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The Mother of All Ferments: Kombucha

Posted on January 7, 2015October 1, 2019by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Click here to go straight to the recipe If you can brew a pot of tea, you can brew kombucha. The only trick to making kombucha is obtaining a mother to get started. A generous Twitter friend sent me part of hers and my mother (I named her Etheldreda) has been reproducing like mad. Otherwise […]

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How to Make Free Apple Scrap Vinegar

Posted on October 30, 2014June 5, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Updated 09/24/22 In my home, homemade vinegar has been the Holy Grail of scratch cooking. My daughter MK tried a few years ago and came very close, but flies invaded her apple scraps and ruined it. It sure smelled great though as I tossed it onto the compost. I have tried making vinegar a couple of […]

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