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Kate Cone Brancaccio's avatar

I love this Kristen! Thanks for the work you do. I recently made a Kim-kraut and one jar is in the fridge. I’ll see if it’s still edible. I made it a bit too spicy!

I have a bowl of tiny San Marzano tomatoes. Can I ferment a few?

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Kirsten K. Shockey's avatar

Hi Cate, Thank you. I am delighted you enjoyed this. One idea on when things are too spicy is to just add it to some fresh cabbage to spread out the heat when you eat it -- like a coleslaw with fresh and fermented. You can eat it fresh that way or even let it ferment again. It is like using what you have as a starter.

As far as those tomatoes, yes, you can make a fermented salsa for example.

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Vicki Hames's avatar

Thank you for a glimpse into a lovely part of the world. I also enjoyed the encouragement and inspiration to ferment… I’m headed out to the garden to pick a giant bunch of cilantro for a batch of Cilantro Coconut Sauce 💚

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Leon S's avatar

oooh this sounds interesting, is it a ferment or simply a blend of grated coconut, ginger, cilantro etc etc (just looking through a few search results)

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Kirsten K. Shockey's avatar

It’s a fermented sauce from the 10th anniversary edition of Fermented Vegetables. It’s with coconut milk but don’t have it in my mind exactly at the moment.

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Kirsten K. Shockey's avatar

Thank you. And oh yes to the Cilantro Coconut sauce. I need to get my fall planting of cilantro in so that I can also make that again--It has been a while. Enjoy. 💚

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Leon S's avatar

Lovely to step into your world for a few minutes! I hope those wildfires die out soon and you get some more rains to keep things hydrated.

We had almost 14” of rain in June, mostly in two downpours!

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Kirsten K. Shockey's avatar

Thanks, we hope the same. Nice to hear from you Leon and sounds like life continues to thrive in your world.

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