Knives And Cabbage Fly At Giant Kraut Mob In Boston
Fermented foods -- from kimchi to miso to hard cider -- are all the rage with foodies, the DIY urban homesteading crowd and chefs at all level and style of restaurants. But what role are these local kraut mobs playing in the larger, bubbling fermentation movement? For the former couple of years Jeremy Ogusky -- a self-described "fermentation evangelist" -- has been sketching crowds at farmers market segments by staging these free sauerkraut-making lessons. He advised me that after people bumble after one they're usually pretty surprised.
"It starts off with timid people kind of walking up, inquisitive, and [asking] 'What's happening here, why do you have 75 pounds of cabbage seated out on a desk? ' " Ogusky discussed. But then, time and again, he's observed a shift.
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