Mini Farming Guide to Fermenting: Self-Sufficiency from Beer and Cheese to Wine and Vinegar - Couverture souple

Markham, Brett L.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1616086130 ISBN 13 : 9781616086138

Editeur : Skyhorse, 2012

Synopsis

Making your own delicious wines, cheeses, beer, and other fermented foods is an important self-sufficiency skill. Brett Markham, author "Mini Farming: Self Sufficiency on 1 / 4 Acre" is here to help you get started in his new handbook that covers everything you need to know about fermenting. Using your own home-grown produce Markham explains how to ferment just about anything you can grow, and reminds us that gourmet cheeses, fancy vinegars, and store bought wines can be expensive-making your own can not only be fun but saves money and encourages self sufficiency. Learn to make fluffy sourdoughs or explore different methods for brewing beer. You can experiment making wine with pressed fruit in a fermenter or use a countertop juice machine-or forget the grapes and try a wheat or barley wine. In "The Mini Farming Guide to Fermenting" you'll find recipes and instructions that are easy to follow with checklists, extensive tables, measurements, the author's own photographs, and diagrams. Homemade wines, cheeses, and beer all make excellent gifts for special occasions and are easily stored for next season - so enjoy learning to master one of the world's oldest natural food processes while creating delicious foods and beverages for you and your family. Topics include: an introduction to fermenting; preparation checklists and lists; making your own country wines; making your own beer; making cheese at home; other fermented foods: vinegars, krauts, sourdoughs; greater food self-sufficiency; and, cooking for self-sufficiency.

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

Brett Markham, author of Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on ¼ Acre, explains how to ferment just about anything you can grow, and reminds us that gourmet cheeses, fancy vinegars, and store-bought wines can be expensive—making your own can not only be fun but will save money. Learn to make sourdough or experiment with making wine using a countertop juice machine. Inside you’ll find recipes and instructions with checklists, extensive tables, measurements, and 150 of the author’s own photographs.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Skyhorse
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1616086130
• ISBN 13: 9781616086138
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 240