Monday, January 21, 2008

Garden Oysters

These first two pictures are the first oysters to grow out of a log I inoculated with spored oil.
The second two are yummy oysters growing out of the stump of an Oak tree which used to grow out of my deck, but fell down 5 years ago.


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Saturday, January 05, 2008

David's Kombucha Recipie

(For 20 liters finished kombucha)

Materials:
6 liter glass carboy with air lock
Tube to siphon during bottling
20 liters Mineral Water
1600 g sugar
1 box celestlial seasonings "Fast Lane" or "Morning Thunder" tea
5 4l jugs or other bottles
2-4 L Kombucha Mother (see below)

Brewing:
Combine 4 L water, tea, and sugar in stock pot
bring slowly to a boil
keep at a simmer for at least 15 min to "sterilize"
let cool and add to remaining water already in carboy

once cool to the touch (many hours)
add 1/2 gal "Mother"

Bottling
Once bubbling stops and air lock slows down (<1>Kombucha Mother
This is a mini-recipe to increase the available volume of Kombucha culture
To get sufficient Kombucha starter, I purchase commercial Kombucha
This comes in 355 mL bottles
So, Make 3.5 L of tea with 100 g/L sugar,
once cool to touch, add entire bottle of commercial Kombucha (e.g. http://www.gtskombucha.com/kombucha.html)
Allow to sit until bubbling subsides
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While we're talking kombucha, these are my two favorite pre-made kombucha drinks:
http://www.gtskombucha.com/
http://www.wonderdrink.com/
aaron