The whole pantry, newest first
Jar notes
Every jar that earned a write-up since 26 January 2025. The date in handwriting is the day the salt was weighed; the second date is the last time I went back and corrected the note after tasting a later batch.
- Jar 0421 Feb 2026Cabbage months
Olives
Curing green olives from an October crate, one water change at a time
Cracking and water-curing a crate of fresh green olives in a small flat, then moving them into a strong brine with fennel and orange peel, with timings from two seasons.
- Jar 036 Sept 2025Olive crates
Summer
Peppers at thirty-four degrees: an August of jars on the balcony
Keeping whole peppers fermenting through a Barcelona August: brine strength, the white film, the cupboard that runs cooler, and a lid that did not hold.
- Jar 0219 Apr 2025Carrots and beans
Market
A year of the market stall: what goes into jars each month
Month by month through the vegetables on the stalls near my flat, which ones ferment well, which disappoint, and how the calendar in Barcelona differs from England.
- Jar 0126 Jan 2025Cabbage months
Brine
Two percent is a starting point: brine by weight for a hot flat
Why I weigh salt against water rather than trusting spoons, how I choose between two and five percent, and what a Barcelona summer does to the numbers.
Jars that failed stay in the pantry list with the failure written up. The reasoning is on the page about how jars get written up.