Get Cultured: What You’ll Learn

Lesson 1: Fermented & Cultured Dairy (I): Yogurt

VIDEO: How to make Bulgarian- and Greek-style Yogurt

VIDEO: How to make Fil Mjolk – a Scandivinavian-style Room Temperature Yogurt

VIDEO: How to make dairy-free coconut milk yogurt

VIDEO: How to maintain a pure seed starter for raw milk yogurt

PRINT TUTORIALS: How to make raw milk yogurt, how to make pasteurized milk yogurt, how to make room temperature yogurt, how to make coconut milk yogurt, how to maintain a pure seed starter, making yogurt without a yogurt maker, how to flavor yogurt,

FAQ SHEETS: Trouble-shooting yogurt, 10 Reasons to Get More Yogurt

RECIPES: Tatziki sauce, yogurt and fruit smoothies, yogurt & spelt crackers, maple- or honey-yogurt taffy, yogurt-herb dip, yogurt dip with salmon roe, yogurt mayonnaise, frozen yogurt with fruit, banana bread with yogurt

Lesson 2: Fermented & Cultured Dairy (II): Clabbered Creams & Milk, Butter, Buttermilk & Farm Cheese

VIDEO: How to make sour cream with a starter

VIDEO: How to make clabbered cream and milk

VIDEO: How to make cultured raw butter & buttermilk

VIDEO: How to make farmers cheese

PRINT TUTORIALS: How to make sour cream with a starter, how to make clabbered cream, how to make bonny clabber, how to make cultured butter (raw and pasteurized), how to make buttermilk, how to make farmers cheese

FAQ SHEETS: 10 ways to use sour milk, trouble-shooting wild dairy ferments, trouble-shooting buttermaking, 10 reasons butter is better

RECIPES: Whole-grain buttermilk biscuits, drawn butter with herbs and garlic, election cake, true gingerbread, buttermilk pancakes, bonny clabber with cinnamon, buttermilk ranch dressing

Lesson 3: Fermented & Cultured Dairy (III): Kefir

VIDEO: How to make fresh whey, strained yogurt and kefir cheese

VIDEO: How to make kefir (from dried grains)

VIDEO: How to make kefir (from fresh grains)

VIDEO: How to make coconut milk kefir

PRINT TUTORIALS: How to make fresh whey, how to make greek-style strained yogurt, how to make kefir from dried grains, how to make kefir from fresh grains, how to make coconut milk kefir, how to make raw milk and pasteurized milk kefir, how to flavor kefir

FAQ SHEETS: How Kefir Can Boost Immunity & Prevent Disease, Trouble-shooting Kefir, Long-term Storage Guidelines for Kefir Grains

RECIPES: Kefir smoothies, kefir sherbet, kefir-coconut popsicles, kefir-herb dressing, kefir-orange shakes, summer borscht with kefir

Lesson 4: Fermented Drinks & Tonics (I): Kombucha & Water Kefir

VIDEO: How to culture kombucha

VIDEO: How to culture water kefir

VIDEO: How to flavor water kefir & kombucha

VIDEO: How to reconstitute dried kombucha and water kefir starters

PRINT TUTORIALS: How to brew kombucha from a dried starter, how to brew kombucha without a mother, how to brew water kefir with a dry starter, how to flavor kombucha, how to flavor water kefir, continuous brew method for kombucha, continuous brew method for water kefir

FAQ Sheet: Trouble-shooting Kombucha, Trouble-shooting Water Kefir, Safe Consumption Guidelines for Kombucha, Benefits of Kombucha & Water Kefir, Flavoring Guidelines

RECIPES: Grape water kefir, spiced kombucha, ginger beer, kombucha-honey iced pops

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Lesson 5: Fermented Drinks & Tonics (II): Kvass & Probiotic Tonics

VIDEO: How to make beet kvass

VIDEO: How to make rejuvelac

VIDEO: How to make wild cider and mead

VIDEO: How to make natural sodas and probiotic herbal tonics

PRINT TUTORIALS: How to make beet kvass, how to make rejuvelac, how to make wild cider, how to make wild mead, how to make sweet potato fly, how to make small beer, how to make probiotic nettle tonic,

FAQ Sheets: Fermented Beverages Across the World, Lactic-acid Fermentation & Immunity, How to Serve Fermented Drinks & Tonics for Kids

RECORDED CONFERENCE CALL on probiotic drinks and tonics (3/19): Call up, ask your questions, and have them answered. Can’t make the live call? Just listen to the recording.

Lesson 6: Naturally Fermented Condiments & Digestives

VIDEO: How to make homemade lactofermented mayonnaise

VIDEO: How to make lactofermented ketchup

VIDEO: How to make lactofermented mustard

VIDEO: How to make lactofermented barbecue sauce

PRINT TUTORIALS: How to make lactofermented mayonnaise, lactofermented ketchup, lactofermented mustard, lactofermented barbecue sauce

FAQ Sheets: 10 Ways to Serve Fermented Foods at Every Meal, Dairy-free Fermentation Techniques

RECIPES: Curried Mayonnaise, Chinese-style Hot Mustard, Honey Mustard, Herbed Mayonnaise, Spiced Ketchup, GAPS-friendly Honey Ketchup, Chipotle Pepper Barbecue Sauce, Honey Barbecue Sauce

Lesson 7: Naturally Fermented Vegetable Relishes & Salsas

VIDEO: How to make naturally fermented horseradish sauce

VIDEO: How to make naturally fermented dill pickle relish

VIDEO: How to make naturally fermented salsa

VIDEO: How to make naturally fermented hot chili sauce

PRINT TUTORIALS: How to grate and make horseradish sauce, how to make dill pickle relish, how to make fermented salsa,how to make fermented hot chilli sauce

FAQ Sheets: Preventing Moldy and other Ferments Gone Bad

RECIPES: Horseradish Cream, Beet & Horseradish Relish, Tomatillo Salsa, Fire-roasted Salsa, Fermented Garlic Paste, Fermented Chilli Paste, Fermented Apple & Beetroot Relish

Lesson 7: Naturally Fermented Fruits, Fruit Chutneys & Vinegars

VIDEO: How to make Moroccan preserved lemons

VIDEO: How to make fermented fruit chutneys

VIDEO: How to make probiotic fruit butters

VIDEO: How to make apple cider vinegar

PRINT TUTORIALS: How to grate and make horseradish sauce, how to make dill pickle relish, how to make fermented salsa

FAQ Sheets: Proper Technique for Fermenting Vegetables & Fruits, How Long Should Ferments Last

RECIPES: Chanh muoi (fermented limes), Probiotic Limenade, Probiotic Lemonade, Apple, Raisin & Carrot Chutney, Pineapple Chutney, Mint Chutney, Tomato Chutney, Chow Chow, Apple Butter, Apricot Butter, Fig & Honey Butter

Lesson 8: Sauerkraut & Similar Ferments of Shredded Vegetables

VIDEO: How to make sauerkraut and basic cabbage ferments

VIDEO: How to make sauerruben

VIDEO: How to make gundru (Tibetan-style fermented greens)

VIDEO: How to make gingered carrots

PRINT TUTORIALS: Basic Technique for Shredded Vegetable Ferments (Wild Method), Basic Technique for Shredded Vegetable Ferments (Starter Method)

FAQ Sheets: Choosing a Fermentation Device, When Do You Need a Starter?

RECIPES: Basic Sauerkraut, Spiced Sauerkraut, Bavarian Sauerkraut, Sauerruben, Mixed Root Vegetable Medley, Sour Beets, Gingered Carrots, Shredded Ginger, Pickled Daikon, Curtido, Kimchi, Gundru (Pickled Greens)

Lesson 9: Brine Pickling & Other Whole Vegetable Ferments

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VIDEO: Sour Pickles

VIDEO: Sweet Pickles

VIDEO: Brine-pickled Garlic

VIDEO: Brine-pickled Beets

PRINT TUTORIALS: Basic Guide to Brine-pickling, A Guide to Sweet Ferments

FAQ Sheets: Starters & Salt – a Balance

RECIPES: Brine-pickled Garlic, Brine-pickled Garlic Scapes, Brine-pickled Capers, Bread & Butter Pickles, Sour Pickles, Spiced Pickled Beets, Brine-pickled Carrot Sticks

RECORDED CONFERENCE CALL on vegetable ferments (4/16): Call up, ask your questions, and have them answered. Can’t make the live call? Just listen to the recording.

Lesson 10: Naturally Cured Meats & Fish

VIDEO: How to make corned beef brisket

VIDEO: How to make home-cured gravlax

VIDEO: How to cure bacon

VIDEO: How to cure anchovies

PRINT TUTORIALS: How to make celery juice for curing, how to make gravlax, how to make corned beef brisket, how to cure bacon, how to salt-cure anchovies

FAQ Sheets: How to Cure Meats without Nitrates/Nitrites, 10 Ways to Eat More Meat & Fish Raw

RECIPES: New England Boiled Dinner, Rueben Sandwich, Caesar Salad, Anchovy and Bacon Pizza, Bagna Cauda, Gravlax Three Ways

Lesson 11: Fermented Legumes & Naturally Fermented Soy

VIDEO: How to make fermented bean paste

VIDEO: How to Japanese-style nuka bran pickles

PRINT TUTORIALS: How to make tempeh, how to make natto, how to make fermented bean paste, how to make nuka bran pickles, how to make dashi

FAQ Sheets: Differences between Traditionally Fermented & Modern Soy Foods, Importance of Vitamin K2

RECIPES: Miso Soup, Miso Soup with Clams, Misoyaki Salmon, Tempeh Ruebens, Tempeh in Coconut Milk, Fried Tempeh, Natto Sushi, Natto and Roe

Lesson 12: Sourdoughs & Naturally Leavened Baked Goods

VIDEO: How to start a sourdough starter

VIDEO: How to bake sourdough bread

VIDEO: How to bake a braided loaf (challah)

VIDEO: How to make sourdough pancakes

PRINT TUTORIALS: How to start a sourdough (starter method), How to start a sourdough (wild method), How to maintain a sourdough starter, How to Proof Sourdough Starter

FAQ Sheets: Tips for Sourdough Care, Long-term Storage for Sourdough Starter

RECIPES: Sourdough Bread, Gluten-free Sourdough Bread, German-style Sourdough Bread, Sourdough Noodles, Sourdough Crackers, Sourdough Pizza Crust, Sourdough Focaccia, Sourdough Biscuits