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Subject: 2/9 FreeSkool class: Intro to Fermentation
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:48:17 -0500
2/9 Intro to Fermentation - Bacteria, Yeasts and Molds - Making Vinegar, Switchel and Shrub
When: Thursday, February 9th, 6:30 - 8 pm
Where: Downtown Ithaca (RSVP for location) Cost: FREE and open to the public Please bring: A small glass jar with a lid, if you have one.
What
are fermented foods? In this class, we’ll talk about some of the
organisms (bacteria, yeasts and molds) that culture foods, where they
come from, and the various ways human beings have propagated them. We’ll
also discuss cultured foods you can make “from scratch”- without
already having a starter piece of the culture. We’ll conclude with a
demonstration of how to make vinegar from scratch, and a few tasty beverages (shrub
and switchel) that can be made with it.
RSVP to Rachel at rfirak AT gmail.com
or 440 242 9646 for location. This class is special diet/food allergy
friendly; in your RSVP, please indicate any dietary restrictions you
have.
This class is part of a six-part FreeSkool series on Fermented Beverages, held every other Thursday evening. Come to one or all of them!
Intro to Fermented Beverages: A six-part series Learn
how to make raw, living, plant-based fermented beverages! Fermented
foods have been consumed for thousands of years and are healthful,
delicious, inexpensive, simple, and fun. In this class we'll meet twice a
month to study and drink low/non-alcoholic vegan fermented beverages,
from ferment celebrities (kombucha, ginger beer, nut milk) to more
obscure characters (boza, amazake, and tibicos). We'll also discuss
fermented food safety and regulation, health benefits, and the current
literature on B12 in fermented foods. Starter cultures will be provided.
This class is special diet/food allergy friendly; RSVP with dietary
needs.