What are you fermenting today?

[freemotion]

Hmmmm.....I think I'd give it more time, maybe another week if you have the patience. You could start another batch, too, if you don't have the patience! I don't think I'd add to it, though, because if it is not a scoby forming on top but rather, mold, you would just be wasting another bottle of kombucha.

I would avoid tasting it at this point until/unless you see a clear scoby forming. You will know it when you see it. It will take on a pleasant sour yeasty smell, too.

 

[big brown horse]

Raining here too. I found both yellow and brown mustard seed is available at our local food co-op. I'm going to get some of each next week! Yay!!

WHAT?!! So that is where it has been!! I would like you and freemotion to return our weather immediately!

 

[Farmfresh]

I am ready to be rid of it! Not so much the rain but it has been darned cool around here.

I slept with a QUILT last night!!! My tomatoes are not happy about it and neither are my peppers. Where is good old 75 and 80 degree July nights?

Oh... That's right free has them!

 

[freemotion]

Not anymore, it rained all day today, so we only had about a week of summer. We never put our window AC's in except in the bedroom, where we hardly ran it. I never took the windows out of my barn. Why bother now? Sheesh!

I got a batch of mustard done, only yellow mustard this time, so hopefully it won't be too hot. I did two batches of ginger ale in one quart swing-top bottles.

I have a 4 lb cheddar that I am drying and salting for a couple more days until I can wax it, and I have a couple of gallons of kombucha to bottle, then I will switch over to making a gallon a week like I used to.

I also have kefir always working, I wanted to reduce production but dh suddenly decided he loved it and is going through it like crazy. We both noticed a change in our bodies within the first week. He says he craves it and just feels so "healthy" after drinking it. I am starting to crave it, it has made a difference in my cranky digestion, and I had a pretty good detoxification from it. The kefir is a keeper!

 

[Wifezilla]

WZ, where will you get the fish sauce? I have no idea where to begin looking

I can get it at any of my local grocery stores. Of course, we are near a military base and have a pretty diverse population. I have even seen it at Walmart over by the asian foods on a few occasions.

 

[Dace]

like Wifey said... Asian isle in the market.

 

[freemotion]

Never even thought to look there. Well, I think I will still wait on WZ's ketchup!!! Let someone else be the guinea pig for a change!

 

[Henrietta23]

Raining here too. I found both yellow and brown mustard seed is available at our local food co-op. I'm going to get some of each next week! Yay!!

WHAT?!! So that is where it has been!! I would like you and freemotion to return our weather immediately!

Wish we could! Walking in my bird pen is like walking on a muddy sponge. Really quite disgusting. I don't think it will ever dry out. I expect to hear on the news tonight that we broke all rainfall records for the month of July.

 

[freemotion]

I now have dough fermenting overnight....a double batch of pie dough, and a double batch of noodle dough. I got a bunch of wheat ground into flour, so tomorrow I will do the artisan bread recipe for making pizza, and I want to make some naan and see how that works for quick pizza, like classic english muffin pizza. English muffins are cooked on a griddle, just like naan.

I will have some company in 2-3 weeks, so want to be prepared with foods that are closer to what they are used to....but with much better ingredients! I'm thinking pizza and lasagna (teenage boys involved here) and a peach pie if there are any early peaches by then.

 

[Wifezilla]

The ketchup is in the jar. I tasted it and it was good. The clove flavor was strong and I think it needs a splash of vinegar. Other than that, it is pretty tasty. I did add a bit of splenda since I am out of erythritol. Only 2 tsp. I think I will live

Now to try a batch of mustard.

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Just finished the mustard. WOWZA!!! That is HOT! Apparently I had radio active mustard seeds in the cupboard...LOL
Hubby liked it though.