Grated potatoes, grated cheese, one egg, and a generous sprinkling of Cham Cham Tiger crunch. Mix. Fry. Consume with Kewpie mayo & #fermented beet greens.  

#breakfast

So, I ended up going with a modified version of this recipe:
https://wilsonhomestead.com/how-to-cure-ham-without-sodium-nitrite/#wprm-recipe-container-242466

I've pretty much halved the recipe from the link, and could possibly halve it again (except for the pork and water components).

✅ Pork scotch 1.8kg
✅ Water 1.2l
✅ Salt 90g (3% of 3kg)
✅ Brown sugar 1 cup
✅ Fennel seeds ¼ cup
✅ Mixed (yellow & black) mustard seeds ¼ cup
✅ Celery stalk (including all foliage) x2, chopped
✅ Bay leaves x3
✅ Onion x1, chopped
✅ Garlic x8-10 cloves
✅ Death Powder* 1 Tbsp
✅ Thyme ½ tsp
✅ Rosemary ½ tsp

Mix all brine ingredients in a saucepan & bring to a boil. Cool.

While waiting for the brine to cool, skewer the bejeesus out of the meat (1" grid).

Brine for a week, turning occasionally. Drain, dry and tie.

Place into smoke grill, and set the thermostat to 135°C. Wait for a long time (in this case, I waited for around 7 hours all up). While waiting, start making the glaze - here's one I dreamed up yesterday:

✅ Coca-Cola¹, 375ml can x1
✅ Fermented lime** x1 whole, finely chopped
✅ Garlic x3-4 cloves, crushed

Place ingredients in a saucepan over low heat, and reduce by maybe ¼ 🤷. Brush onto the ham every half-hour, or when you remember...

Anyway, I have things to do today, so my photos will have to wait.

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* Death Powder consists of #fermented, dehydrated, smoked, ground chillies, garlic, and other sundry vegetables from last year's harvest. It is salty, sour, and spicy.

** Fermented lime is sour, bitter (rind), salty, and citrussy. If you don't have fermented lime (who does?), you might experiment with lime juice, salt/fish sauce, and maybe some bitters (see also note (¹) below).

¹ I have been thinking about replacing "the real thing" with cinotto for some more subtle -- less corporate -- flavours. Doing so might require the addition of more sugar, but this is just speculation.

@warkolm

How To Cure Ham Without Sodium Nitrite - Wilson Homestead

How To Cure Ham Without Sodium Nitrite. This easy brine cure is a healthy and delicious way to cure your hams to enjoy during the holidays!

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Can anybody here point me in the direction of a recipe for #fermenting #daikon? A search provides 95% "pickled daikon" results, which is not what I want. Specifically, I'm looking for additives (garlic, etc) that might make an authentic-tasting Japanese-style #fermented daikon -- perhaps these will be present in the pickled recipes?

Thanks in advance.

State Secrets Now Decipherable in Supermarket Pickle Aisles: NSA Launches Urgent Hunt for Legendary Recipe

Intelligence agencies have begun using commercially available fermented foods as encryption, resulting in trench-coated spies sniffing kimchi in supermarkets becoming an everyday sight.

https://alt.andpaper.net/en/articles/20251029-fermented-food-espionage/

#intelligence-agency #fermented-food #kimchi #supermarket #encryption #recipe #national-security #pickling-bed #spy

Lead Role Decided by '10-Year Aged Rice Bran Paste' Presentation at Audition.

At the audition for maverick director Kurokawa's new film, actors brought not resumes but their secret rice bran paste. The director stated, 'Good acting comes from good bacteria,' and conducted casting based on the acidity and aroma of rice bran paste rather than actors' careers.

https://alt.andpaper.net/en/articles/20251026-nukadoko-audition/

#audition #fermented-food #rice-bran-pickle #casting #acting

So, what to do now? Perhaps I should run an audit of the many #fermented items in the fridge...

I thinned the #beetroot patch again today, as I want to use the space for my overflow tomato and chilli plants before too long. Alas, many of the beetroots were quite woody, despite their small size. That said, between the roots I could grate & the greens I kept, I ended up with 850g of beety goodness. To this, I added celery, wombok, and carrot, as well as garlic, cracked black pepper, chilli flakes, and salt. In a week or so, I will have 3.3kg of #fermented vegetables.

#GardeningAU #GrowYourOwn

Exactly like a poke bowl, except it's beef & bean chilli, corn chips, grated cheese, and #fermented beetroot et al.

#lunch

Spring is back and slowly the flowers come back to our salads 🥗
Green leaves, sun-dried tomatoes, fermented onion and the beautiful flowers!

#fermented #vegan #salad #fresh #panc #flower #ediblegarden #pixelfed #priceless #healthy #permaculture
I've cooked up the flesh of 2 dried plums, the flesh of 2 dried #fermented plums (umeboshi?), and the flesh of ~½ a dried lime in a cup of water for a test of the bones of the recipe. So far, the results are promising.