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Fermenting without Whey

post #1 of 7
4/22/10 at 7:03pm
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There was a presentation at the 2009 WAP conference that said he used a powder from yogourmet in place of whey in fermenting stuff. Does anyone do this? What powder do you use? I don't always keep whey in the house and this would be much more convenient.
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post #2 of 7
4/23/10 at 4:17am
I don't like fermenting with Whey either. It tastes horrible to me. Just check out the book Wild Fermentations from you library. No whey at all and much better tasting ferments, IMO. Just usually the veggies and salt to make a brine. Good luck!
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post #3 of 7
4/23/10 at 11:03am
We're dairy-free, and I've found veggie fermenting to be very straightforward and tasty. I don't use a starter at all, if you really want one, or to read about a different one, I think the Body Ecology Diet people have one and discuss it. Maybe I'm wrong, I'd assume they're all fairly similar--but that is an assumption.

There's a great thread on fermenting in this forum, helpful discussion of whey-less fermenting and general approaches to fermentation....

http://mothering.com/discussions/sho...d.php?t=426207
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post #4 of 7
4/23/10 at 12:37pm
I've had pretty good luck using water kefir, depending on what the food is. My results are more consistent.
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post #5 of 7
4/23/10 at 1:27pm
Salt works well--I personally don't use whey at the moment because my children can't handle dairy.

There are two starter cultures on the market marketed for cultured vegetables. Caldwell Bio Fermentation has one and Body Ecology has one. I personally prefer Caldwell as it was actually formulated for vegetables whereas BE's is formulated to culture dairy but it works for veggies too.

Here is a video put out by Caldwell on using their starter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEBZ61-b87s (hopefully that's okay to post, Mod's please let me know if it's not)
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post #6 of 7
4/23/10 at 5:32pm
I second reading Wild Fermentation, I really loved it for learning to ferment without whey.
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post #7 of 7
4/24/10 at 11:27pm
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Originally Posted by Gale Force View Post
I've had pretty good luck using water kefir, depending on what the food is. My results are more consistent.
Do you use salt still?


Pat
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