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  • foxgloves
    foxgloves Posts: 12,594 Forumite
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    edited 13 January 2024 at 4:57PM
    I find fermented foods a really interesting subject. The only one I do regularly is my sourdough bread, although I used to make yoghurt back in my single days. I still have the paraphernalia for that somewhere. My one & only attempt at sauerkraut was a smelly epic fail, but I have read quite a few books from the library on the subject of fermenting & received the River Cottage book on it for a gift a couple of years ago. I fully intend to have a go at something else this year.
    I had read about resistant starch....cooked cooled potatoes being more beneficial for good gut bacteria & I believe cooked cold pasta, as in a salad, also has the same effect.
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  • Baileys_Babe
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    Thanks @greenbee for sharing your experience of improving your gut bacteria and the positive impact you have seen. I do enjoy fermented food, but I am currently failing to include them in my diet🤦 I will go and listen to the podcasts and if I have any questions I will get back to you.

    @Suffolk_lass thank you for sharing the article, I will read it tomorrow on a larger screen.
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  • Watty1
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    themadvix said:

    Watty, if you do Facebook, there’s a group called UK fermenting friends and if you join, you can request in the chat for WK grains and someone will send you their excess for free. I got my MK grains this way. Really helpful and friendly group too.
    Oh thanks so much for that tip. I just popped over to look that up and apply to join.  I love that idea.
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  • Suffolk_lass
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    Well, we each have a list. Mine is 3 things, DH has one in three parts. His was outside, mine are in, out and drive about, so his might not get done if he is too cold.

    He was too cold so I am not even attempting my outdoor job proper. It is bitter. I will get my seeds in and audit them instead.

    So instead, we have made both our own and the double room beds, and moved all the bee paraphernalia from the single spare room along to the double. This is in preparation for getting a loft ladder person along to see if they can fit a revised loft hatch and ladder, and board out part of the loft. There are three lofts...! then all that bee stuff can go up in the loft. We won't need insulation, there is tons of it!

    I'm on my 3rd load of washing (three to go but one is a hot overnighter, so might leave the others until tomorrow).

    Whoops, just found yesterday's post...
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    OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I am at £1286.68/£3000 or 42.89% of my annual spend so far
    I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the Grow your own thread
    My new diary is here
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