Monday, August 21, 2017

Making Sauerkraut


Making Sauerkraut

First off I have to admit to being a bit of a foodie and I love Sauerkraut but getting naturally fermented sauerkraut here in the UK in my experience impossible and if you can it tends to be expensive. So I went and had a look on YouTube for some instructions on how to do it, and my first efforts worked well. I’ve just made another batch and took pictures as I was doing it. So this is a how to show on making Sauerkraut.

Just to say that this is about making basic sauerkraut but you can add additional flavours with garlic, other veg and spices at some point I will try chilli but this week I want the clean taste of a basic sauerkraut.

Sunday, August 20, 2017

Making Bramble Jelly


Hi again, its the time of the year when I turn my hand to foraging and making Jelly from the local wild brambles.

The season has started early here in the UK so I’ve already produced over 60 jars of bramble jelly this year with more to come. Thankfully I have people who donate old jam jars for reuse during the year which I store for this very time of the year so I have not had any problems with jars for storage.