Saturday, July 23, 2016

~ Fermentation Festival ~

Screaming Pickle Contest
Don't miss the annual Santa Barbara Fermentation Festival at Rancho La Patera and Stow House in Golita on Sunday September 11th, 2016 from 11 AM to 5 PM.

It will be an amazing celebration of all things fermented and all things local, an opportunity to sample 75 + artisanal fermented foods, visit 50 + exhibits, and meet with experts on the subject.  In addition there will four stages with educational speaker and live and hands-on demos.

This year I have been invited to do a hands-on demo on how to make small artisanal batches of fermented spicy tomato salsa.  Each participant goes home with their own jar of salsa to ferment on their kitchen counter.

By-the-way I just have to mention the Screaming' Pickle Contest.  This is an UBER fun part of the fermentation celebration as amateur fermentation geeks - such as myself - have an opportunity to enter homemade ferments to be judged by a panel of experts.   The award ceremony takes place towards the end of the day.  There are three categories:  fruit, vegetable and beverage.

Look for more information in future posts.

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