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Quotes About Fermented

One of my favorite Japanese foods is called natto. It's fermented soybeans. I grew up in Japan eating natto. It's definitely an acquired taste. It's basically smelly.
~ Mazie Hirono
The base of raita is traditionally unstrained whole-milk yogurt, but I like to break away from convention and reach for whatever fermented dairy I have on hand. Ive used buttermilk, Greek yogurt, sour cream, and any combination thereof for the base of my raita.
~ Sohla El-Waylly
I've been amazed to learn all of the links between microbial health and our general health. This all started by trying to understand fermentation. The fermentation outside your body, and its relation to the fermentation inside your body. The key to health is fermentation, it turns out.
~ Michael Pollan
Yogurt YOGURT SIDEKICKS: kefir TRY TO EAT: 2 cups daily
~ Steven G. Pratt
I love a good miso soup: it's fermented. It really helps with the immune system. I'll add tofu, carrots and seaweed.
~ Tia Mowry
Solace? That's why God made fermented beverages and the blues.
~ Tom Robbins
Brillat-Savarin noted two features that distinguish man from beast: 1. Fear of the future. 2. Desire for fermented liquors.
~ Kermit Lynch
Wine, she serenades me with her first fragrant glass purring plush purple poetry Tra la la la la, tra lee! She dances in vinous metre in a second fermented flute trilling tipsy-turvy tunes Tra la la la la, tra leee! Sip slosh, now she mumbles bottle buzzing on pour three a faint intoxicated harmony Tra la la la la, tra leeee!
~ Terri Guillemets
I am better in health, avoiding all fermented liquors, and drinking nothing but London water, with a million insects in every drop. He who drinks a tumbler of London water has literally in his stomach more animated beings than there are men, women, and children on the face of the globe.
~ Sydney Smith, 1834
That's the problem with stinky tofu. It's so yummy,
~ Lenore Look
Kimchi. After repeatedly sampling ten of the sixty varieties of kimchi, the national pickle of Korea, kimchi has become my national pickle, too.
~ Unknown
Describe the smell to me." "Are you serious right now?" "Yes, I want to know." "It's like a family of raccoons hotboxed themselves to death in a dumpster, and someone distilled their fermented remains." "Huh," Satie said. "I usually just say it smells like Malört, but I like your version, too.
~ John Scalzi
Ah, Shiraz! What a town! The rose gardens, the nightingales. Paradise. You know, I got a hold of some wine while I was there. I'll never forget that bouquet." Julian cleared his throat. " 'Rose petals let us scatter and fill the cup with red wine, the firmaments let us shatter and come with a new design.' " He lifted his glass in a toast to Hafez's ode to the fermented grape. Marjan met his toast with her own glass.
~ Unknown
If I could only have one type of food with me, I would bring soy sauce. The reason being that if I have soy sauce, I can flavor a lot of things.
~ Martin Yan
Miso is another fermented whole soy food. This thick paste is commonly mixed with hot water to make a delicious soup that's a staple in Japanese cuisine. If you want to give it a try, I suggest white miso, which has a mellower flavor than red miso.
~ Michael Greger