Old School basic information on the small batch home fermentation of foods using lacto bacteria. Includes articles about the actual equipment used in the process and tips that will increase your fermenting success rate. Packed full of links, pictures, experiments with both good and bad endings.
Choosing a fermenting container
How do I choose a fermenting container to get started? Fermenting container choice is one of personal preference. The fermenting container that you choose must simply hold your brine and should restrict contact with O2. It should protect your contents form contamination and it should be able to…
Lacto fermentation Basics
What is lacto fermenting? Lacto fermenting was first used by ancient man as a way to preserve foods as far back as 6000 B.C. Preserving foods is one reason mankind has survived in his path from hunter-gatherer to domestic farmer as he is today. Although it was mainly…
Introducing the Pickle*Pusher
This is a work in progress and will be until we can get the final "In-hand" prototypes for art work. In the meantime we will work on the text and this will be the basis for the instruction sheet that will be mailed out with purchases. We will…
