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Fermenting Forays

Informative, entertaining, practical and fun sessions to help you on your fermented foods and drink journey. To me, the WHY is as important as the HOW, so we will talk about some science, as well as doing some very hands-on ferment creation.

 

UPCOMING FORAYS

 
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FERMENTED VEGETABLE FORAY
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FERMENTED VEGETABLE FORAY
65.00

DATE: Friday 15 November 2019
TIME: 10am - 2pm ish
LOCATION: Held in Wells, Somerset

An enriching and eye-opening morning awaits you.

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FERMENTED DRINKS FORAY
FERMENTED DRINKS FORAY
55.00

DATE: Friday 29 May 2020
TIME: 10am - 2pm ish
LOCATION: Held in Wells, Somerset

A mind-expanding morning of microbes awaits you.

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FERMENTED VEGETABLE FORAY
FERMENTED VEGETABLE FORAY
65.00

DATE: Friday 5 June 2020
TIME: 10am - 2pm ish
LOCATION: Held in Wells, Somerset

An enriching and eye-opening morning awaits you.

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ADVENTUROUS FERMENTATION
ADVENTUROUS FERMENTATION
85.00

DATE: Friday 19 June 2020
TIME: 11.30am to 5.30pm
LOCATION: 92 St Thomas Street, Wells BA5 2UZ

Hosted with my partner-in-brine, Katie Venner of Tracebridge Fermentarium.

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Fermenting Forays on Tour


If you would like me to come to you to hold a Foray, I would be pleased to do so. This works well in small groups, where the experience is very hands-on or equally well in larger groups, where I do more of the “doing” and you do the watching, although some hands-on audience participation is still involved

If you would like to know more, please contact me so that I can get a better idea of your requirements and give you some idea of the cost.

 
 
ORGANIC ORANGE PEEL AND PITH. Packed with antioxidants that help prevent us from rusting on the inside. AND it contains essential oils that are anti-inflammatory and anti microbial. It is bitter too, which helps to stimulate the liver into action, producing bile and getting rid of toxins. I am making a tincture but I am also making a ferment with it. There is just one (or two at a push) spaces on the November Fermenting Foray if anyone is curious to find out more. Link in bio. #antioxidants #peel #food #veg #fruit #health #fermentation #experimentation #fun #somerset #wells #somersetfoodie #sauerkraut #sourpower
I am studying infectious diseases and their transmission at the moment and this paper caught my eye. A fomite is a physical thing that might spread infection. They tested the mobile phones of hospital workers for microbial contamination compared to the phones of non-hospital workers. Over 99% of hospital workers’ phones harboured potential pathogens and in numbers much higher than on the phones of the likes of you and I. They only found antibiotic-resistant microbes on the hospital workers’ phones. A key means of preventing infection is through hygiene - handwashing. It is important that we all remember this in an era of increasing antibiotic resistance. And it is ok to ask your GP/Consultant/Nurse to wash his/her hands if you are not confident they have already done so. #handwashing #hygiene #mobilephones #dirtyphones #pathogens #antibioticresistance #microbes
Now you can make your own record-breaking sauerkraut. The Sauerkrautathon sauerkraut recipe is on the Wondergut website. Link in bio #sauerkrautathon #bbcradio6music #fermentation #sauerkraut #fermentedfoods #guthealth #cabbage #fennel #fun #community #somerset
I think about this a lot. Beauty. And the definition of it. And what our society is doing to bastardise it and cause us to feel we don’t measure up aesthetically. Especially as a female. Especially after child birth. Or child births. Especially as we mature and grow unexpected beards (and nipple beards). Especially if we need surgery for cancer or are scarred by any other illness we have had to deal with. ESPECIALLY IF LIFE HAPPENS TO US. If we live and laugh and cry and love and suffer loss and illness and our body shows the marks of our incredible and unique journey. So I was moved when my friend @jothirsk told me I should read this poem. That it had made her think of me. THIS. THIS is how we are beautiful. In our own unique way. #beauty #health #culture #uniqueness #definingmyself #mentalhealth
A honey kvass with raspberries, blueberries, mint, lemon balm and honey fresh from my friend’s hive 🐝. The taste is so deliciously delicate - ready for my guinea pigs tomorrow. #fermenting #fruit #honey #kvass #herbs
Yes,@tracebridge and I, along with a fabulous team of sponsors (@riverfordeastsomerset @yeovalley @symproveyourlife ) volunteers and choppers are delighted to confirm that we have set the first ever #guinnessworldrecord for the largest serving of sauerkraut. Together 250 of us made 359.6kgs of delicious pink sauerkraut at @wells_food_festival in 2018 But the real aim of #sauerkrautathon was to encourage more people to incorporate fermented foods into their lives by showing them how easy and cheap they are to make and how delicious they taste. Over the weekend @theculturedclub sent me details of a similar record set in Seoul (they held their event a few weeks after us!) for the most number of people making Kimchi (the main Korean fermented dish). And they had over THREE THOUSAND volunteers making over NINETY TONNES of kimchi, that was then distributed to food banks and to the needy. This just evidences the difference between holding such an event in a country where fermenting veg. is embedded in a culture compared to in a country where it is NOT. The homeless charities and food bank we approached refused our free sauerkraut (which was made in accordance with food hygiene standards) because they said people wouldn’t eat it. Some cafes in Wells refused it too (we were giving it away free) for the same reason. Clearly, there is work to do people!! #sauerkrautathon #sauerkrautpeople #fermentation #fermentedfoods #lactofermentation #microbes #gut #guthhealth #sourpower #somerset #somersetfood #wellsfoodie #realfood #health #bacteria #nutrition #veg #vegpower #gutmicrobes #probiotics #prebiotics #community #symbiosis #bettertogether #guinnessworldrecord #fun
Yes,@tracebridge and I, along with a fabulous team of sponsors (@riverfordeastsomerset @yeovalley @symproveyourlife ) volunteers and choppers are delighted to confirm that we have set the first ever #guinnessworldrecord for the largest serving of sauerkraut. Together 250 of us made 359.6kgs of delicious pink sauerkraut at @wells_food_festival in 2018 But the real aim of #sauerkrautathon was to encourage more people to incorporate fermented foods into their lives by showing them how easy and cheap they are to make and how delicious they taste. Over the weekend @theculturedclub sent me details of a similar record set in Seoul (they held their event a few weeks after us!) for the most number of people making Kimchi (the main Korean fermented dish). And they had over THREE THOUSAND volunteers making over NINETY TONNES of kimchi, that was then distributed to food banks and to the needy. This just evidences the difference between holding such an event in a country where fermenting veg. is embedded in a culture compared in a country where it is NOT. The homeless charities and food bank we approached refused our free sauerkraut (which was made in accordance with food hygiene standards) because they said people wouldn’t eat it. Some cafes in Wells refused it too (we were giving it away free) for the same reason. Clearly, there is work to do people!! #sauerkrautathon #sauerkrautpeople #fermentation #fermentedfoods #lactofermentation #microbes #gut #guthhealth #sourpower #somerset #somersetfood #wellsfoodie #realfood #health #bacteria #nutrition #veg #vegpower #gutmicrobes #probiotics #prebiotics #community #symbiosis #bettertogether #guinnessworldrecord #fun
Together, we DID it!!! Yes, with the help of around 250 volunteers and choppers, @tracebridge and I have set the FIRST EVER Guinness World Record for the largest serving of sauerkraut at 359.6kgs in just 6 hours (plus 11 days fermentation) and in so doing, we taught over 150 people how to make sauerkraut. WHAT a claim to fame!!! We are so very grateful for all the fantastic support we received to make our (slightly crazy) vision a reality. @riverford @riverfordeastsomerset - veg and moral support, @yeovalley - fantastic partner-in-brine and @symproveyourlife - believing we could do it and helping make it happen. Not to mention all our other wonderful sponsors, volunteers and the choppers themselves. We didn’t do it for the record though, we did it to spread the word about the importance of gut health and the role of delicious, easy to make and cheap ferments in supporting gut health. So we are a little unique (surprise, surprise) in wanting someone to break our record as soon as possible. Because in doing so, even more people will be taught how to ferment. If you want to be a record-breaking kraut-maker, contact us and we will share all we have learned to help you do it!! And if you want to find out more and see photos of the whole event, head on over to Sauerkrautathon.com. Dedication, dedication, dedication’s what you need, if you want to be a record-breaking kraut-maker! #Sauerkrautathon #sauerkrautpeople #fermentation #fermentedfoods #lactofermentation #microbes #gut #guthhealth #sourpower #somerset #somersetfood #wellsfoodie #realfood #health #bacteria #nutrition #veg #vegpower #gutmicrobes #probiotics #prebiotics #community #symbiosis #bettertogether #guinnessworldrecord #fun #brexit #foodactivism #activists
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