"Vegetable ferments" refers to the process of using bacteria and yeast to convert vegetables into a fermented product, such as sauerkraut or kimchi. This process preserves the vegetables and adds a tangy or sour taste to them.
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The Europeans also still enjoy many types of foods that contain probiotics including milk products as well
as vegetable ferments.
The book covers
vegetable ferments such as sauerkraut, kimchi, and sour pickles; bean ferments including miso, tempeh, dosas, and idli; dairy ferments including yogurt, kefir, and basic cheesemaking (as well as vegan alternatives); sourdough bread - making; other grain fermentations from Cherokee, African, Japanese, and Russian traditions; extremely simple wine - and beer - making (as well as cider -, mead -, and champagne - making) techniques; and vinegar - making.
The authors, Kirsten and Christopher Shockey observe: «We have devoted ourselves to researching ancient accounts of meals around the world, deconstructing hot sauces and rebuilding them with new
custom vegetable ferments, and doing a lot of testing on the plate.
After
letting vegetables ferment on the kitchen counter for about a week, you can then transport them to the fridge to preserve them and start enjoying them by taking only one tablespoon at a time.
These
include vegetable ferments such as fermented cabbage and Korean kimchi as well as bean ferments including Indonesian Tempeh and miso.
As
the vegetables ferment, do not be tempted to open the jar.
We use their peppery leaves in salads, stir - fries and have found it adds an incredible dimension to sauerkrauts and
vegetable ferments.
As always, I don't use whey as a starter in
my vegetable ferments, for it's not necessary — I talked about why in great details in my wild fermented salsa recipe.
We use WILD Fermentation in all
our vegetable ferments.
Sally Fallon most definitely does not support a solely vegetarian diet so if you are vegetarian, this book, though excellent on dairy and
vegetable ferments, is probably not a worthwhile investment.
Many such as probiotic yogurt, milk kefir and
vegetable ferments (e.g. fermented cabbage, also known as sauerkraut) are rich in nutrients and / or fiber.
specialty foods — There are real food businesses cropping up everywhere that specialize in certain handcrafted, high quality real foods like bone broth, kombucha,
vegetable ferments, pates, and dried and fermented meats.
Be on the lookout in the New Year as we release more flavours to accompany our range of high quality probiotic sauerkrauts, kimchi,
vegetable ferments, dips and yoghurts.
Phase 1 — homemade meat or fish stock, cooked vegetables (not starchy veggies like potatoes or sweet potatoes), homemade soup with stock and veggies, bone marrow, juice from
a vegetable ferment, fermented dairy (whey, sour cream, kefir, yogurt), if tolerated, specific herbal teas