True. My latest batch was pretty good. I didn’t use enough salt the first time I tried.

I still want to try fermentation though, just to compare.

Disinfect everything and then make a POETV original! I know we disagree on lots of things, but I'm a life-long kitchen dork and I'm curious about this.

Alright I ordered a small ferment jar and some starter, I’ll report results in a couple weeks

If you get into it, I highly recommend Smoke and Pickles by Edward Lee. He's got a pickled bourbon jalapeno recipe that's fucking amazing. I'll get you a shot of it when I get home.

I've made kimchi a bunch of times; it's like alchemy! The salted shrimp stuff smells so gross once it's rehydrated, but after fermenting there isn't even a hint of it.

Shrimp paste, fish sauce and chili oil are all so addictive.

Test in progress.

Made one big batch and split into two, one will ferment with some starter and the other will be in the fridge.

I grew the red plant from seeds in a balcony planter (it is nowhere near that tall though)

Also pretty sure that was a garden and not her foraging random wild plants.