fermentedphil in #hive-120586 • 4 days agoTraditional Roosterkoek 2.0: Revisiting an Old Recipe and Revamping ItMy girlfriend, @urban.scout, is in love with roosterkoek. Many moons ago, long before I met her, [I posted a recipe of how I make Sourdough Roosterkoek](fermentedphil in #hive-120586 • 6 days agoHow to Make Fig Jam with Home Grown Figs: Less Sugar and More Fig Flavour By Using Fig Skins My dad always asked my grandmother (his mother): “Are you having bread with jam or jam with bread ?” ![](fermentedphil in #hive-120586 • 11 days agoSavoury Sweet Potato and Fresh Garden Herbs: A Quick Weeknight Recipe Some nights you really do not know what to make. Usually, creativity takes over. I had some sweet potatoes in the fridge and a garden full of nice herbs that begged to be harvested. Sfermentedphil in #hive-120586 • 12 days agoHow To Make Braai Salt or the Best Salt You Will Ever Use: A Very Simple RecipeSouth Africans love to braai or BBQ. We do BBQ or braai a little differently to the rest of the world. Or at least, different to the USA. We use wood and coals to cook with, it imparfermentedphil in #hive-127788 • 15 days agoThe Fig Tree That Would Not Diethe fig tree that would not die produces the most fruits There is a fig tree in the yard that has been cut down many times by previous owners. Yet, todayfermentedphil in #hive-120586 • 17 days agoPurslane Rice: A Quick and Easy Recipe Using So-Called "Weeds"I have been working on this recipe for many years now. It started with simple string or green beans, garlic powder, and sesame seeds. Now, I have transformed it into a wild rice type offermentedphil in #hive-140635 • 20 days agoEating Figs from the Tree and Cutting Back Wild Rocket | A HiveGarden Journal EntryFew things in life are as good as eating fruits freshly picked from the tree. Figs are one of those fruits that you want to leave on the tree until it is very ripe. Thus the problem of ffermentedphil in #hive-120586 • 22 days agoRethinking Pasta Aglio e Olio: A Recipe that Uses Homegrown Garlic ChivesSimple cooking is the hardest cooking. That is a hill I am willing to die on. I normally order the simplest dishes at restaurants to see if the chefs know what they are doing. Somefermentedphil in #hive-120586 • 24 days agoSpekboom and Purslane Chutney Recipe: Using Food and Produce From the GardenMaking chutney is one of the culinary tricks I have always wanted to know. But since making my own chutney, the idea has movfermentedphil in #hive-140635 • 27 days agoCutting Down my Favorite Tree, Growing Salad Rocket in the Summer and an Amaranth Update | A HiveGarden Journal EntryIt is a sad day whenever I see a tree that needs to be chopped down. I never like it. The same goes for any other plants. This week, I needed to cut down one of my favorite trees. Or shrfermentedphil in #hive-120586 • 28 days agoHomemade Yoghurt: A Simple Fermentation Project - Tips, Method, and a Recipe With Infinite PossibilitiesFermentation is one of those wonders in the world; who came upon the first "thick milk" and thought about consuming it? The Romans thought fermentation to be something from the gofermentedphil in #hive-120586 • last monthBaked Cheesecake: A Simple Recipe To Soothe the Sweet Tooth (Part 1 of the Condensed Milk Series)I am convinced that everything with condensed milk is just better. Therefore, I want to introduce a mini-series of posts covering my cooking with condensed milk. The first recipefermentedphil in #philosophy • last monthA Medley of Cold Salads on a Warm Summer Christmas Day: Musings, Philosophy, and SaladsAlmost exactly a year ago, I wrote a piece on the uncanniness of time and how one only actually experiences it when one reflects on it . I cannot believe another year has…fermentedphil in #hive-120586 • 3 months agoHow to Make a Creamy Penne Carbonara: Tips and Tricks on Making Dishes HealthierSome days I just crave some creamy rich and fatty carbonara. However, being conscious of one’s health and weight, a rich and fatty, and creamy dish with pasta might not always be the hfermentedphil in #hive-120586 • 3 months agoCucumber, Pickled Peppers, and Avocado Health Bowl: A Simple Recipe and Some Quick TipsI do not know about you but sometimes my mouth just salivates for a sour-acidic dish. And what better way than to utilize this "taste" with fresh vegetables on rice? The inspiratifermentedphil in #hive-120586 • 3 months agoA Poor University Student Peanut-Soy Noodle Dish: A Quick Recipe With Minimal Ingredients I am staying with my SO and her family. I cannot conquer the kitchen as I do at home. This necessitates a creative mind to cook minimalistic. I am digging deep back into my undergfermentedphil in #hive-120586 • 3 months agoHow to Make Traditional South African Pannekoek (Pancakes): A Date Night FoodThere is no consensus on what pancakes are. Some people think about American-style thick pancakes, but we call that in South Africa "plaat koekies" or plate cookies. In Britain, they afermentedphil in #hive-163772 • 4 months agoPretoria Boeremark (Farmers' Market) in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa: Keeping Traditional Food AliveThe traffic jam is about a kilometer or two away from the parking. It is just after 6 am and there are already people leaving the farmers' market. Talk about dedication. For those who arfermentedphil in #hive-163772 • 4 months agoVisiting a Rose Farm and Driving Down "The Rose Mile" - Ludwig's Rose, Pretoria, South AfricaDid you know that there are so many kinds of roses? Did you know that roses are edible? Did you know that the best milkshake is made from roses? These are things I did not know unfermentedphil in #hive-120586 • 5 months agoAvocado-Mayonnaise Chocolate Microwave Cake (or Brownies): A Marriage of ExtremesYes, you read that correctly. You can add mayonnaise and avocado to cake and still have cake. [I posted this week about the many avocados that fell from the tree after a freak sto
