Re: Problem with fermenting pumpkin seeds, Help?

[Guest guest]

Everything you ferment is not going to taste or smell good. Even

sauerkraut and kim-chi can smell like garbage...though after some

extra aging it will usually mellow out.

I used to make sourdough rye pancakes and I would added coconut flour,

amaranth and a few other extras and ferment it and it would smell like

rotten eggs at one point, but if I cooked it, it would taste amazing.

I also fermented quinoa 'milk' with kefir grains and it was very funky

smelling and tasting but I drank it anyway and it certainly didn't

make me sick, but I wouldn't try that again.

Anyway...I know fermenting has its benefits but seeds and nuts IMO are

better off just soaked...though I do prefer grains to be soured and

cooked as bread or pancakes.

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> Hey,

>

> Help please! I tried fermenting some pumpkin seed but they had a

> moderate 'rotten egg' smell and funky taste. I had soaked them

> overnight, ground them with water, into a paste, added some probiotics

> and let sit in a mason jar overnight, covered with cheesecloth. Where

> did I go wrong? Or is that smell/taste normal?

>

> Thanks,

> Heath

>

[Guest guest]

I think I heard somewhere that the smell comes from a

sulfur-containing gas released during fermentation. So it sounds to me

like sulfur is actually being removed from your food during

fermentation. I don't know much about the role of sulfur in nutrition

but I can imagine this might actually be a good thing - and it might

explain why many ferments smell bad but don't taste bad.

I've heard a few stories of fermented meat smelling horribly rotten

during cooking (driving people from the house!) but tasting just fine.

Mike

> >

> > Hey,

> >

> > Help please! I tried fermenting some pumpkin seed but they had a

> > moderate 'rotten egg' smell and funky taste. I had soaked them

> > overnight, ground them with water, into a paste, added some

probiotics

> > and let sit in a mason jar overnight, covered with cheesecloth. Where

> > did I go wrong? Or is that smell/taste normal?

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Heath

> >

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