Boogie, munch, chop + bash

Don't forget HRN has two exciting upcoming events:

This Friday night at 7pm, Charlie Mgee and his band Formidable Vegetable Sound System, will be launching their new album, Grow Do It in Daylesford. They're calling it a kids' album, but that hasn't stopped any of us adults boogying around the HRN HQ while we listen to it.

There will be a delicious supper available, too, to replenish our stores after a big night of dancing.

You can buy your tickets here, or on the door.

Here's a sneak peek of Kimchi, one of the songs from the new album:

(If you're reading this as an email, you might need to click through to the HRN blog to watch it.)

If you love kimchi as much as Charlie and would like to learn how to make it, we warmly invite you to come along to this Saturday's Culture Club for our free Back to Basics workshop where we will be making kimchi, sauerkraut, fermented carrots, pickled carrots, and a carrot kvass.

 This will be a hands on and hands in workshop. Here's what you need to bring if you'd like to make your own:

Kimchi

Ingredients
- flaked or fine salt
- 3-4 cloves of garlic
- a thumb of ginger
- chilli flakes, or dried or fresh chillies
- fish sauce (optional)
- daikon radish (optional)
- sugar
- Chinese/napa cabbage, though ordinary cabbage, bok choy, etc works fine too - need about 1kg
- 1 carrot
- spring onions (optional)
- plastic gloves (optional)
Utensils
- clean 1L (or thereabouts) jar
- grater
- chopping board + knife
- mixing bowl

Sauerkraut

Ingredients
- one or more cabbages
- salt
- optional: whey, onion, garlic, chilli, spices (cardamom, coriander, fennel, star anise, caraway etc)
Utensils
- large bowl (preferably stainless steel) for pounding into
- pounding tool - eg. pestle
- grater
- large chopping knife
- chopping board
- 2 wide mouthed jars or crock - size depends on quantity of ingredients you want to make up. About 1 litre is a good size to start with

Carrot Ferment

Ingredients
- 4-5 carrots
- salt
- optional: whey, onion, garlic, chilli, spices as above
Utensils
- large bowl (preferably stainless steel) for pounding into
- pounding tool - eg. pestle
- grater
- large chopping knife
- chopping board
- 2 wide mouthed jars or crock - size depends on quantity of ingredients you want to make up. About 1 litre is a good size to start with

Pickled Carrots

Ingredients

- 4-5 large carrots

- 4 garlic cloves 

- good quality salt

- black peppercorns

- mustard seeds

- 2 bayleaves

- fresh dill or dill seeds

- optional: lemon, chillies

Utensils

- 1 2-litre jar or several smaller jars

- knife
- chopping board

Carrot Kvass

Ingredients

- 1 carrot
- salt
- whey (optional)
Utensils
- 1 large jar
- chopping board
- knife


Hope you can come along!