Tag - preservation

bunch of fresh basil leaves
Understanding Food Ingredients

Flavour of basil – Herb science

The other day we bought a beautiful fresh bunch of basil. Whereas you can use the dried version of a lot of herbs in a lot of recipes, I find that basil is almost always best when you use it fresh. It is no use making a...

September 15, 2018
6 min read
sauerkraut, ready for fermentation
Food Microbiology Basics

Lactic acid fermentation in food

Yogurt, sauerkraut, pickles, none of these products would exist without lactic acid fermentation. This is a series of chemical reactions that transforms your ingredients into something pretty different (and delicious)...

July 3, 2018
5 min read
Food Preservation Science

Making jam – the Science

If you have fruit trees in your garden you’re probably also swamped with fruit during certain times of the year. All of a sudden, you’ve got 5kg of figs and 20kg of apples. And not enough time to eat them...

November 14, 2017
8 min read
spices for making sauerkraut
waffles

Making sauerkraut – start of my experiment

This month I try to focus all of my posts on the science of fruits and vegetables (I call it fruit & vegetable science month!). Then, this morning, I was browsing through the internet and ran into a (Dutch) post on...

March 12, 2016
5 min read