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fruit jerky failure – sort of

Posted on May 16, 2023 by morgaineotm

Use a lot of dehydrated fruit here. Rasberries, strawberries, blueberries, apples, bananas. The first three particularly leave a lot of powder in the can at the end of the fruit. So combined all that powder to make fruit “jerky”. The … Continue reading →

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Butter swim biscuits

Posted on December 3, 2021 by morgaineotm

NOW I can finally post this from several weeks ago!! Still can’t access WordPress easily, but at least I know how to get back in here when I want to! Recipe popped up on my Facebook page and when I … Continue reading →

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bubbles???

Posted on March 4, 2021 by morgaineotm

this is the kombucha put up for the second ferment on Monday.  its hard to see, but there are BUBBLES!  its not mold, its bubbles around pieces of orange. looking forward to trying this soon.

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the scoby hotel

Posted on March 1, 2021 by morgaineotm

which I never took a picture of! Scobies moving about the fermenting jar   new scobies.  The replacement I bought came with two and last week a new one had started and if you look closely on the right hand … Continue reading →

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Christmas?

Posted on February 1, 2021 by morgaineotm

Every year plan on making Vanilla extract for Christmas giving, and needless to say it doesn’t happen.  A few days ago saw a special on Vanilla beans on Amazon and ordered them.  A couple of bottles from the thrift shop, … Continue reading →

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Fermentation

Posted on January 8, 2021 by morgaineotm

Am a big believer in fermented foods, always have been, even before it became a thing – because I didn’t know it was fermented??? Unfortunately, I live with someone who is not. as a matter of fact, his food choices … Continue reading →

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Kombucha

Posted on January 4, 2021 by morgaineotm

Was given a Kombucha kit for Christmas. The last time I had done Kombucha was over 30 years ago and back then you drank the stuff sort of right off the first ferment. None of this second ferment to get … Continue reading →

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things about Oats

Posted on November 16, 2020 by morgaineotm

Someone commented on home made Oat Milk being slimey. and Maybe it is. Noticed when pouring it from the carafe it is a little more like syrup than water in how it pours. Likely it has to do with the … Continue reading →

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More Oat Milk

Posted on November 10, 2020 by morgaineotm

When I got to the bottom of the carafe, found quite a deposit of oat solids, which is not surprising considering I had ground the oats.  Because of the design of the carafe, could not SHAKE the milk, but only … Continue reading →

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Oat milk

Posted on November 3, 2020 by morgaineotm

Gave up cow milk decades ago, and had used Almond Milk up until a few years ago, except for Holidays when Almond Nog comes out.  On the rare occasions when Milk was called for in a recipe used a little … Continue reading →

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