Grapefruit Mix Lacto-Ferment - My 3rd Ferment... Still Feeling My Way...

- 800 ml. chopped non-organic grapefruit (I wasn't too careful about using all of the juice, because it was VERY juicy...)

- a generous handful of currants (hoping this might soak up some of the juice from the grapefruit)

- 3/8 cup chopped frozen cranberries

- 1 med. wild apple cored and finely diced

- 3 tsp + 1/2 tsp. unrefined sea salt

- 1+ tsp. of my Mango Chutney as a starter

This made enough to fill a liter mason jar to about 1" from the rim.  I initially mixed in the 3 tsp. of salt, but after putting this in the jar and seeing how high up it came, I added the extra 1/2 tsp  stirring  it into the top portion only.

I decided this was too salty, so after 3 1/2 days of fermenting I added:

- 800 ml. chopped non-organic grapefruit (again I wasn't too careful about using all of the juice, because it was VERY juicy...)

- a generous handful of raisins (hoping this might soak up more of the juice from the grapefruit)

- 3/8 cup chopped frozen cranberries

- 1/4 cup chopped frozen rhubarb

- 1 med. wild apple cored and finely diced

I repacked this into 2 liter mason jars, filled to the shoulder and left them in the cupboard to ferment... There was extra juice left over so I packed this separately and left this in the cupboard too.  I'll use it as starter... I left all 3 jars in the cupboard to ferment at room temperature for a day, then packed the mixtures down into the liquid and put the jars in the fridge ...  I don't think I'll do this one again either... Although the grapefruit is OK as a ferment, I'm not really very keen on it's taste when it's used as a main ingredient.  It can be good though if used sparingly with other more prominent ingredients supplying most of the flavor.

Carrot, & Apple Etc. Lacto-Ferment - Done Mon. July 27/15

- 1 Granny Smith apple diced

- 1 Pink Lady apple diced 

- 3 non-organic Gala apples peeled and diced

- 2 med. zucchini diced

- 3 medium non-organic onions diced

- approx. 1/2 of a 2 lb. bag of carrots plus 1 large yellow& 1 med. red carrot grated

- 1/2 small celery root (celeriac) grated

- 1 small turnip grated

- 1/2 cup raisins

- 2 Tbsp unrefined sea salt

- 2 generous Tbsp. of my Cabbage & Zucchini mix as a starter

 I mixed everything together, filling 3 liter mason jars to the shoulder, which I left in the cupboard for 3 days, before transferring them to the fridge...

Carrot, & Apple Etc. Lacto-Ferment - Done Tues. Feb. 10/15

- 3/4 of a Granny Smith apple diced

- 3/4 of a Pink Lady apple diced 

- 6 slices of cucumber diced

- 1 medium non-organic onion diced

- 6 med.  carrots grated in the food processor

- 1/2 small celery root (celeriac) grated in the food processor

- 1/2 a small rutabaga grated in the food processor

- 1/3 cup raisins

- 1 Tbsp unrefined sea salt

- 2 generous Tbsp. of my #2 cabbage as a starter

 I mixed everything together, filling 2 liter mason jars to the shoulder, which I left in the cupboard for 3 days, before transferring them to the fridge...

Ginger Lacto-Ferment

- 2 large pieces of non-organic ginger root finely grated

- 1 1/4 tsp. pink salt

- 1 Tbsp of the liquid from my cucumber mix

- 1 small wild apple

- 1 wedge of non-organic lemon

- 2 tsp organic raisins

- 1 tsp organic goji berries

I blended the last 4 ingredients together with some of the juice from the grated ginger, then mixed everything together and packed it into a 500 ml. mason jar, which it filled to a little more than 1" from the top and left it in the cupboard for 6 days.  It looked like it was fermenting OK... so I moved it to the fridge