Some of my fermentation fervor originates with a doomsday prep impulse. I want to have good food when zombies make grocery shopping inconvenient. 4 days later Scrap Vinegar I read about scrap vinegar some weeks ago and decided to give it a try. Vinegar is such an essential ingredient, useful for cleaning too! The idea that I can make it myself is really appealing. It’ll be a lifesaver someday when zombies make…

Eggs! Eggs! Eggs! Completely obsessed. Here are three clay ostrich eggs I made with the plaster mold from our last craft day: Obviously, the next step is to bring together crafting and pickling! I started with this recipe. It’s salt by volume (argh!) so I converted to metric and weight. 17g salt / 118 ml = 14%  Dang that’s very salty! I don’t think lactobacilli can thrive in that, can they? Another recipe said 1T  salt with 1c water,…

Way back in 2015 Kathy and Allan gave me a couple ostrich eggs. I’ve been semi-obsessed with them but slow to scratch my creative itch. A couple years ago I made a latex mold… and forgot to add keys so the two halves fit together properly! Har har. Today K&A had us over for craft day so it was a perfect chance to play with eggs again. This time I made a…