I used to hate beetroot as a child. Which was unfortunate because my mother did love making us beetroot sandwiches.

This is our Guinness World Record-setting Sauerkrautathon sauerkraut recipe. It is pretty special, even without that accolade!

Making herbal vinegars is a deeply satisfying process. They have been used therapeutically throughout the history of medicine-making because vinegar is a good living solvent and extracts many herbal constituents effectively.

I make Christmas herb vinegar around the same time I make our Christmas fruit cake. We will consume the vinegar ourselves and we also give some away as Christmas presents.

I have been tinkering with this vinegar for a little while now. In formulating this recipe, I had the delicate structures of the lungs and the blood vessels and capillaries that serve them very much in mind.

Radishes are easy to grow. And easy to pop into your mouth almost straight from the ground. Delayed gratification is a bit of a challenge for me, but if you can resist eating your radishes long enough to make this ferment, you will be richly rewarded.