Sweet Potato Fly is a Delicious Fermented Beverage

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  • Опубліковано 8 сер 2018
  • and full of probiotics! Learn how to make this naturally fermented beverage with just a few simple ingredients and a little bit of time!
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  • @drewsample9610
    @drewsample9610 2 роки тому +7

    I'm relatively new to ferments, but I'd like to share my experience with sweet potato fly. I fed an unseasoned batch (no vanilla, cloves, et cetera) with orange sweet potato and sugar over the course of 5 days to a week, and then bottled it in 2nd fermentation bottles with Orange Juice at a ratio of about 4oz. Fly to 20oz OJ. It made the best orange pop I've ever had. after some trial and err, I've found it best to do the second ferment with OJ in the fridge to prevent slight off flavors that develop after about 8 hours room temp, it's slower but the SP-Fly is lively and it still comes out amazingly fizzy after a few days.

  • @eileenfb1948
    @eileenfb1948 6 років тому +1

    Love your videos and how you keep coming up with different things to ferment. Brilliant!

  • @zacholson3429
    @zacholson3429 5 років тому

    I love your videos . so spontaneous and fun. I am addicted to fermenting and I love finding new things to make.

  • @carlinetessier5500
    @carlinetessier5500 Рік тому

    Thank you for sharing looks yummy!

  • @MetabolicBrain
    @MetabolicBrain 6 років тому +1

    I am so making this! You are so talented and generous for teaching us these amazing recipes!!!

  • @Gabiviolino
    @Gabiviolino 5 років тому

    This is looking really nice! I’m so going to try this out!! Thank you

  • @ShannasCountryCreek
    @ShannasCountryCreek 5 років тому +2

    You're the King 🤴of fermenting! I'm binge watching 2nght. Your jolly spirit makes me happy! Love learning from you!!💃💃💃

  • @dianaboughner7977
    @dianaboughner7977 6 років тому +7

    Wow! Thank you so much for sharing this. I just love your videos because you show healthy, really wonderful, unique foods and recipes, and you are so relaxed yet very clear about the process. 👍💞

  • @numinous2506
    @numinous2506 2 роки тому

    This is exactly the information I needed to diversify my uses of it.

  • @dinoismyname
    @dinoismyname 5 років тому

    Love your videos!Thanks for sharing!

  • @lynnpurfield9430
    @lynnpurfield9430 6 років тому +6

    I had no idea that it was the warmth that caused that explosion when a carbonated drink was opened...great tip, thank you.

  • @68cristian
    @68cristian 5 років тому

    great tips on fermenting as always. cheers

  • @jaredhorn9015
    @jaredhorn9015 5 років тому +1

    giving this a go real soon, sounds awesome! you have a beautiful kitchen

  • @apple6ification
    @apple6ification 2 роки тому

    What a great tutorial! Very inspiring and helpful step by step 🙂🥂

  • @allanrichardson4363
    @allanrichardson4363 6 років тому +2

    Very good instructions ! Thanks. You're a great teacher!

    • @BetterDoneYourself
      @BetterDoneYourself  6 років тому

      Allan Richardson Thanks. I actually used to teach computer and networking classes!

  • @kittykat717
    @kittykat717 5 років тому

    New to all your wonderful recipes, love them. Will be doing some of these for Christmas presents along with some of my dehydrated fruits that I soak in brandy etc. before dehydrating. Thank you and keep up the good work!

  • @altheamcnabb2829
    @altheamcnabb2829 6 років тому

    Looks yummy and glad to see you and your bubbling personality back on youtube! I have also been making my blue cheese dressing after watching your video. I make it from scratch mayo first, then the blue cheese. Dang, it is so good! Thanks for the instructions on the mayo, that just tops it off!

  • @runekatana
    @runekatana 5 років тому +1

    Hey, this is great! I've made kraut before and am just embarking on brewing my first batch of kombucha. I just really appreciate your videos! I'm definitely going to give this fly recipe a go. Thanks for everything you're doing, keep it going!

  • @evvie01
    @evvie01 Рік тому

    Thank you. I was wondering how to make that stuff. I saw the recipe and tried to work it out in my head, but then just made some fermented sweet potato chips, no sugar or spice though. They tasted like pickles for the most part, but they were very good and crunchy.
    I really like your test bottle idea, I've made Mead and Nettle Beer but was never sure when to put them in the fridge. None exploded but the Mead lost all of it's sweetness. I usually drink it kind of young, so I have that touch of honey sweetness to it. So great.
    Also as much as I want to learn more about fermentation, so many of the tutorials put me to sleep, thank you for being energetic enough to send that vibe through my computer, I stay awake and hear every word.

  • @Sacra898
    @Sacra898 6 років тому

    that is a beautiful kitchen you have there

  • @daniellerussell9360
    @daniellerussell9360 5 років тому

    You are awesome
    thank you

  • @srtacarla5833
    @srtacarla5833 4 роки тому

    Great video.

  • @lynnpurfield9430
    @lynnpurfield9430 6 років тому +2

    Along with other people commenting I am so appreciating how clear you explain things and how simple you make each process.
    I am not keen on sweet potato but this seems a fun way to use them :)

    • @BetterDoneYourself
      @BetterDoneYourself  5 років тому +3

      Lynn Purfield I used to teach at a technical school....

    • @lynnpurfield9430
      @lynnpurfield9430 5 років тому

      Ah, that explains it :)

    • @BetterDoneYourself
      @BetterDoneYourself  5 років тому +1

      Lynn Purfield and by the by, sweet potato fly doesn't taste much of sweet potato. It tastes more of the spices in it.

    • @lynnpurfield9430
      @lynnpurfield9430 5 років тому

      Sounds good! I don't think I can grow sweet potato here but everyone is raving about them and they are in all the supermarkets. Probably not organic yet though.

    • @evvie01
      @evvie01 Рік тому

      @@lynnpurfield9430 Fermentation usually detoxifies the foods that are being fermented. I usually don't worry as much about organic if I know I'm going to ferment the produce. That is according to Sandor Katz, but I believe him.

  • @thinkathena2
    @thinkathena2 3 роки тому

    Looks good! I'm going to make a batch and then try one with a shot of Captain Morgan :)

  • @tedmahachi
    @tedmahachi 6 років тому

    Awesome! like your personality! Will try this. Seems simple enough. What could possibly go wrong?

    • @BetterDoneYourself
      @BetterDoneYourself  6 років тому

      Famous last words! Hope you like it! Thanks for the complements!

  • @derekfrost8991
    @derekfrost8991 5 років тому

    Great idea using a plastic test bottle.. :)

  • @bbbvvhk
    @bbbvvhk 6 років тому +2

    Hi, can you made persain dough? ( fermented carbonated yogurt drink)

  • @yowgyrl
    @yowgyrl 4 роки тому +2

    1:39 "I rubbed my crock" - ROFLMFAO!!!!

  • @metamud8686
    @metamud8686 2 роки тому

    +1 for actually testing the crock for lead, rather than fearmongering about it.

  • @marycretella133
    @marycretella133 5 років тому

    I absolutely love watching your videos.... Im gonna try this...
    Question for ya can you make kombucha with no scoby and without store bought? I have not been to grocery store in 3 years and definitely dont want to now. Everything is grown i eat. Friends gardens n what not. Just don't have funds to do shopping... or purchase scoby

    • @mandypants9936
      @mandypants9936 5 років тому

      Mary join a Facebook group, or other forum that allows sharing/selling of scoby’s and see if you can find someone local that can gift you a Scoby mat and starter tea. You really don’t need the scoby just enough starter tea for your first ferment the scoby is just a byproduct really and speeds up the fermenting process.

  • @dlou3264
    @dlou3264 5 років тому

    What about people who cannot - or should not - drink alcohol ? Are these fermented beverages okay for them also? I really like your wall clock!

  • @woundeddove
    @woundeddove 6 років тому +6

    I really enjoy your videos. A bit jealous of your family.

  • @darrellcoy
    @darrellcoy 5 років тому +1

    How in the world do you only have 20K subscribers? Pretty awesome channel!

  • @forrest2040
    @forrest2040 3 роки тому

    Should you degas them everyday?

  • @altheamcnabb2829
    @altheamcnabb2829 5 років тому

    Hey boss, any idea what the carb count is on these for us keto...

  • @lindsaywilliambrown808
    @lindsaywilliambrown808 Рік тому

    Thank you so much for the plastic bottle tip. I use baby Perrier bottles for my fermenting since they're glass, hard to recycle anyway, and I can't handle the caffeine of a whole kombucha 16oz bottle. I struggle a lot with the timing other people's climates say for F2 versus what actually happens in my microclime, though (and I love my bubbles), so that plastic bottle trick is PERFECT (will avoid drinking that one since the microplastic issue). Question for you - I have yet in a hundred videos to have anyone who raves about the poptop bottles address the elephant in the room, which is how to clean such a bottle without a commercial washer. How would you possibly get anything out of there? Thank you!

  • @avamaria8447
    @avamaria8447 6 років тому +2

    omg! setting this up today. Any hint of the potato? I have whey from my yogurt (homemade), do I dare jump start the ferment with it? I absolutely love sweet potatoes, thanks for another way to have them. Have you had the Korean purple potatoes?

    • @BetterDoneYourself
      @BetterDoneYourself  6 років тому +2

      Ava Maria You can add other cultures but it's really not needed. Yes you can use the purple sweet potatoes for this if you like. You get a pretty purple drink instead of an orange drink.

    • @avamaria8447
      @avamaria8447 6 років тому

      Looking forward to to it..Thank you Better Done Yourself!

  • @terebrown4266
    @terebrown4266 6 років тому +2

    Great video. Thanks a lot. Does this have any alcohol?

    • @boazsardjoe8759
      @boazsardjoe8759 4 роки тому +1

      Probably way too late. In short: Yes.
      The long answer is the nuance. Because with every form of fermentation minute amounts of alcohol are released. This is the result of the carbonisation. This is also how beer is carbonated, however when beer is carbonated the beer already has the target percentage alcohol because the amount alcohol produced during carbonating is small. Small being you would probably die of overhydration before it becomes illegal to drive a car

  • @mauricegagne258
    @mauricegagne258 5 років тому +2

    I tried this and had great results...it is delicious....what are the benefits? Is it better for us than kefir or kombucha?

    • @BetterDoneYourself
      @BetterDoneYourself  5 років тому

      Maurice Gagne We should be trying to ingest a variety of foods to increase our health. I don't think you can quantify how good something is for your body to determine what is better.

  • @wynandbezuidenhout6629
    @wynandbezuidenhout6629 2 роки тому

    Can you do this recipe with beet root?

  • @bestcrossroad
    @bestcrossroad 4 роки тому

    ❤️❤️❤️

  • @lykri3350
    @lykri3350 5 років тому

    About your use of the test strip. If a painted object needs to be scored to use these correctly, how do you know for sure that just rubbing the surface of something will test properly for lead? The tutorial on the 3M site shows to score the paint on a window frame. Why would they not just rub it over the painted surface?
    I am new to making kombucha and ever since I graduated my quantityfrom a 1 gal jug to a 2 gal 2 qt crock, my ferments have taken two to three weeks. My gallon before that only took one week and got really fizzy in the first ferment. I have made two full batches and then went to making just a 1 gal for two batches. I was first thinking the scoby had to grow too fast and that was what delayed the ferment. Since the ferments did not get strong, I reduced the amount I put into the crock. But it is still behaving the same way.
    I kept only 1 or 2 scobys in the first gals in my gal jug and since my brews were so active, that is what I maintained in the crock. One or two scobys.

  • @lillyoconnell1615
    @lillyoconnell1615 6 років тому +2

    Thank you for this! Going to try this out. Wear did you get your T shirt from ? The kimchi one?

  • @annhopy2220
    @annhopy2220 6 років тому

    Hi, I have heard about this drink but didn't know how to go about it, other places I have found left things not as clear as this video. I use all kinds of jars to ferment in as I keep looking at the easy cap bottles and wonder just how do you get them really clean, no dish washer here, a bottle brush just won't get it, please let me know how you get them cleaned well as to re-use. Thank you in advance.

    • @BetterDoneYourself
      @BetterDoneYourself  6 років тому

      Ann Hopy Oh good! I'm glad SOMEONE has heard of it! 😂 Lacking a dishwasher, I would wash them as soon as I use them. Bottle washers work great too.

  • @sonja_hooper
    @sonja_hooper 5 років тому

    are you using Bleached Cane Sugar?

  • @nicolesweetz3123
    @nicolesweetz3123 5 років тому

    The bottles are hard to close. I bought a set of the brown ones.

  • @bluesdog88
    @bluesdog88 4 роки тому

    Great tshirt John, where can i get one?

    • @BetterDoneYourself
      @BetterDoneYourself  4 роки тому +1

      My son said he found it on amazon, but I can't locate it...

    • @bluesdog88
      @bluesdog88 4 роки тому

      @@BetterDoneYourself ok cheers

  • @debcobern312
    @debcobern312 Рік тому

    Poor your ferment into a pitcher. You.won't make a mess that way.👍😁💕

  • @paulmastre8202
    @paulmastre8202 3 роки тому

    Where have you been?

  • @anneamaro1497
    @anneamaro1497 6 років тому

    This sounds so good, but I am on low carb. Can I use a sugar substitute? And can you make this with any other veggies?

    • @BetterDoneYourself
      @BetterDoneYourself  6 років тому

      anne amaro No. Not the best thing to be drinking if you're watching carbs. You would really have to ferment is for a week or two and then the won't be any sugar for the bottle finishing and it will come out flat. The sugar is what ferments to make the carbonation. No sugar-no carbonation.

  • @ka6148
    @ka6148 5 років тому +1

    Lol not a skin eater😊
    I'm eager to get our sweet taters planted so we can give this a go

  • @steveday4797
    @steveday4797 5 років тому

    Sweet potato poteen

  • @narsreenjohnson4966
    @narsreenjohnson4966 5 років тому

    does this principle of not openning it till it is refridgerated goes for kambachu and water kefir as well.I noticed you did not burp it .also if we do not have a test bottle what can we do?and can we drink it from the test bottle as the plastic may not be safe BPA that is.i have plastic bottles that are not so squeezi.i feel you have a test bottle instead of burping it.why is it others tell us to burp it or the bottle expldes.the test bottle is proberly important here is that right>?is that why you have it instead of burping it?I am always nervous.also if we dont have a test bottle like the others dont have and they taste it but i guess it will not be as bubbly.I saw you gingerale one you did not have a test bottle and if we dont is it alright to follow your ginger ale recipe?

    • @BetterDoneYourself
      @BetterDoneYourself  5 років тому

      NARSREEN JOHNSON So use a plastic soda bottle for a test bottle and don't drink that one. A test bottle is a great idea until you get used to how quickly things build up pressure.

  • @perldog07
    @perldog07 4 роки тому

    My brother your impeccable mis and cleanliness are inspirational. However we need to talk about that guantlet... .I would encourage you to get past that need, take your time, and keep it to clean hands without grating skin or kevlar fabric. #protip
    Thanks for your work!

  • @paulmastre8202
    @paulmastre8202 5 років тому

    Why no salt?

    • @BetterDoneYourself
      @BetterDoneYourself  5 років тому

      Paul Mastre Because we're trying to foster the natural yeasts. Yeast doesn't like salt.

  • @ts3dprints732
    @ts3dprints732 3 роки тому

    Where are the egg shells?

  • @sitinordin3183
    @sitinordin3183 6 років тому +2

    Interesting to try but worry if it will turn to alcohol as we fermented this just like we fermented a rice to turn into beer..
    Thus Muslim no allowed to have this
    Any comments?

    • @BetterDoneYourself
      @BetterDoneYourself  6 років тому +1

      Your hunch is correct. Anything with sugar and yeast is going to have trace amounts of alcohol. Not enough to get you drunk, but yes, there may be a little alcohol in this.

    • @sitinordin3183
      @sitinordin3183 6 років тому

      Thanks .. 👌

    • @sugarbabylove1000
      @sugarbabylove1000 5 років тому +2

      I'm Muslim. Use a little less less sugar and u should find that there is negligible alcohol (if any) in it. Less than in a ripe banana. I personally do not consider this haram. Though you need to listen to your conscience too of course. Salem.

    • @sugarbabylove1000
      @sugarbabylove1000 5 років тому +1

      siti nordin I replied above but forgot to tag you

  • @_MSD75_
    @_MSD75_ 5 років тому

    I'm guessing you could just use plastic bottles if you don't have glass ones? And the same advice goes for chilling them prior to opening? I like the idea of making fermented drinks but exploding glass gives me nightmares!

    • @BetterDoneYourself
      @BetterDoneYourself  5 років тому

      Woowoo Absolutely! High speed glass is not better done yourself!

    • @_MSD75_
      @_MSD75_ 5 років тому

      @@BetterDoneYourself Wow, thanks for your speedy reply. Can I ask two other fermenting questions?!
      - A lot of videos/recipes suggest 'burping' once you've bottled the fermented drink. You don't mention that in this particular recipe. So what drinks or when would you need to burp? If you use plastic bottles would you still burp them?
      - Again, in some videos, the initial ferment is done in a jar/container and covered in cheesecloth. Is cheesecloth okay for any fermented drink, instead of using a lid (and as long as any ingredients are weighed down under the water)??

  • @edwardverduzco88
    @edwardverduzco88 10 місяців тому

    Rubbing your crock...... Turns red?
    Red Crocket?😂😂😂
    Sorry, i couldn't keep it to myself. Lol

  • @Dominikmj
    @Dominikmj Рік тому

    Sorry - but yeast is fermenting anaerobic - however needs oxygen to multiply...

  • @adulthoodadvantage
    @adulthoodadvantage 5 років тому

    Had the bad experience of an exploding kombucha. Not fun!

  • @edmenz628
    @edmenz628 6 років тому +3

    A grown man told me he rubbed his crock.

  • @Believe30
    @Believe30 5 років тому

    You didn't even sanitize anything. Be careful.

    • @BetterDoneYourself
      @BetterDoneYourself  5 років тому

      Believe 3.0 Don't have to use poisons! The lactobacillus outcompetes the pathogenic bacteria.

    • @Believe30
      @Believe30 5 років тому

      I've done wine making and the sanitizer is non-toxic nor is it poison. I hope the good ones always win on your account, and you're right
      @@BetterDoneYourself

  • @SamJandwiches
    @SamJandwiches 6 років тому

    So many fancy words I don’t understand

    • @travv88
      @travv88 5 років тому +1

      Words like... potato. What is this sorcery?