Fermup - The Fermented Food Podcast

This week we discuss the amazing five part series on vinegar fermentation from the Nordic Food Lab. Show notes: [Vinegar Science pt. 1: On Flavour & Vinegar as a Process Nordic Food Lab](https://nordicfoodlab.org/blog/2013/10/vinegar-science-a-dispatch) [Vinegar Science pt. 2: Seasonal Summer Vinegars, A Rapid Approach Nordic Food Lab](https://nordicfoodlab.org/blog/2013/10/vinegar-science-pt-2) [Vinegar Science pt. 3: Sensory Analysis Nordic Food Lab](https://nordicfoodlab.org/blog/2013/10/vinegar-science-pt-3) [Vinegar Science pt. 4: Slow Malt Vinegars with Nordic Flavours Nordic Food Lab](https://nordicfoodlab.org/blog/2013/10/vinegar-science-pt-4) [Vinegar Science pt. 5: Recipes Nordic Food Lab](https://nordicfoodlab.org/blog/2013/10/vinegar-science-pt-5) Rate us on iTunes. Thanks for your support! Send your feedback to podcast@fermup.com or co

This we talk the discovery of blue cheese mold’s sexual potential, sourdough, carbonation, and plenty of follow-up. Show notes: [Induction of sexual reproduction and genetic diversity in the cheese fungus Penicillium roqueforti Wiley Online Library](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eva.12140/full) [Craft Brewery Startup Workshop II Professional and Continuing Education Oregon State University](https://pace.oregonstate.edu/catalog/craft-brewery-startup-workshop-ii) [Craft Cidery Startup Workshop Professional and Continuing Education Oregon State University](https://pace.oregonstate.edu/ciderystartup) [How To Make Your Own Home Drink Carbonation System Popular Science](https://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2012-06/how-make-your-own-home-carbonation-system) Rate us on iTunes. Thanks for your support! Send your feedback to podcast@fermup.com or connect with us on Twi

This week we were excited to have the founder of Fermenters Club in studio. We talk with Austin Durant about fermentation, his upcoming and past workshops, and plenty more. Show notes: Fermenters Club Website [We’re on TV! Fermenters Club](https://www.fermentersclub.com/savorsandiego2014/) [2014 LIVE Unveiling of One-Year Red Miso YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwxuZxenMQ8) [1-year Miso reveal 2013 YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDkB_OK6Umg) [New T-shirt available! Fermenters Club](https://www.fermentersclub.com/t-shirt-available/) Fermenters Club on Facebook Fermenters Club on Twitter fermentersclub on Instagram Fermenters Club on Pinterest Rate us on iTunes. Thanks for your support! Send your feedback to podcast@fermup.com or connect with us on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.

This week we talk cacao fermentation, one of the very important steps in the production of chocolate. Without fermentation, chocolate would not develop the flavor characteristics that make chocolate taste so good. Show notes: [CulturedPickle: Tokyo Turnips Fermented in Fennel and Bee Pollen Brine Twitter](https://twitter.com/CulturedPickle/status/446285160174985219) Last Chance Foods: Why You Shouldn’t Eat Raw Chocolate - WNYC Cacao Prieto [Science of Cacao - Preserving the bio-diversity of cacao in the DR Cacao Prieto](https://cacaoprieto.com/ourfarm/cacao-science/) [24: Chocolate Harvest and Fermentation FermUp](https://fermup.com/podcast/24/) [Optimizing Chocolate Production PDF](https://orbit.dtu.dk/files/20803556/Optimizing_chocolate_production.pdf) Rate us on iTunes. Thanks for your support! Send your feedback to podcast@fermup.com or connect with us on Twitter, Facebook o

This week Allison and Branden discuss a range of ferments from sourdough to yogurt along with follow-up on how well fermentation was represented at the Good Food Festival in Chicago. Show notes: [Sparkling water lightens foods Chicago Tribune](https://articles.chicagotribune.com/2003-01-08/entertainment/0301080031_1_dough-sparkling-carbon-dioxide) [Carbonating: The Cheap and Easy Way Instructables](https://www.instructables.com/id/Carbonating%3a-The-Cheap-and-Easy-Way/) [Fermented Hot Sauces Coop Sauce](https://coopsauce.com/product-category/hot-sauces/) [Coop Sauce Product Categories Archive Hot Sauces](https://coopsauce.com/product-category/hot-sauces/) [Home Angelic Organics Learning Center](https://www.learngrowconnect.org/) [Edible Alchemy Edible Alchemy Foods Co-op](https://ediblealchemyfoods.com/) NessAlla Kom

This week Branden and Allison talk about the IBM Watson computer becoming a recipe author and how this could be applied to fermentation. Stop by and say hello to Branden at the Good Food Festival this Saturday! Show notes: [First Annual Zymology Fest Slow Food Madison](https://slowfoodmadison.org/2014/01/first-annual-zymology-fest/) [Good Food “Ferment” Festival FermUp](https://fermup.com/blog/good-food-ferment-festival/) [Festival and Workshops Good Food Festival](https://goodfoodfestivals.com/chicago/saturday-festival/) [IBM Watson supercomputer learns how to cook at SXSW 2014 YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrfMcNE0y9s) Country Bread With Apples - NYTimes.com [Nabak Kimchi Beyond Kimchi](https://www.beyondkimchee.com/nabak-kimchi-water-kimchi/) Rate us on iTunes. Thanks for your support! Send your feedback to podcast@fermup.com or conne

Joining us this week is special guest Sarah Kersten, the founder and ceramicist of Counter Culture Pottery. Sarah makes beautiful fermentation jars in Berkely, California.. In our interview she explains how these crocks are crafted and her passion for fermentation shows. Show notes: Counter Culture Pottery CCP Blog on Tumblr Counter Culture Pottery on Facebook SarahAnneKersten on Instagram Rate us on iTunes. Thanks for your support! Send your feedback to podcast@fermup.com or connect with us on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.

This week we check in on Tiny, talk about baby poop inspired fermented meats, discuss the economics of home brewing beer, and finish off with a challenging duel of a bake off. Show notes: [Pooperoni? Baby-Poop Bacteria Help Make Healthy Sausages LiveScience](https://www.livescience.com/43465-baby-poop-sausage-probiotic.html) [We’re on TV! Fermenters Club](https://www.fermentersclub.com/savorsandiego2014/) [Mystic Brewery’s Entropy dives deep into brewing arts The Boston Globe](https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/food-dining/2014/02/14/mystic-brewery-entropy-dives-deep-into-brewing-arts/HqnOz6xj0X6rDDn0E9VbnK/story.html) [53: Allisons Fridge FermUp](https://fermup.com/podcast/53/) [Country Bread With Apples NY Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/21/health/country-bread-with-apples.html?_r=1) Rate us on iTunes. Thanks for your support! Send your f

This week we talk about kefir, sourdough, making fermentation habits, communal aspects to food and ferments, and the rotting food hiding in Allison’s Fridge. Show notes: Rate us on iTunes. Thanks for your support! Send your feedback to podcast@fermup.com or connect with us on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.

This week we talk finger yeast, kombucha clothing, backslopping, and more. Show notes: [Starters: Fermenting With Finger Yeast Scientific American](https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/oscillator/2014/02/07/starters-fermenting-with-finger-yeast/) [Our Starters, Which Art of Earth Wayne and Wax](https://wayneandwax.com/?p=7941) [When science meets sartorial: the skirt and shoe made from kombucha TED Blog](https://blog.ted.com/2014/02/05/the-skirt-and-shoe-made-from-kombucha/) BIOCOUTURE [Using Existing Cheese As Cultures For New Cheeses Curd-Nerd](https://curd-nerd.com/using-existing-cheese-as-cultures-for-new-cheeses/) [Sandorkraut: Check out this pic of a tempeh Twitter](https://twitter.com/sandorkraut/status/432660111908024320) [Taking Land From the Mafia, Giving It to Farmers Modern Farmer](https://modernfarmer.com/2014/02/givin

This week we interview special guest, Tara Whitsitt, of Fermentation on Wheels. Show notes: Tara Whitsitt Fermentation on Wheels [Classifieds “bus” Craigslist](https://portland.craigslist.org/search/?sort=rel&areaID=9&subAreaID=&query=bus&catAbb=sss) FoodCorps [SCHEDULE Fermentation on Wheels](https://www.fermentationonwheels.com/?page_id=9) [VOLUNTEER Fermentation on Wheels](https://www.fermentationonwheels.com/?page_id=19) [Fermentation on Wheels Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/fermentationonwheels) Tara Whitsitt (tarawhitsitt) on Twitter Rate us on iTunes. Thanks for your support! Send your feedback to podcast@fermup.com or connect with us on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.

The big five-oh! This week we accidentally started the show before the show. We talk yeast, petri dishes, microscopes, and buying a house with fermentation in mind. Show notes: https://www.bear-flavored.com/2014/01/how-to-make-fermented-pizza.html Rate us on iTunes. Thanks for your support! Send your feedback to podcast@fermup.com or connect with us on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.

Allison still has not named her sourdough starter but she did start using her scale. This week we talk microscopes, state microbes, beer and wine hybrids, and so much more. Show notes: [Zymology Camp Tickets, Madison Eventbrite](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/zymology-camp-tickets-10082502035) [Amish friendship bread Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amish_friendship_bread) [Durian Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian) [no durian sign Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=no+durian+sign&espv=210&es_sm=91&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=hPXdUt-HG9OssQSD5YCYDg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1076&bih=1319) [$10 Smartphone to digital microscope conversion Instructables](https://www.instructables.com/id/10-Smartphone-to-digital-microscope-conversion/) [AmScope 40X-1000X LED Cordless All-Metal Fram

This week we talk sourdough, naming ferments, gram scales, beer doused fires, and Moyashimon (anime/manga/live action video about fermentation). Show notes: [45: Reads Like a Story FermUp](https://fermup.com/podcast/45/) [Watch Moyashimon Returns (Season 2) Episode 1 - The Moyashi Gang Rises Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/moyashimon/episode-1-the-moyashi-gang-rises-607491) [Moyashimon: Tales of Agriculture (SUB) - 1 YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RosyASH-sh0) [Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moyasimon:_Tales_of_Agriculture) [Off-Duty Firefighter Craig Moreau Uses Beer to Put Out Fire Fox News Insider](https://foxnewsinsider.com/2014/01/12/duty-firefighter-craig-moreau-uses-beer-put-out-fire) Rate us on iTunes. Thanks for your support! Send your feedback to podcast@fermup.com or connect with u

This week we follow up on the invention of canning, the French/Napoleon contest, and the differences between canning and fermentation. Show notes: [Ideas in Ideas 2.0 Workshop EL Ideas](https://elideas.com/ideas-in-ideas-2-0/) IDEAS IN FOOD [Kimchi Crepes Ideas in Food](https://blog.ideasinfood.com/ideas_in_food/2013/12/december-28-2013.html) [Chefology: There Might Be Bacteria in Your Artisan Sea Salt Boston Magazine](https://www.bostonmagazine.com/restaurants/blog/2013/12/23/chefology-bacteria-sea-salt/) [Chemistry: A festive ferment Nature](https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v504/n7480/full/504372a.html) [The Beard Beer Rogue Ales](https://rogue.com/store/products/The-Beard-Beer.html) [History of Canning Canned Food](https://www.cannedfood.org/files/library/pdfs/History-can.pdf) Canning: A History of Canned Foods &a

This week we talk with special guest Derek Dellinger. Derek will only consume fermented foods, and nothing but fermented foods, for one whole year. Show notes: Illustration by Lena DeLeo. [For One Year, I Will Eat Only Fermented Foods, Then Publish a Book About It Bear Flavored Homebrew and Beer Blog](https://www.bear-flavored.com/2013/12/for-one-year-i-will-eat-only-fermented.html) Here is the blog post that announced it all. [The Awesome Symmetry of Self-Fermentation - And How It Applies To Beer Bear Flavored Homebrew and Beer Blog](https://www.bear-flavored.com/2013/12/the-awesome-symmetry-of-self.html) THE FERMENTED MAN [Bear Flavored Homebrew and Beer Blog](https://www.bear-flavored.com/) Bear Flavored Ales on Facebook Derek Dellinger @bearflavored on Twitter Rate us on iTunes. Thanks for your support! Send your feedback to podcast@fermup.com or connect with us on Twitter, Facebook or Googl

This week we talk about our reading of a 1982 study on Ginger Beer Plant. Show notes: [The Ginger-Beer Plant, and the Organisms Composing it: A Contribution to the Study of Fermentation-Yeasts and Bacteria by H Ward Archive](https://archive.org/details/philtrans03540404) [The Ginger-Beer Plant, and the Organisms Composing it: A Contribution to the Study of Fermentation-Yeasts and Bacteria PDF Link](https://ia600507.us.archive.org/26/items/philtrans03540404/03540404.pdf) Rate us on iTunes. Thanks for your support! Send your feedback to podcast@fermup.com or connect with us on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.

This week we discuss a few of our favorite fermentation things. This is our annual stuff to buy issue. We share what kind of gifts to get for yourself or your loved ones this holiday, or any, season. We also talk skunks, scales, and upcoming events. Show notes: [Upcoming Events FermUp](https://fermup.com/events/) The Ginger-Beer Plant, and the Organisms Composing it: A Contribution to the Study of Fermentation-Yeasts and Bacteria [Kitchen Scale - Baker’s Math Kitchen Scale - KD8000 Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001NE0FU2/fermup-20) [3-Gallon Stoneware Pickling Crock Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002P4LRCO/fermup-20) [Lodge Pro-Logic P14P3 Cast Iron Pizza Pan, Black, 14-inch Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000E2V3X/fermup-20) [Lodge LCC3 Logic Pre-Seasoned Combo Cooker Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/exec/obi

Fermentation can be a little stinky sometimes, but some ferments are so stinky that all but the well initiated will gag. This week we discuss some of the smelliest ferments in the world and a bit of the science behind them. Show notes: [18 Stinky Foods From Around the World - surstromming, kiviak, stinky tofu, hakarl, hongeo… Open Journey](https://www.openjourney.com/article/18-stinky-foods-around-the-world-41.html) This link appears to cover most of the popular stinky ferments throughout the world. We’re certain there are more, but this is nice coverage with videos. [Episode 16: Fish Sauce was The Original Ketchup FermUp](https://fermup.com/podcast/16/) In the last third, Danijela and Branden talk about surstromming. [PopSci’s Friday Lunch: a Can of Surstromming With Harold McGee Popular Science](https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-04/popscis-friday-lunch-can-putrid-surströmming) Watch Harold McGee eat

This week we discuss cheese made from human bacteria, an interview with René Redzepi of Noma, music made by microbes, how to make sriracha, dairy waste turned useful, and more. Show notes: [The Q&A: René Redzepi: Foraging and fermenting The Economist](https://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2013/11/qa-ren-redzepi) [René Redzepi: A Work in Progress Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0714866911/fermup-20) [Human Cheese Dezeen](https://www.dezeen.com/2013/11/20/olafur-eliasson-tears-used-to-make-human-cheese/) Christina Agapakis Fermentophone [MSG, Seasoned For A Comeback NPR](https://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/11/17/245728214/msg-seasoned-for-a-comeback) [Judge Orders California Sriracha Factory to Halt Odor-Making Operations Eater National](https://eater.com/archives/2013/11/27/judge-orders-sriracha-factory-to-halt-odormaking-operations.php)