Fermentation by Kashya

The topic being covered in class is fermentation and how to preserve foods. We have gone over the multiple ways of how to preserve food as well as how to tell a food has gone bad. Fermentation is the chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria, yeasts, or other microorganisms, typically involving effervescence and the giving off of heat.

3 interesting facts about fermentation:

1-Fermentation has been a practice for thousands of years, but was not successful till later day.

2-Fermentation is one of the most commonly used things done with foods.

3- Brining is a type of food preservation and it is when you soak foods in salted water

How do you know Fermentation has gone wrong?

This topic is important because this is something you could actually use in your daily life. This will significantly help when you need to make sure a food doesn’t go bad. I have found this very helpful when wanting new methods on how to preserve foods accurately and how to do it so that i know things haven’t gone bad.