Cayenne Pepper Sauce
A couple weeks ago I made a good batch of pepper sauce, which we're still working on consuming. That batch was made out from peppers we found in the reduced-price produce aisle at the grocery store. They're tasty, but not my absolute favorite flavor. I think Justin...
Milk Kefir Photo Op…
A friend of mine posted a photo of her water kefir grains that she's brewing in a swing-top wire bale Le Parfait jar. I keep my brewed kefir in a Le Parfait jar, and it's so meta-perfect, that I thought I'd give it an opportunity to be as sexy as storing milk kefir...
Ginger Ale
We've poured our first batch of ginger ale, and it's pretty exciting. We made the wort out of ginger & sugar, then added lemon, vanilla and ginger bug when everything cooled. Because we keep our apartment cold by American standards (60F), we kept the ale on top...
The Great Chicken Tender…
I'm tending some chickens, and I hope to be great. A little side job came up for a backyard chicken / garden handyperson, and apparently, my boots fit the poops. Today was my first day, and it was supposed to rain, but never did. It was a bit more tha 50F, which was a...
Fire Cider Experiment
So a few months ago - or maybe even a year - there was some kind of scuffle going around the interwebz about this Fire Cider business. My favorite local herbalist was in a twist over some company trying to copyright the name "Fire Cider," which is an herbal...
Pomegranate Pluckin’
I love pomegranates. I mean, I really, really love them. A good pomegranate is tough to find until about Thanksgiving, and I can see they're already starting to lose their vigor and it's only early January. They are the thing that push me to enjoy the darkest days of...