Thank you Participants – WAR Workshop!

A heartfelt thank you to all participants of the Weil-am-Rhein Workshop; 1, 2, 3, 4, hier kommt Ingwerbier (und andere probiotische Kulturen)! It was my pleasure to assist you in experimenting with all the different cultures! Hopefully until some time...

Bread intolerance detector – results part I

I really hate that this section is called ‘part I’. Yes, indeed, unfortunately there will be more parts to this saga. One of the easiest ways I thought I would find out once and for all if I don’t tolerate gluten is to bake gluten-free bread....

“Wash your hands” today (and on all other days ;))

May 5th is the World Hand Hygiene Day! You may have heard of the increasing problems with antibiotic resistance. People casually entering the hospital for a routine surgery end up being infected with almost incurable bacterial infections. This problem is huge and on...

A simple cheese

I experimented with preparing a quick cottage cheese-like cheese with herbs. Thereto I used a relatively old milk kefir, (as opposed to fresh from the batch), from which I squeezed out most of the liquid using 2 towels. The resulting curd was put overnight for...

Low sugar and zero sugar KombuCandy alternatives

I tried started a new experiment with low sugar and zero sugar alternatives to KombuCandy.. The marination phase is almost over, and tomorrow dehydration will start!! :) *feeling very excited* Read more on the Kombucha page