9/20/2019 – This ferment has 25% less crushed peppers and no cayenne like No. 5. It does include 4 garlic cloves. After about 3.5 months on the top shelf of the little pantry we tried them and they were great. … Continue reading
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We liked the No. 5 so remade it–again without the garlic. This was with two heads of cabbage that, based on past work, I expected to fill two 1/2 gallon jars. We let it sit with the salt and seasoning … Continue reading
9/1/2019 – We made two different ferments with Sweet Banana peppers and Hot Hungarian Wax peppers from our garden. They should have been based on our first pepper ferment, done in a hurry while pickling peppers but we did not … Continue reading
About 8/20/2019 – In late September, we opened a pint jar of fermented banana peppers with seasonings, onion, and a few red pepper slices. It was really good. Came back here to find the entry and could not. So, below … Continue reading
8/10/2019 – The 4th batch had too much dill and was not as nice as the 3rd which we liked a lot. So, this batch uses the same amount of dill as the third. Instead of 2 tbsp of lemon … Continue reading
8/05/2019 – The second and third ferments turned out very good. The row of okra in the garden daily produces 10-15 more small tender okra pods. We now have enough to make a quart and a pint. This ferment turned … Continue reading
7/19/2019 – Mary trimmed the stems from fresh small okra pods from our garden. She stuffed them tightly into a wide-mouth pint jar with garlic chunks. On 7/23/2019 we tried them. They were crunchy and had a good flavor that … Continue reading
7/16/2019 – Jalapeno peppers fresh from our garden. Stemmed and cut in half leaving seeds. Add three cloves of garlic to each of the two pints. Tried them after a week and they are painfully hot. Tried them a week … Continue reading
7/16/2019 – The ferment is essentially the same as our second that had been made in Houston on 10/15/2017 with a 6% brine and store-bought peppers and carrots. This time we used jalapenos grown in our garden and picked the … Continue reading
8/11/2019 – This journal entry will be left up even though both ferments were a total failure. In both cases, the cucumbers were soft and almost mushy. The dill flavor was lost in the ferment taste. The second ferment was … Continue reading