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Cider Making, the Preliminaries

April 5, 2021 Alex

(This is part II of the cider making series. Read part I, part III and part IV here.)

Yeah! Some cidermaking progress! I got some apples from a local shop (a little less than 10 kg) and de-juiced them using my apple press. I’m not going to write a book on cider making here (in fact, I just can’t due to lack of experience…) but I want to give an outline:

At the beginning there’s always sanitizing the equipment. Just like with brewing beer (which I did often in the past), clean and sanitized tools and containers are crucial for a good outcome. A good way to to deep clean things is laundry bleach. Follow the instructions on the bottle and make sure to rinse everything most thoroughly with water after treating.

April 2, 2021 Alex

I officially declare the mushroom season open! And to honor this appropriately, I’ve started new king oyster mushroom cultures that I hope will thrive and grow. This time, I used store-bought grain spawn (this shop is cool, give these guys a try!) – the last propagating attempt with the used up mycelium didn’t work out sooo well.

The whole action doesn’t take much time and effort (and it’s perfectly doable, sitting, with a broken knee…). But it is absolutely vital that you work as cleanly as possible, so to give your spawn an edge over any possible competing contaminats. I’ve got two versions:

Apple Press DIY

April 1, 2021 Alex

(This is part I of the cider making series. Read part II, part III and part IV here.)

I want to make my own apple cider! Years ago, I’ve been brewing beer which was fun, boozy and – well – messy. Now I want to try my luck with apple cider, which is a little easier to make regarding the effort, but nonetheless interesting and promising.

So, you need apple juice for brewing cider and in order not to use store-bought material I’ll need an apple press to make my own. Here it is:

Spelt Flour Bread

March 31, 2021 Alex

Today I’ve got something completely new, at least for my standards. I made bread from spelt flour for the first time – and I was surprised about how much I actually like it. Now, spelt has a little bit of a reputation of being in the eco- or treehugger corner (at least here where I live) but at the end of the days it’s just plain normal flour to work with.

Living her best Life

March 31, 2021 Alex

The Lady of the House is enjoying the first strong rays of sunshine so much today…

Vegetable Chow Mein

March 25, 2021 Alex

It was time to clear the fridge a little yesterday so I decided to treat myself with some yummy Chow Mein, using up what I didn’t want to spoil. It’s an easy but first of all very versatile dish, consisting of egg noodles, vegetables or proteins of your choice and a seasoning sauce (stolen, but as far as I know original). So, no fuzz and here’s how:

DIY Tabletop Grill

March 21, 2021 Alex

I don’t have much opportunity to move around and do “real” work these days, so I chose something that I could do standing at one place and with not much strength and mobility required.

I made a new approach to the Tabletop-Indoor-Grill-Thingy I tried last summer (which worked great), but this time I wanted it to be a little more versatile.

March 20, 2021 Alex

Self made ingredients taste best, it’s a fact… I had my homemade bratwurst with some homemade sauerkraut again these days and it was delicious. To me, this is a simple, down-to-earth, traditional german dinner. Sometimes it’s the little things 🙂

⇒ see the Bratwurst recipe here
⇒ see the Sauerkraut recipe here

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Farcyde's Stuff

Cider Making, the Preliminaries

(This is part II of the cider making series. Read part I, part III and part IV here.)

Mushroom Growing 2021

Apple Press DIY

(This is part I of the cider making series. Read part II, part III and part IV here.)

Spelt Flour Bread

Living her best Life

Vegetable Chow Mein

DIY Tabletop Grill

Homemade Bratwurst with Sauerkraut

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