Fermted Bananas 001

Mood = relaxed / focused Moon = First Quarter This ferment takes around 5 days, was adapted from this recipe and should makes the bananas tangy and probiotic! note : I used a bit of Kopmbucha as my starter culture.

Vitch

Got Vitch painted !

Getting into making puppets !

In the spirit of giving some new hobbies a try I've been making some hand puppets.

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Whey hey hey

Today I'm extracting whey from organic full fat yogurt for use in probiotic drinks.

It's really easy to do + you get left with the curd which is tasty !

First plonk the yogurt in a piece of cloth and hang so it drips into a container

What drips out is the Whey !

This is the Curd that's left in the cloth !

 

I used the whey to make limeaid and fermented apple/mango/peach/pink peppercorn drink, which will be ready in a 5 days or so (or longer if you want to develope the flavour) ..

I used the curd to make a curd and dehydrated olive dip which was delicious and then also made a mango curd ice cream (which was nice but went all crystaly after being frozen for some reason)

Closed

Standing in a closed supermarket for five seconds stretched out to an hour. I've never seen Sainsburys in this mood ...

Sourdough Baking

I acquired some sourdough starter the other day in an attempt to reignite my love of baking. The first loafs i made were crusty and tasty but did not rise well at all for some reason. These are my second attempts in which i used a rye starter with white flour and baked it in a casserole pan at the highest temperature my oven would go.

Making this bread does take time as you must fold it every half an hour or so for 6 hours but i find it is a pleasant and relaxing activity, seeing it grow and develop and change texture. Also it's so cheap to make and loads more interesting than the stuff from the shops.