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From Kimchi to Beer: The Wonders of Bacteria
The Cornell Daily Sun ^ | January 24, 2022 | Peter Kaplinsky

Posted on 01/28/2022 2:43:21 PM PST by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 01/28/2022 2:43:21 PM PST by nickcarraway
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Yeah but beer and cheese are fermented by fungi also bread.


2 posted on 01/28/2022 2:52:56 PM PST by webheart (I thought I was helping by getting vaccinated but they say I didn’t help at all. )
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To: nickcarraway

Written like a high school term paper.


3 posted on 01/28/2022 2:54:07 PM PST by webheart (I thought I was helping by getting vaccinated but they say I didn’t help at all. )
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I’ve made kimchee and currently have a jar of habaneros, fresno chiles, garlic & onion fermenting for a hotsauce. I’ll add grilled pineapple to the hot sauce once it is done fermenting. Have also made gallons and gallons of beer, mead & wine. It’s all really easy to do. The hardest part of all of it is waiting for the ferment to be done!


4 posted on 01/28/2022 2:54:33 PM PST by dware (Americans prefer peaceful slavery over dangerous freedom)
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Wow! I would like to do that. Very interesting


5 posted on 01/28/2022 3:01:35 PM PST by PeachyKeen
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To: nickcarraway

Baechu-kimchi (배추김치) spicy napa cabbage kimchi, made from whole cabbage leaves
Baechu-geotjeori (배추겉절이) unfermented napa cabbage kimchi
Bossam-kimchi (보쌈김치) wrapped kimchi
Baek-kimchi (백김치) white kimchi, made without chili pepper
Dongchimi (동치미) a non-spicy watery kimchi
Nabak-kimchi (나박김치) a mildly spicy watery kimchi
Chonggak-kimchi (총각김치) cubed chonggak “ponytail” radish, a popular spicy kimchi
Kkakdugi (깍두기) spicy cubed Korean radish strongly-scented kimchi containing fermented shrimp
Oi-sobagi (오이소박이) cucumber kimchi that can be stuffed with seafood and chili paste, and is a popular choice during the spring and summer seasons
Pa-kimchi (파김치) spicy green onion kimchi
Yeolmu-kimchi (열무김치) is also a popular choice during the spring and summer, and is made with yeolmu radishes, and does not necessarily have to be fermented.
Gat-kimchi (갓김치), made with Indian mustard
Yangbaechu-kimchi (양배추 김치) spicy cabbage kimchi, made from “headed” cabbage leaves (as opposed to napa cabbage)


6 posted on 01/28/2022 3:02:26 PM PST by TexasGator (UF)
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Have also made gallons and gallons of beer, mead & wine.

“Mead” is one of those terms I’ve seen forever and never really thought about what it was. I knew it was a drink, it sounds like something from medieval times, but that’s about it. Fermented honey water! Wild.


7 posted on 01/28/2022 3:11:30 PM PST by Flick Lives (The CDC. Brought to you by Pfizer.)
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To: nickcarraway

Yeast is not bacteria. They’re different kingdoms. But plants cannot live without bacteria, and animals cannot live without plants. And while plants use bacteria in the soil to break it down into nutrients, animals have learned to trap bacteria in their guts and use it to digest food.


8 posted on 01/28/2022 3:13:44 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder (Democracy is two dead Democrats and a Republican voting who's brains are for dinner.)
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natural remedies, rather than Activia that is flying of the shelves because of its claims. I love pickled anything. Except Biden.


9 posted on 01/28/2022 3:16:01 PM PST by hoe_cake
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To: dware

I do sauerkraut regularly. How hard is kimchi?


10 posted on 01/28/2022 3:21:03 PM PST by Dutch Boy (The only thing worse than having something taken from you is to have it returned broken. )
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My son took a college class in fermentation. He liked the subject so well his career shifted to micro-biology/food science. This summer he will intern at a cheese factory. It’s really interesting, but having toured his food science lab, I must say there are some really bad smells that can happen.


11 posted on 01/28/2022 3:24:48 PM PST by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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12 posted on 01/28/2022 3:26:22 PM PST by sauropod (Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. Life is risk, your highness.)
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To: Dutch Boy

You’d have no problem making kimchee.


13 posted on 01/28/2022 3:33:47 PM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: Flick Lives
Did you read Beowulf? They were drinking it in that.
14 posted on 01/28/2022 3:45:31 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: PeachyKeen; dware
"...Wow! I would like to do that. Very interesting..."

Here is the book for you on the beer brewing thing:

And I would suggest, after you buy the equipment, to use
this malt extract as your first batch:

"Cooper's Special Bitter" from Adelaide, Australia.

The first batch of that stuff I brewed was the best
beer/ale I have as of yet drank. Beginner's luck I guess.

You can thank me later.


15 posted on 01/28/2022 3:47:43 PM PST by GaltAdonis (As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide. Abe Lincoln)
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Thank You!


16 posted on 01/28/2022 3:49:06 PM PST by PeachyKeen
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You are most welcome!


17 posted on 01/28/2022 3:52:22 PM PST by GaltAdonis (As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide. Abe Lincoln)
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To: nickcarraway
While bacteria are important, for a variety of reasons, the process of "fermentation" is actually Yeast (not bacteria) converting sugars (from a variety of sources) into alcohol. Yeast is from the Fungi Kingdom and Bacteria are from the Monera Kingdom.

In winemaking, adding bacteria after primary fermentation (with yeast) is often called a "secondary" fermentation or malolactic fermentation and is most often done with Red wine and not White wine (Chardonnay being the biggest exception with white wine).
Although, no fermentation takes places, it's actually the process of the bacteria converting the more tart-tasting malic acid, naturally present in grape must, into softer-tasting lactic acid (aka Milk acid) without alcohol being produced.

As a hobby I'm a bit of a vigneron and garagiste.

18 posted on 01/28/2022 4:25:34 PM PST by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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I make kombucha (fermented tea) which is enabled by a SCOBY (Symbiotic Colony Of Bacteria and Yeast) which presents itself as a rather large jellyfish-like mass. Easy, tasty, and probiotic.


19 posted on 01/28/2022 4:31:42 PM PST by ClearCase_guy ("If you see something, say something"? I see people dying from vaccines.)
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To: webheart

Correct. Yeast is not bacteria. I have good sanitation practices to keep bacteria OUT of my beer when brewing. For that matter, hops themselves have anti-bacterial properties.

That said, there are a few beers that use bacteria (e.g., lactobacillus) in a controlled way to produce specific styles.


20 posted on 01/28/2022 4:40:21 PM PST by brewer1516
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