Listen to this episode HERE
Have you ever wondered if you can make any of the fermented foods you buy in the grocery store? We are here to tell you, YES! You can. In this episode we starting our food series. We will be coming back to this topic often.
In our family, we are foodies. We love to cook and bake. We also love to eat!! This drives our desire to make better and better foods. One thing we discovered a few years ago was fermenting. Fermenting is basically encouraging good bacteria and yeasts to change the chemical properties of food. Wine is a good example of fermenting. Traditionally made sauerkraut is another. There are many many more. We will get to some of them in future episodes.
Today, we focused our attention on apple cider vinegar. There are a couple of different ways of going about making apple cider vinegar. All of them start with, get some apples. We discussed the pros and cons of each method.
We didn’t mention in the episode how we store our fermented foods. This is the gallon jar we use HERE. Another more economical option are these. The glass is a little thinner on them but if you’re careful with them they work just fine. Half gallon Ball jars work really well for this too. Those can be purchased HERE. We definitely recommend glass over plastic. Plastic can leach chemicals into your food if left in contact with the acid for too long.
Be on the lookout for a blog post soon with written instructions for making apple cider vinegar.
Check out the first episode in our gardening series HERE Starting a garden is a great way to have food to ferment.
Have you fermented any foods? Send us an email to wifestylehustle@gmail.com and tell us about it! Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) at Wifestyle Hustle.
Music is by Oliver Massa. It is called Weekend Chores.
