What is the future of fermentation?
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Is fermentation rotting?
Amélie Koning Knol
2025-10-06 20:27:35
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When we like the results of the transformation, we call it fermentation; when we don’t, we call it rotting.
The distinction between fermentation and rotting is such a continuum, and because the rot end of the continuum is universally considered disgusting, products created by flavorful decomposition can be divisive.
Learning a sense of boundaries around what it is appropriate to eat is necessary for survival.
But precisely where we lay those boundaries is highly subjective, and largely culturally determined.
Fiene de Haas
2025-10-06 20:11:35
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Fermentation is a process in which bacteria and yeasts feed on the sugars in food.
It is what Bill Schindler, a fermenter and anthropology professor at Washington College, calls "controlled rotting."
The nutrients are intact, the foods are easier to digest, and new flavors have been created.
Fermentation is the process in which bacteria and yeasts feed on the sugars in food.
That creates lactic acid, a preservative.
It's delicious, it's nutritious and it's basically rotten.
Katy Chang, an award-winning kimchi maker, says fermentation is magic.
You make nutrients and flavors that didn't exist before, using what's in the air around you.
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When did fermented foods become popular?
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Tyler Henriquez
2025-10-06 15:24:13
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Fermentation is unmistakably a form of rot, yet it creates some of the foods we like best.
When the results are pleasant, we call it fermentation.
When they aren't, we call it rot.
As a general rule, when the results are pleasant, we call the process fermentation.
When we don’t like what happens, we call it rot.