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Biochymickal Arts 20130913
day one (and prior) of Biochymickal Arts 2013
- making PDA to prepare plates
- preparing plates, microwave pasteurisation (sub 120ºC sterilisation?)
- reading list and library subsection
- preparing cultures from 3×3 ferments (see above)
- cooking, eating, drinking (with various toasts)
pre-prepared fermented samples
Maria prepared three samples:
- A - salt-based fermentation (2%)
- B - whey-based fermentation
- C - salt-based + fish
A/B/C will come in different versions:
- 6-days fermentation
- 4-days fermentation
- 2-days fermentation
This is based on delivery on Wednesday 11 September afternoon. If you need them on Monday 9th, I can deliver in the morning, it just means that sample 3 will have to be opened after 2 days (so on Wednesday).
There will be a total of 9 jars. For each, we said we would look at the vegetable tissue and liquid, so we are talking of about 18 or so slides.
I will add to this:
- D - sample of 2 weeks old (so inedible) sample of the fish kimchi you tried.
- E - sample from 2010 (unopened, we may find some mold on the top if we are lucky…).
- F - sample of kimchi juice that is 9 months old.
note that sea salt should be used, rather than table salt (since table salt often contains E535 an acidity regulator which affects fermentation)