One of the great joys of living in Japan is experiencing the wide range of traditional Japanese pickles, or tsukemono, that are served with every meal.
One of the great joys of living in Japan is experiencing the wide range of traditional Japanese pickles, or tsukemono, that are served with every meal.
One of the great joys of living in Japan is experiencing the wide range of traditional Japanese pickles, or tsukemono, that are served with every meal.
Sunday 4 April 2021
From kimchi to kefir and kombucha, fermented foods are seriously fashionable, and youâll do well to find a hip menu that doesnât feature something preserved.
Fermented âliveâ and ârawâ ingredients give your gut a much-needed boost of healthy microbes, the benefits of which have been linked to weight loss, allergy reduction and improved skin issues (all useful in a post-lockdown world).
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Health-food shops have been selling fermented foods for decades â and kefir and kimchi can now be found in supermarket meal deals â but the process of extracting the lactobacillus (the good bacteria) from a glut of vegetables really isnât that difficult to do at home, you just need to follow the rules and have a few essential tools.