What Is Fermenting? Fermentation is the process of converting carbohydrates to alcohol or organic acids using microorganisms such as yeast or bacteria—usually under anaerobic conditions. Fermenting is a natural occurrence, meaning that it can and does happen without humans doing anything. Sometimes grapes or berries will drop off the vine …
Apple season is upon us. Time for cider, pie, and applesauce. For my family, it’s a fun time picking from our favorite wild apple trees and comparing them to the varieties we find at the university orchard. This has been an odd year for apples. Many of our favorite trees …
Fermenting is being revived because of its tremendous health benefits, but historically people have fermented food to preserve it. Nutrition is a relatively new discipline; it is only recently that people have become concerned with the nutritional value of what they are eating, in the past they were more concerned with …
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