Squash/Apple/Prune/Cranberry Lacto-Ferment

- 1/2 Small Red Kiri Squash unpeeled, seeded and chopped

- An equal quantity of Wild Apples chopped

- 1/2 package of Cranberries (frozen) chopped

- 9 Dried Prunes chopped

- 1/2 med non-organic onion chopped

- 4 leaves cabbage chopped

- 1 clove of garlic minced

- 1 Tbsp unrefined sea-salt

- 2 Tbsp of my apple/coconut mixture as a starter

After mixing everything together, I mashed it down then I let it sit for a few minutes, before transferring it to 2 liter mason jars, firmly packed to the shoulder.  This mixture ended up being fairly dry, but I was reluctant to add liquid as they always seem to generate plenty once they get going.  So I'll let them sit for a few hours in the cupboard to see how they are, then assess...  They developed enough moisture, so I just left them be in the cupboard -- a warm one for a day and then a cooler cupboard for 3 days.  I then transferred them to the fridge,  After a few hours I decided I wanted to taste it to see if the squash worked at all and whether the skin left on was OK.  It needed something, so I decided to add approx. a Tbsp. of the liquid from my Cucumber mix and about the same amount of water to each jar.  I stirred this in best I could, then put them back in the fridge...

In addition to wishing I'd grated the squash I felt this was still missing something, so after eating about 1/3 of the mixture in one of the jars, I added the following to this jar only, which became:

Squash #1A:

- 5 med. wild apples chopped

- frozen cucumber -- (about 1& 1/2 large cucumbers)  chopped

- 1 med. to large non-organic onion chopped

- 1 tsp unrefined sea salt

- 1/2 of one jar of my original squash mix

This filled 2 liter jars to the shoulder.  I left them in the warm cupboard for 1 day plus about 6 hours, until they'd broken the seal and I could see they were fermenting well, I then put them both into the fridge...

Squash #1B: 

- 2 non-organic mangos chopped

- 1 med. wild apple cored

- juice and pulp of one non-organic small lemon blended with the apple

- 1 rounded tsp. unrefined sea salt

- 1 med/large turnip grated

- 1 med/large non-organic red onion finely chopped

- clove of garlic minced

- most of one jar of my original squash mix

I mixed everything together and packed it into 2 liter mason jars and a 500 ml. jar filled to the shoulder.  I left them in the cupboard for 4 days, then put them in the fridge...