We are fully into summer and enjoying all the summer crops! This is a perfect time to explore ferments outside of your normal sauerkraut recipe. Fermenting summer veggies is a great way to save some of that summer feeling for later in the year when you are cursing the snow outside. We recently had a table at the Gallmeyer Farms Sweet Corn and Watermelon festival (Nothing says "summer" like sweet corn and watermelon!), and I wanted to make a ferment just with Gallmeyer's veget
Did you know that traditionally, condiments were nearly all, if not completely fermented foods? Think of pickles, sauces, vegetable dishes like sauerkraut or kimchi, or imagine anything that goes on a charcuterie board- cheeses, sausages, olives, and mustards. All of these are, or started out as, fermented foods. It was a way to preserve foods with important nutritional content for use throughout the year, as well as a way to add a variety of flavor elements to the meal. Trad