Seascapades

Author: Gerda

  • SCOBY Hotels: How to Make and Maintain them

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    If you’ve been brewing kombucha for any length of time, you’ve probably run into the all too common problem – you don’t know what to do with all the SCOBYs! As a recap, a kombucha Scoby (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast), sometimes referred to as the pellicle, is a cellulose-based byproduct of kombucha fermentation that’s filled with…

  • Lemon and Ginger Scoby Candy

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    Kombucha Scoby candy is a delicious, gummy and caramelized treat that is very unique and somewhat healthy:-). It’s a great way to use some of the extra scoby’s as they start to run you over. Ingredients  Extra kombucha scoby – however many you have Equal amount of sugar (white or brown) A dash of lemon…

  • Sauerkraut Recipe

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    Have you ever wondered how to make homemade sauerkraut? This is one of the easiest “superfoods” to make at home with minimal equipment and only two ingredients! It’s hard to make this recipe fail, so why not try it? It is more delicious, and needless to say, more nutritious than store bought and on top…

  • Kombucha Scoby

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    How to make a scoby from scratch You can get a scoby from a friend who is already brewing kombucha, or you can order a fresh one online or you can grow your own. This can be easily done by combining tea, sugar, and some pre-made kombucha. What is a Scoby? “Scoby” is actually an acronym:…

  • Different methods of food preservation.

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    In our home we love to eat fresh, from scratch, home cooked meals with the best ingredients available or the best we can afford. We tend to eat simple meals but with lots of flavor. I don’t go overboard with spices, but use lots of natural flavors like garlic, onion, ginger, celery, parsley, cilantro and…

  • How to vacuum seal mason jars

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    Mason jar vacuum sealers are such a blessing. They come in electric (using batteries) or manual and on our boat they get used almost daily.

  • Freeze-drying – is it worth it?

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    My short answer is YES. Off course I understand that there are as many styles of eating and cruising as there are boats out there. So, I can only share my opinion and my experiences.

  • What is Freeze Drying?

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    Freeze Drying is a hot topic on many forums and platforms today. I’ve been preserving food for almost a half a century!! Having said that out loud scared me to death-:) A few years back, I got interested in freeze drying, probably through a blog or a podcast, but I just couldn’t bring myself to…

  • Hatchet Bay to Gregory Town

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    Gregory Town will be our next port of call – only 4.5miles away. We sailed close to the coast and marveled at the rock formations and the homes that are built right on the cliffs and sometimes the cliffs have already been carved out below the houses – I would be quite scared to live…

  • Pelican Cay to Hatchet Bay

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    When the wind was favorable and it was time to move on, we decided to sail to Hatchet Bay because there was a bit of a storm on the way and the anchorage in Pelican Cay became very uncomfortable with the swells coming directly from the west and the wind from the south. Hatchet Bay…

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