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April 02, 2007

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A ramblicious post on Lacto-fermentation

I've been buying Bubbies sauerkraut and pickles from my local health food stores for the past year or so. We love Bubbies. But Bubbies is pricey. When I told a fellow-WAPF friend that I bought sauerkraut regularly, she looked at me in disbelief. "But it's so easy to make!" That got me thinking... okay, maybe ? Recently, my mama handed me some pickle-sized cucumbers from her garden, and I bought eight pounds of okra at my local farm. Thus, I've decided to try my hand at traditional preservation, or lacto-fermentation. I fermented some radishes earlier in the season (on the left, above). When they were fresh, the flavor was good, but not as developed as it is three months later. A few days ago, we re-opened the jar; the kids love them now! The main thing that I love about doing this is the nutritional benefit (the purpose for everything I do in the kitchen?). My second favorite thing is that this is as easy as falling off a log. If you follow the basic directions, t

Early summer ramblings

CC Practicum season is behind me, so I feel like I have a few moments to breathe! Logic, the art of reasoning well, was the topic this year. We dug into Venn diagrams, fallacies, and a square of opposition-- fun stuff! I got to be an afternoon orientation leader, which meant that I depended on God a lot more during practicum than I normally would (honesty). I hadn't been an Essentials (4th-6th grade curriculum) tutor trainer before, so I was a bit scared I'd leave something out. But everything went well. We've been on several trips since school ended. In early May, we traveled to Clearwater, FL and stayed in a town home owned by some Québécois believers. They rent the 3/2.5 house at an extremely reasonable rate, and the space was perfect for our family. There was also an unpopulated community pool (school was still in, and it was a bit chilly still) that the kids enjoyed. The main reason for our visit was to go to a LegoLand homeschool day, and that was really fu

First summer post

Nine days after my last post that included my grandmother's 95th birthday, this amazingly long and well-lived lady passed away. We had her birthday party at the beginning of June, a week later she fell and cracked some ribs, and a week after that, she went home. Now that's the way to do it. Her memorial service was on Tater's birthday. Here was an adorable video of her birthday song- watch to the end! Could she have been be any more precious? We're thankful for her legacy and peaceful departure. I had the privilege of playing piano for her funeral. We had sung "Leaning On The Everlasting Arms" as the opening hymn of my grandad's funeral 7.5 years ago , and I thought it would be fitting to play it as the exiting hymn for my grandmother's. We just finished an incredible road trip that really wiped us out! We dropped off Precious for her second year of Still Waters Camp and arrived home around 10:30 PM last night. Bro. Joseph told us to take a

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