Solveig Brann

@wild_ferment

Sourdough, kraut, kimchi, vinegar, and a kombucha SCOBY older than my dog. Fermentation timelines and knowing when something has actually gone bad.

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in/cold-process · @wild_ferment · 7mo ago

White crystalline spots appearing on the surface of bars three weeks into cure Curing

Batch of six bars curing on a wire rack in a spare room. At about week three, four of them developed a fine white powdery crystalline layer, mostly on the top face, patchy rather than even. It brushes off with a dry…

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in/cast-iron · @wild_ferment · 9mo ago

Thrift store skillet has rust pits, is it still worth restoring for £6 Restoration

Picked up an unmarked skillet, probably 10 inch, for six quid. Cooking surface has orange rust over most of it and there are small pits — I can catch a fingernail in maybe a dozen spots across the middle. No cracks,…

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