Fermented Foods Poll

[Yeshuasdaughter]

I love eating and learning to craft fermented foods and beverages. What are your favorites?

 

[Judge]

Cheese, a slam-dunk for moi. But others count too.....bread and yogurt. And pickles!

 

[Progster]

Cheese, yoghurt, kefir, bread. I don't know the others, don't like pickled vegetables or anything preserved in vinegar.

Sauerkraut.

 

[Princess Viola]

I love cheese, pickles, and yogurt - but not Greek yogurt, not a fan of that.

 

[Rodafina]

Bread and kombucha only for me. I used to love cheese, but lost my taste for it.

 

[Luca]

I didn’t realize cheese, yogurt and bread counted as fermented. I learned something new today lol
I like all of those, and I love pickles.

 

[VictorR]

Kimchi!

 

[SusanLR]

White cheeses, especially Brie and Baby Swiss.
Just about any pickled vegetable.
When I voted, I didn't understand about bread.
Didn't know it was considered fermented either.
I love most breads except for the commercial white sandwich types.

 

[Shevek]

Soy sauce, but for some reason the local health food store carries a non-fermented substitute.
Just noticed the previous comment - I use a bread machine regularly.

 

[Mary Terry]

White cheeses, especially Brie and Baby Swiss.
Just about any pickled vegetable.
When I voted, I didn't understand about bread.
Didn't know it was considered fermented either.
I love most breads except for the commercial white sandwich types.

I suppose that sourdough bread is considered fermented. And since sourdough starter is often added to make rye bread, I guess rye could be considered fermented. I don't know of any other bread that might fit that description.

 

[Mary Terry]

I love all pickled vegetables and often make my own with vinegar and can them for preservation. I like to make sauerkraut and sometimes preserve green tomatoes by using fermentation, not vinegar.

I don't think I've ever met a cheese that I didn't like. Real yogurt and cottage cheese contain cultures that are good for the gut.

One of these days, I hope to taste pickled walnuts which are a big tradition in England! I wonder what they taste like.

 

[Mary Terry]

I just learned that salami is made by fermentation. I had no idea!

 

[Rodafina]

One of these days, I hope to taste pickled walnuts which are a big tradition in England! I wonder what they taste like.

Fascinating! I had to look it up, I’d never heard of such a thing.

 

[Aspychata]

Love pickles, anything Korean fermented, kifir, sourdough bread, rye bread, sourkraut, blue cheese, yogurt, kombucha. I need to eat my hamburger dill pickles right now! I tried kombucha in Minneapolis, and my tween daughter just loved it. So it was a staple. My favorite? Extra extra sour dough french bread sold in San Francisco at Fisherman's wharf, and the airport.
Kimchi fried rice- so good.

 

[Mary Terry]

Fascinating! I had to look it up, I’d never heard of such a thing.

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Fascinating! I had to look it up, I’d never heard of such a thing.

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[Mary Terry]

@Rodafina - Thanks for posting that! Very interesting. They are pickling green, immature, unripe walnuts before the inner woody shell gets hard. I'm going to see if I can find some to order online. It would be a unique addition to a cheese or charcuterie plate. Really cool.

 

[Aspychata]

I wonder if that is the same concept as the 100 years old eggs from Chinese cusine? I have never tried a pickled egg either.

 

[Mary Terry]

@Rodafina - Thanks for posting that! Very interesting. They are pickling green, immature, unripe walnuts before the inner woody shell gets hard. I'm going to see if I can find some to order online. It would be a unique addition to a cheese or charcuterie plate. Really cool.

I just ordered a jar of pickled walnuts from the English Tea Store online. Plus, of course, I ordered some British teas and clover honey straws to go with it. Excited for it to arrive.

 

[Mary Terry]

I wonder if that is the same concept as the 100 years old eggs from Chinese cusine? I have never tried a pickled egg either.

I don't think it's like the 100-year-old eggs but I guess all things pickled are alike in some respect. I've made pickled quail eggs. They're okay but not something I'd eat much of. It is fairly common for honkytonk-type bars here to have a big jar of pickled chicken eggs on the counter to snack on while drinking beer.

 

[Aspychata]

If you get a chance- tells us what you think of pickled walnuts @Mary Terry