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For the second edition of making natto, I traded my homemade incubator (Styrofoam cooler with a light bulb) for a slow cooker. You can read about that in the post How to Ferment Natto. This one...
Read more →I started making dairy kefir again in December and I'm loving it. Not only do I like the taste, but I'm no longer buying containers of yogurt, which means I'm saving money. And unlike the crap kefir...
Read more →For my latest batch of ghee or clarified butter, depending upon where you draw the line, I put away the saucepan and plugged in the slow cooker. I loaded up the slow cooker with 2 pounds of unsalted...
Read more →Back in April, I built my own standing desk using boxes. It was a cheap hack, but it didn't last long, as the boxes began to warp after a week. Although I am still not convinced that a standing desk...
Read more →When I first read the recipes for paneer, my initial thought was "it can't be that easy". So I checked a few other recipes and confirmed that it was really a ridiculously easy thing to make. QFC had...
Read more →During my trip to Ohio, I noticed an interesting pattern regarding my nighttime headaches. When I stayed with my mom, with the exception of the gluten poisoning night, I didn't get headaches. When I...
Read more →A few weeks ago I came to the obvious conclusion that making fermented vegetables was a hobby that I was not going to get tired of anytime soon. I also realized that I was eating and gifting these...
Read more →My latest kitchen project was rendering lard using my Crock Pot. Using the slow cooker allowed me to leave the house and even go to sleep while it did its magic. Note that I had hoped to be finished...
Read more →Last year I made pickles for the first time. The problem was it wasn't a true Lacto-fermentation. All I did was dump pickling cucumbers into old pickle juice. Bathing cucumbers in pickling juice is...
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