what a quart was either :-/
    just googled it 1 quart = 2 pints i've learned something new today ;)

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  12. K(Banterings of a Basketcase)August 16, 2010 at 5:16 PM

    I woulda thought there was vinegar in there somewhere. Thanks for another great recipe.

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  13. DivaevaAugust 16, 2010 at 5:17 PM

    *imagining that first delicious crunchy bite!* yum!

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  14. Lainey ParkerAugust 16, 2010 at 7:18 PM

    My mouth is watering! Yum!

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  15. rose AKA Walk in the Woods - she/herAugust 16, 2010 at 9:03 PM

    Thanks all!

    Yeah - half sours are a product of natural - or Wild - fermentation. Like making sauerkraut with just cabbage and salt.

    It *really* is that easy. Not only that, but as far as I can tell, there are are no - nadda - zip - zilch - documented cases of food poisoning from this ancient process of preserving food. This, too, is Medicine of the People. :)

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  16. Tammie LeeAugust 17, 2010 at 4:59 PM

    oh yum yum yum, summer delights.

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  17. LeslieAugust 17, 2010 at 6:45 PM

    Yum yum yum!

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  18. JuliaAugust 17, 2010 at 11:34 PM

    YUM! :)

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  19. Campbell JaneAugust 18, 2010 at 2:06 AM

    Oh man those look good! I would like to crunch into one of those! I just drooled.

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