FAQs
Why Should I Eat More Raw Foods
That's a great question !
If you are suffering with any kind of illness, pain, disability, mental illness, disease etc your body will benefit a great deal by eating more 'alive' raw foods. Raw 'uncooked' foods contain live enzymes which are the key to your life - without them we would be dead ! As we age, our body cannot make as many enzymes for itself so it 's important that we supplement with some raw foods which are full of them. Food that is heated over 42-45 C contains no live enzymes so we must ensure the food is either cold or warm. Yes you can heat raw food but not over that temperature. That's good news if you want to eat raw foods in the cooler months. Heat your soup in a dehydrator (if it's the one with a door opening out) or in a very low oven or in a water bath.
My ferments sometimes have a strong odour
Why is my sauerkraut slimy on the top ?
And sometimes it can be slimy throughout the whole jar.
"Sometimes fermenting vegetables develop thick gooey viscous almost ropy brine. In some cases this is a fleeting stage of development as successive metabolic processes proceed the sliminess disappears. In other cases it may remain slimy.
It most often develops in warmer than ideal temperatures. Either put the ferment in a cooler place to do its thing or wait till the ambient temperature cools down."
From 'The Art of Fermentation' by Sandor Katz
I personally have had the whole jar go slimy so I put it in a bowl rinsed it well with cold water and repacked into the jar. It may be a good idea to add a brine back into the jar of about 2%.