Fermented AF

They say it’s not a home until you’ve made it smell like farts. Recipe by but tested using in lieu of soy or fish sauce to make it .

Started about a year ago to experiment with . Today I got the result I’ve been after since a friend brought me from CA.

The hath returned. Poorly timed, so not a ton of flavor development but the dog had no complaints.

When you order 4 bags instead of 4 single jalapeño peppers, your mistakes, wait a bit, then count your .

Felt guilty for squandering peak cabbage/ season. Didn’t want to malign vegetables altogether so worked some cauliflower into mushroom .

Got 2.5 green tomatoes; proceeded to fry them. Skipping the batter = more tomato-y flavor and fewer dishes to wash when you’re already washing dishes all day every day. Ate these with sour cream and .

Sourdough tortilla + terrier timeline. Don’t have a tortilla press and was too hungry to roll by hand so I used my pasta roller with poor to mixed results.

Cucumber because are delicious.

http://fermentedaf.com/recipes/cucumber-kimchi/

Cucumber kimchi You can look up oi kimchi or oi sobagi (stuffed cucumber kimchi) if you’re looking for more precise measurements. I already let these cucumbers go a bit past their prime so I just tossed a bunch of…

Angry duck .
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Forgot to taste it last week but this ripened nicely after 4 weeks in the fridge. Only photographed with rice to prevent my friends from telling on me to their Korean moms for eating kimchi by itself. Not a faux pas in my uncouth book. Recipe by

Eat your carbs with colors with and .

https://fermentedaf.com/recipes/eat-your-carbs-with-colors/

Eat your carbs with colors Got some garlic scapes and a bunch of Thai basil in the CSA this week and decided to make pesto even though it’s my least ordered pasta sauce. Garlic scape and basil pesto: 1+ cup chopped garlic sc…

Baked a b. .

Did you know you can regrow and ? 1. Cut 2” base off the celery 2. Set in water until roots develop 3. Plant in soil 4. Put on a stalk. Voila.

fettuccine noodles with zucchini, garlic, red pepper flakes and Parmesan.
https://fermentedaf.com/recipes/sourdough-fettuccine-noodles/

Sourdough fettuccine noodles Sourdough pasta Sourdough starter discard (mine was fed but inactive, 138g)All purpose flour. 3–4 times the amount of your starter, more if the dough is sticky 2 eggsSalt (🤷🏻‍♀️, I didn’t add enoug…

Hanging onto even though it’s officially and hot af.
and made with and a lot of stirring.

I’m mature.

Spring is here, homemade is near.
https://fermentedaf.com/fun-with-fermentation/spring-is-here-homemade-sourdough-is-near/

Spring is here, homemade sourdough is near Here’s some store bought sourdough bread with cultured butter, accompanied by a Spring vegetable omelet smothered in zhoug. I was reunited with bread flour last week, and after a brief scare that I…

Deconstructed made with , vermouth and brine. Recipe in bio link in case you want to pretend is still a thing.

Deconstructed made with , vermouth and salsa brine. Recipe in bio link in case you want to pretend is still a thing.
https://fermentedaf.com/recipes/deconstructed-bloody-maria-made-with-fermented-salsa-brine/

Deconstructed Bloody Maria made with fermented salsa brine Recipe: 1.5 oz tequila, mezcal or agave — or vodka if you’d rather make a bloody mary 1.5 oz brine from fermented salsa1.5 oz dry vermouth Ice to chill it, and serve with if you want to emulate you…

— an easy meal with plenty of room for improvement and less tongue burns, hopefully.

— an easy meal with plenty of room for improvement and less tongue burns, hopefully.
http://fermentedaf.com/recipes/sourdough-scallion-pancakes/

Sourdough scallion pancakes Recipe 1 cup unfed sourdough starter1 stalk scallion that hopefully hasn’t wilted like mine did — more if you’re capable of planning ahead1/4 teaspoon saltSesame or neutral oil to fry with and even…

Some savoy cabbage to help me eat my colors.

Spicy Chinese . One day I’ll have enough of something to again. Until then, galore.
https://fermentedaf.com/recipes/spicy-stir-fried-noodles/

Spicy stir fried noodles I’ll be reunited with bread flour soon but wanted to give all purpose another shot for making Chinese noodles. I used less water this time and the texture was slightly better than the last soggy ba…

Eat , eat , eat ? At least it’s probably . Poor thing lived in my fridge for a week.
https://fermentedaf.com/food-is-good/eat-fresh-eat-local-eat-slugs/

Eat fresh, eat local, eat slugs? I was being super lazy, casually rinsing off a small head of lettuce and then tore it into pieces over my plate without bothering to dry the leaves. I poured a glug of olive oil and started to do a…

Ramp it up. Or green garlic? What’d you send me, ? Regardless this spaghetti with recipe was delicious.