while quite innocently searching up secondary ferment recipes
for the then ready-to-be-bottled water kefir
a new ferment brazenly revealed itself to me
& i could not resist its temptation
it is called a “ginger bug”
(here’s the recipe i ultimately followed)
having had another case of being over gingered* & having quite enough pickled ginger, i had been debating what to do with my 2nd gingery bounty
*meaning the shoppers at the grocery store gave me more
ginger than i had intended to order (see: 2.7 in a pickle)
after reading & measuring that i had more than enough ginger to create a ginger bug & also feed it, it was a no brainer for me …
i still need to research if i can add ginger bug to the 2nd ferment of kefir water …
i also happened to see, again without seeking**,
how to create your own kombucha SCOBY
i’ll keep this idea on the back burner until
much later into november, maybe december or next year
i’ve already got enough trouble a ‘brewin!
for three other people, beyond just me …
can one be too cultured? i seem to be on the warpath to find my cultured critical mass … (and i hope that gave someone other than me a good laugh!)
**without seeking was a definite theme for me today … it showed up in more than 3 ways …
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30-day quest
2.1 stuck repeating the repeat
2.2 oh, L. reuteri
2.3 breath holds & cold water splashes
2.4 my precious
2.5 gutsy variety challenge
2.6 low & slow
2.7 in a pickle
2.8 letting go & moving on
2.9 need to rest
2.10 no words
2.11 blast from the past
2.12 getting cultured
2.13 breathing easy
2.14 eating easier
2.15 family time
2.16 plateau
2.17 what do you know about Poe?
2.18 expanding gut cultures
2.19 refueled purpose
2.20 zombie jokes & grasses aside, introducing yet another probiotic!
2.21 changing palate
2.22 more trouble a brewin’ (now the ferments are finding me)
2.23 a bug break: when the reflection catches you
2.24 a coastal hike on an october afternoon
2.25 right where it belongs
2.26 unplanned break
2.27 making new plans
2.28 trauma recovery
2.29 taking the wins (with the hits)
2.30 wave rider
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