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This traditional salsa is lacto-fermented, so it stays good for a very long time and brings a great fuzzy and pungent taste. Ingredients 12 cups fresh tomatoes, chopped; 2 cups chilies, seeded and chopped (Jalapeños and Serranos are good choices); 1/4 cup dried oregano; 2 tbsp cumin; 8 garlic cloves, chopped; 2 onions, chopped; 1/4 cup sea salt; Preparation Wear gloves to handle the chilies and combine the chopped tomatoes, chilies, oregano, cumin, garlic and onions together. Place the tomato mixture little by little in your fermentation jar, pounding it vigorously and sprinkling some of the sea salt as you go. Make sure the...

Fermentation and lacto-fermentation have been around for a very long time mainly as a means to preserve food over long periods of time when refrigeration wasn’t available. Today more and more people are rediscovering those old methods of preserving food because the taste is amazing, but also because it’s a great way to consume probiotics. Lacto-fermented foods are fermented by lactobacillus bacteria, which is a category of beneficial bacteria that feeds on sugar and that produces lactic acid as a byproduct. This is why lacto-fermented foods taste acidic. Just about any vegetables and even fruits can be lacto-fermented, but fruits will...

Fermented foods and beverages have been the big buzz in health promoting circles recently, showing up on Dr. Oz and magazine articles like Martha Stewart Living, pretty main stream. But they have long been known in the inner circle of researchers, alternative nutritional therapies, by the Weston A. Price Foundation, in Permaculture circles, and with those in the know.The reason it’s such a hot subject lately is that we are now experiencing so much pollution, contamination, and so many more health challenges with GMOs and other alterations of our food and water supplies, that people are getting sicker. We’re seeing...

Please note, Our christmas cut off for orders being delivered via Royal Mail is NOON ON WEDNESDAY 17TH DECEMBER. while we will do everything we can to get orders to you as quickly as poible, we cannot guarantee that orders placed after this will be delivered before christmas*  Our Christmas cut off for orders placed with interlink couriers as the delivery method is Noon on Sunday 21st Dec* some half price shipping orders may be sent Royal Mail so if you are placing an order with Half price shipping then you may want to check that we can get it...

We just wanted to inform customers that we are not affected by the delivery problems that are being experienced by Yodel customers. We do not use Yodel and orders are being dispatched as normal.michelle