A couple of days ago, I heard tree frogs singing for mates for the first time this year. I stopped, (whatever it was, I was doing) to acknowledge this moment when I noticed that the frogs knew that the earth had tilted a little more in favor of Spring. Their song was accompanied by the sound of water in the creek and a steady dripping coming from a light drizzle collecting in a faulty gutter. It was the first time in a long time that I felt like I lived in the misty moist Pacific Northwest again and not a drought-stricken landscape. I know this is no end to that reality but the rain, the running water, the full ponds, the frogs, are good for my morale. I left the window open that night so I could listen to the soothing sounds of a wet landscape anytime I woke up.
Hi Kirsten, I just subscribed to your newsletter because I'm passionate about fermentation. But I have to say that I find easier to read a post when there's a clear structure, like a summary at the beginning to that I know in advance what will be discussed, and so that I can jump to what's most interesting to me. Just to let you know :)
As I sit and read the lovely story of your journey Kirsten I have one hand alternatively scrolling the phone screen and taking sips of my early morning coffee, the other peeling the skins off soaking soy beans. Will be following your basic tempeh recipe later today. Our first time. My wife Monica has never tasted it, me just a few times. So we’ve started with the basic recipe with some organic soy beans we bought last week on our city visit. After that we plan to try with the dried sigariyas beans (winged beans) and kadios (pigeon peas) which we had a nice small harvest of. I hope to make this a very regular thing in our diet as beans are easy and not much fuss to grow here, just got to keep Edna the sheep away from them. Thank you for all the teachings and hope you and Christopher get more of that lovely rain! ❤️
Hi Kirsten, I just subscribed to your newsletter because I'm passionate about fermentation. But I have to say that I find easier to read a post when there's a clear structure, like a summary at the beginning to that I know in advance what will be discussed, and so that I can jump to what's most interesting to me. Just to let you know :)
As I sit and read the lovely story of your journey Kirsten I have one hand alternatively scrolling the phone screen and taking sips of my early morning coffee, the other peeling the skins off soaking soy beans. Will be following your basic tempeh recipe later today. Our first time. My wife Monica has never tasted it, me just a few times. So we’ve started with the basic recipe with some organic soy beans we bought last week on our city visit. After that we plan to try with the dried sigariyas beans (winged beans) and kadios (pigeon peas) which we had a nice small harvest of. I hope to make this a very regular thing in our diet as beans are easy and not much fuss to grow here, just got to keep Edna the sheep away from them. Thank you for all the teachings and hope you and Christopher get more of that lovely rain! ❤️
Feta recipe, please! 😊