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// FERMENTED RATIONS

10 recipes released to the public. The rest of the archive is not on the internet.

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Som tam is shredded unripe papaya bruised in a mortar with garlic, chillies, lime and fish sauce, and in its Isaan…

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A crystal-clear ruby broth built from fermented beetroot juice (zakwas buraczany) blended into a dried-mushroom and…

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Żurek is Poland's sour rye soup: a live five-day ferment of wholemeal rye flour, water and garlic — the zakwas…

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Bigos is a long braise of sauerkraut and fresh cabbage with several kinds of meat, dried forest mushrooms and…

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Saba no misoni is the everyday simmered mackerel of Japanese home kitchens and lunch counters: oily fillets cooked…

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Masala dosai is a wild-fermented rice-and-urad-dal crepe spread paper-thin on a hot griddle until it is lacy and…

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Choucroute garnie is the flagship dish of Alsace: lacto-fermented cabbage braised for hours in goose fat and dry…

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Hongzao ji is the Fuzhou household braise built on hongzao, the crimson lees left behind when red yeast rice wine…

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Zhajiangmian is Beijing's everyday noodle dish: diced pork belly slow-fried in oil with salty dry yellow soybean…

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Chengdu's defining dish: cubes of soft gypsum-set tofu simmered in a fierce red sauce built on Pixian chilli-bean…