Baba's Acid Trip

06/02/2023

Did you ever try pickling green strawberries? 🍓

If not, you should definitely try making it!

Green strawberries have the essence of ripe red strawberries but they are more firm and tart which makes them great candidates for pickling!

Pickled green strawberries are a great addition to your summer cheese board, mignonette or can be served instead of the cornichons to accompany hearty rich dishes like country pate.

Using Acid Trip adds healthy probiotics to the dish and makes them to pickle faster. Raspberry Lime vinegar also adds fruitiness and beautiful aroma to pickled strawberries.

Simply cut green strawberries in halves, place them in a clean glass jar, add a few peppercorns and a bay leaf and submerge it with Raspberry Lime vinegar. Keep in the fridge overnight to develop the flavors.

Use it within 2 weeks for the best results.

05/28/2023

I am convinced that small simple touches when we are cooking is what elevates the dish from just ok to exceptional. Marinating meat is one of those examples. This simple step can take a cheap cut of meat and make it tender, flavorful and juicy.

The basic ingredients of a marinade include an acid to break down the protein, oil to add richness and coat the meat before cooking; and salt and seasonings for flavor.

By diverting your attention from the usual vinegar, and marinating meat with fermented vinegar, you will create flavors you never imagined!

In addition to organic acids, kombucha vinegar has the added benefit of the probiotics being able to ferment the meat while it is in the marinade, tenderizing the meat with live cultures. This fermentation helps pre-digest the meat making it more tender and makes the nutrients more bioavailable.

And with added flavors such as Grapefruit or Raspberry Lime, it can permeate the meat with a surprisingly delicious twist.

Acid Trip Marinade

½ cup BABA'S Acid Trip of your choice
½ cup olive oil
3 garlic cloves, crushed
fresh thyme, sage, oregano
1 t red pepper flakes
1 t cumin
1 T Celtic salt
1 T pomegranate molasses or maple syrup

Mix all ingredients together.

You can use it to marinate both meats and vegetables.

To make pork shoulder kebab, cut the meat into 1-1.5 inch pieces, place it in a Ziploc bag, pour the marinade over and marinade in the fridge for 2-3 hours.

Place meat cubs on the skewers and grill over medium heat until cooked through.

Enjoy!

You can purchase BABA'S Acid Trip at
Kimberton Whole Foods
Harvest Market
PA Libations Philly
Salt & Vinegar Shop
Third Wheel Cheese

05/20/2023

SALE!!! $8.00 per bottle or $30.00 for a four pack!
At A Culture Factory only. Looking forward to seeing you!!!

05/03/2023

Baba's Acid Trip makes salad making easy, fun and enjoyable 🥗
Chop your favorite veggies, add fresh chopped herbs, a splash of Pear Ginger🫚🍐 Acid Trip, good quality olive oil, salt and pepper. And voila! your delicious, probiotic rich salad is ready 😋
Enjoy!

04/29/2023

It's Friday!
Let the stress of the week go and enjoy the weekend!
And here is a special cocktail for you!

Weekend Kick-off 💃😎

2 oz gin (we used Bluebird Distilling Juniperus gin)
1 oz St-Germain
1 oz Pear Ginger Baba's Acid Trip
3 oz Bee's Knees Baba's Brew Kombucha

Fill the cocktail shaker with ice. Add all ingredients except for kombucha. Shake for 20 seconds.
Strain it into your favorite glass filled with fresh ice. I love my nugget ice cubes made by ice maker!
Top with kombucha and have a glorious weekend!
Cheers!

04/26/2023

We are so thrilled to announce that now you can find your favorite bottle of Acid Trip at PA Libations Philly located at Reading Terminal Market
Grab a bottle of Acid and a bottle or two of your favorite Pennsylvania distilled spirit and set yourself on beautiful cocktail journey.
Take a picture of your favorite concoction and share it with us.
Cheers!!! 🍹🍸

04/10/2023

"Flowers are the music of the ground. From earth’s lips spoken without sound.” —Edwin Curran

And as an season-centric, amateur mixologist, I was excited to open a bottle of Creme de Violette and raise my glass to her Majesty Spring! 💜🌷

Sound of Spring
2 oz gin
1 oz Creme de Violette liquor
1 oz Pear Ginger Acid Trip

Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with Gevi Home ice. Shake for 20 seconds and then strain into a glass filled with fresh ice.
Garnish with violet flowers or lemon twist.
Cheers!!!

04/04/2023

Yesterday I came across a few interesting mushrooms while grocery shopping at Kimberton Whole Foods
So I bought a cluster of chestnut and some yellow oyster mushrooms. I roasted them at 415F with some salt and pepper. Drizzled our Cayenne Vinegar and served them with shaved watermelon radishes over haydari (strained yogurt, feta, fresh herbs, garlic, lemon juice and lemon zest). Served as a dip along side with toasted sourdough bread.
Happy spring! 🍄

03/24/2023

Happy National Cocktail Day! 🍹🍸

There is something very depressing about opening your fridge and discovering yet another half lemon sitting on the shelf looking sad and wilted. 🍋🥴

So you feel guilty to throw it away because you spent several bucks on it after an amazing cocktail that you saw on Instagram. 🍹💰

You used half of the lemon and now you are looking at it's second half slowly dying inside your fridge. So you wait a few more days until you find that your sad lemon half now covered with fuzzy mold. Finally you feel it's time to release yourself and the poor lemon half from misery and throw it in the garage. 🚮
How many times did it happen to you?

Luckily, we have a cure for this sadness! Introducing Baba's Acid Trip!

It is a living kombucha vinegar that due to low acidity has brightness of a citrus and also loaded with bold fresh flavors with the fruits it has been infused with! One single bottle will help you to make 12-24 cocktails, it has a two year shelf life and it doesn't even have to be refrigerated!
You are saving money, savings yourself from feeling sad and guilty and making a lot of delicious cocktails! 💰🍹💰🍹💰🍹😍🤩
So what are you waiting for?
Head out to your local store or order online.
BABA'S Acid Trip is now available at

03/22/2023

Super thrilled to rock-and-roll today's event my new favorite cocktail Raspberry Tequila Sunrise 🌄
We still gave a few tickets left but if can't make it, I will share the recipe with you.

Here we go:

2 oz tequila
1 oz Chambord
1 oz Raspberry Lime Acid Trip
Sparkling water
Fresh raspberries for garnish

Fill the cocktail shaker with ice. Add tequila, Chambord and Acid Trip. Shake for 30 seconds. Strain into the glass filled with fresh ice. Top with sparkling water

Cheers!

P. S. A few years ago I attended a cocktail class with one and only fabulous
One of the many tips I learned is the importance of using fresh ice (not the one that sits in your freezer and now smells like two year old lasagna and some other suspicious leftovers that you decided to keep just in case 😂)

Having a separate Gevi Home
ice maker that has only one job: making ice, was truly life changing not only for me as an amateur bartender, but for my entire family as we everyone is enjoying additing those little ice nuggets in their beverages

03/15/2023

Thank you PA Eats for including us in the article 💕🙏

We went on a hunt to find some of the most exciting, and perhaps unexpected, fermented foods made in Pennsylvania!

03/13/2023

As seeing on Philly Style Magazine ❤️🌸

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