PROBIOTICS for you and your chickens

[AndreaS]

We're at 411 posts now......think we need our own forum? We could call it the"Mad scientist, nutrition nerds, chicken owners who have odd containers of fermenting products taking up counter space" forum.

The meal worm - sourdough bread sounds fabulous

I want to learn about raising my own mealworms!

I aged my last batch of kefir for two days with banana, vanilla extract and honey. Have been using it to make strawberry banana Smoothies. Yum!

Question: does everyone here have an issue with their kefir grains always being at the top of their container? I feel like all of my milk might not be getting cultured. I shake it or rock it to mix them up when I'm home but three days a week I'm gone from 8 am- 10 pm.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Okay I know I probably shouldn't ask this but what is meal worm-sourdough bread? ...

 

[emarble]

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Andrea

YES I agree we should have our own forum Now after Now guess what its like 413 post! Hmmmmm I like the Mad Scientist Chicken owner growing ODD and Fermented Things on Their counters and making Sourdough Meal worms! Kinda Ketchy Hmmmmmm! LOL

Hmmm Banana, Vanilla extract and Honey Now you are starting to sound like me Andrea! LOL I thought I had the corner on lets see what I can mix with my Kefir today!!! That does sound good though I am gonna try that!!! I have tried Van extract and Honey and Banana but not together and then made a strawberry banana smoothie with it!

I think the grains coming to the top is just the nature of the beast so to speak! Mine do it too and from everything I have read that is how it is supposed to be!! So I have not fought perfection I have just accepted that Is the way it is!!

Ernie

 

[emarble]

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LOL that is Andrea and I's next endevor!!!!

It is kinda like a high Protein sandwich!!!!

Ok so I am not sure where that came from but I couldn't resist adding to it and continuing with it for a laugh!!

Ernie

With that I think I am going to bed

Night all

 

[Ukyou]

I believe the mealworm-sourdough came from talk of cross contamination between cultures. Growing sourdough and meal worms on your counter and having them mix and mingle.
Though I use whey from both keifer and yogurt to start my veggie cultures since it makes it more likely I will grow the right type of bacteria with less salt needed.

 

[AndreaS]

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Yes, that is where it came from.

Using the whey to start veggies is exactly what I'm hoping to do! You said you.just use canning jars? I would LOVE some recipes! Especially for gingered carrots....yum.

 

[AndreaS]

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LOL that is Andrea and I's next endevor!!!!

It is kinda like a high Protein sandwich!!!!

Ok so I am not sure where that came from but I couldn't resist adding to it and continuing with it for a laugh!!

Ernie

With that I think I am going to bed

Night all

You think we can market it as some sort of uber health food?
We'd have to share profits with Ginny, though....I think the beast is growing in her kitchen!

BTW Ginny, do you have a link that talks about growing mealworms? I'm tired of buying them, and my girls require me to bribe them for love....I walk up empty handed and they are like "UM....Do we know you....?"

 

[Miss Lydia]

Thanks for filling me in on the sourdough meal worms bread, I was thinking and my dh thinks I'm crazy..

I am very excited to get my starter so I can join the millions on here in making my own keifer, yippee!!! I would also like to try the Kombucha[probably not sp right] so that will be my next project. Have a good one...

 

[hencackle]

If anyone wants to try fermenting veggies, but the budget won't allow buying a Harsch crock, the Perfect Pickler is far less expensive way to start out, using a wide-mouth Mason jar. Or....you can go to a beer & winemaking supplies store and buy an air-lock.

To make saurkraut in smaller quantities, you won't really need a crock or air lock. In fact, my first batches were fermented in quart-size Mason jars with the lids screwed on very loosely and it worked out just fine. The downside to not using an air lock is the smell of fermenting veggies will scent your kitchen for a few days. If your dh starts sniffing around, just blame the smell on the dog!

Click here for a simple sauerkraut recipe.

Next on my list to try:
Lactofermented Dilly Carrot Sticks
Lactofermented Roasted Tomato Salsa

 

[cabincrazyone]

The first time Harry Potter saw the goblins that run Gringotts Wizarding Bank, he asked Hagrid "What are those?"

That's how I feel upon stumbling into this thread.