What New Skill Will I Learn On The Golden D Homestead Now?
WHAT'S IN THE BOX?
Many of you know I have been slipping out of my normal shell and starting to implement new skills and advance my li'l homestead more every day.
One skill, or technique, I have had an interest in this past year was fermenting. I have read posts about fermented honey garlic and other herbal-like concoctions and, of course, this piqued my interest EVEN MORE!
So, last week hubby gave me the thumbs-up.. and without any further encouragement, I RAN with it. I ordered my tools and supplies and they were delivered yesterday. So today I bundled up and headed out to do some quick errands in the FREEZING cold AND snow flurries- what ever happened to the old saying, it's too cold to snow? Well, they were wrong!
Fermenting
(of a substance) undergo fermentation.
"the drink had fermented, turning some of the juice into alcohol"
YES! I am making homemade wine!
Homemade Dago Red Wine! At hubby's request, after all, he is 100% Sicilian so what other wine would he want?
Now before you get all YAY! Look what she's doing now! on me... let me tell you, I cheated a little. I bought a wine-making kit. It has EVERY item and container I would need to make a gallon of homemade wine.
Baby, steps here
Onto The Process
When all is said and done, the wine process will take about two months, so near or around the first week of March, I can serve my hubby up a glass of homemade Dago Red Wine with his heart-healthy dinner.
Wine, Red, Calories and Nutrition per Serving (1 Serving=1 Glass/125ml)
Calories 85
Grams of Protein 0.1
Grams of Carbohydrate 3.1
Grams of Fat 0
Grams of Fibre 0
Grams of Alcohol 12
So there you have it, not only am I learning a new skill (fermenting), but I am ALSO very proud of myself for taking a new leap into a new DIY territory
I will be keeping a photo diary of the process as it progresses so when the wine is complete I can share my adventure into fermenting!
