The earth turns vines into wine, barley into beer, sweet cabbage into sauerkraut, soybeans into soy sauce, pigs into prosciutto. All these changes depend on the careful management of the putrefying processes. ...
Water is the carrier of flavors. Fire boils water into what is dry and inedible and makes it possible to obtain a tasty dish from products that are inedible for humans (e.g. flour). ...
Drying is a transformation where water is evaporated from food. It is one of the oldest methods of preserving and storing fruit, vegetables, and meat. With hot, dry air, we take all the water from the products. ...
The bird, the element of air, meets Earth and Fire ...
Smoking with smoke Cold and salted raw meat (earth element) meets fire in warm air for many hours, then in hot water, it becomes food. Smoke smoking is an old method of preserving meat. Fire and pieces of aromatic hardwood that burn slowly and produce a lot of smoke. The meat stays in the smoke of about 70 degrees Celsius for many...
The element of Fire is the most powerful of the elements, its energy gives warmth and turns a dead body into a warm, aromatic meal.With its help, all other elements change their state of aggregation.He turns water into the air and deprives the Earth of Water. Perfect knuckle:uncured pork on the bone (large knuckle)Marinate:1 carrot1 parsley root1 head of garlic1 onion4 bay leaves6 grains of allspice8 cloves20 black peppercornssalt: 4 spoons for brine, 2 spoons for cooking Pour 1.5 liters of water into a large container. Add chopped vegetables, spices, and herbs, 4 tablespoons of salt. Dip the pork knuckles and meat...
.When the earth elements (yeast and grain) combine with the elements of water and fire in a fascinating fermentation process, the bread will be created. As a result of these miraculous alchemical processes, bread contains most of the last element, air. It is from this air that good bread is baked. Made according to the old alchemical culinary art without rush, from a muddy pulp it becomes a sensual, tasty, and the most basic human food. This is real kitchen magic. From the inedible (even harmful - when raw) wet flour pulp, after waiting for some time and baking, we get...
Earth- Goddess, Mother Earth, Mother Nature, Freya, Pachamama- worshiped and respected. It is her that is entrusted with love and care the seed from which new life will be born. It is she who wraps everything that is dead so that it may arise new. Nourishes and cleanses. The Earth is at the same time the Nursing Mother and the Space where the dramas and love of all our great lives take place. The earth smiles with flowers, hugs us with trees. Vegetables and fruits, minerals, miraculous micro compounds and microorganisms - all its benefits and generosity are manifested at...
Air-ether-spirit. The element of air is the first and last breath you give this world, it's a matter of thought, it's a concept, it's music, it's the words you say. It is a fragrance that, like a time machine, can take you into the realm of memories. Familiar from childhood, or some wonderful moment from the past, the moment when you breathed in the air full of this fragrance. The smell of Christmas cookies, a birthday cake, a special dinner in a special place, the air that lifts our prayers and prayers to the heavens. Alchemically in the kitchen(to be...
Fire like a deity once worshiped and respected in temples. It is a symbol and attribute of the most powerful gods, and through it, priests asked the gods. It's sun and lightning. It is life and a symbol of God's wrath. It is a flame of knowledge, a spark of inspiration, a fire of love. It is a phoenix that burns up in a fire in order to be reborn from it. The history of civilization began with fire. It gives a sense of warmth, connection, and security. This is the most powerful alchemical transformation. "Once upon a time, people adhering...