130: Sandor Katz - Wild Fermentation • Probiotic Supplements vs. Fermented Foods • Ferment At Home
The Ultimate Health Podcast
Jesse Chappus
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2016
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Sandor Katz is a fermentation revivalist.
His passion for fermentation grew out of his overlapping interests in cooking, nutrition and gardening. Sandor's fermenting journey began by making a batch of sauerkraut and he's since earned the nickname Sandorkraut.
He's taught hundreds of food workshops around the United States and his book Wild Fermentation has been called a classic. Sandor's latest book, The Art of Fermentation, received a James Beard award and was a finalist at the International Association of Culinary Professionals.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Sandor's first exposure to fermented foods
- Overcoming the fear of fermenting your own foods at home
- Fermentation makes vegetables safer than when they are raw
- Fermentation and various other ways of preserving foods
- If you buy fermented foods make sure they are labelled raw or unpasteurized
- The health benefits of consuming fermented foods
- Peeking while a food is fermenting will not interrupt the process
- How does consuming a probiotic supplement compare to consuming a fermented food?
- Should you ever cook fermented foods?
- Using different sugars for different fermented beverages
- Stevia doesn't work as a sweetener for fermenting
- Store bought vs. home brewed kombucha
- The second fermentation is the secret to carbonation
- What are the best vegetables to ferment besides cabbage?
- How and when to make a basic brine
- How to keep your ferments from becoming moldy
- How to make a vegan kimchi (without fish sauce)
- Aim to eat diversely
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Sandor Katz - The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved (book)
Fermentation Workshop with Sandor Katz (DVD)
Jo Stepaniak - The Ultimate Uncheese Cookbook (book)
Miyoko Schinner - Artisan Vegan Cheese (book)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | And the Hello and |
| 0:15.0 | welcome to the 130th episode of the Ultimate Health Podcast. |
| 0:19.0 | Jesse Chappis here with Marnie Wasserman |
| 0:21.0 | and we are here each and every week to take your health to the next level. |
| 0:25.0 | Today our featured guest is Sandor Cats, a fermentation revivalist. |
| 0:30.0 | His passion for fermentation grew out of his overlapping interests in cooking, nutrition, and |
| 0:35.6 | gardening. |
| 0:36.6 | Sandor's fermenting journey began by making a batch of sourcroughts and has since earned |
| 0:41.2 | him the nickname of Sandor Kraut. |
| 0:43.3 | He's taught hundreds of food workshops around the U.S. |
| 0:46.6 | And his book Wild Fermentation has been called the Classic. |
| 0:49.9 | His latest book, The Art of Fermentation, received a James Beard Award and was a finalist at the International Association of Culinary Professionals. |
| 0:59.0 | Chatting with Sandor was such a treat. It was great. He was in Toronto to do a couple of workshops and we got to have |
| 1:06.4 | this amazing chat you're about to hear in our living room, really up close and personal, |
| 1:11.7 | and Sandor Katz is the king of fermentation. |
| 1:15.5 | You guys are going to love this. |
| 1:17.5 | Yeah, we know you guys have been waiting for this episode. |
| 1:19.7 | Fermentation comes up quite a bit on previous shows and now we get to dig deep hopefully |
| 1:24.4 | answer lots of your questions and you guys had lots of questions for Sandor so |
| 1:28.0 | you are going to hear so much in this episode and hopefully take on fermenting |
| 1:32.2 | at home. |
| 1:32.8 | So now I'm going to give a shout out to our show sponsor Sun Warrior |
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