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Soy Sauce: Tamari and Shoyu

Soy sauce is made from soybeans, wheat and salt. The traditional process begins with toasting the cracked wheat and steaming the soybeans. These are then mixed together and inoculated with spores of an aspergillus mold. A three day incubation period is needed for the koji (mold) to grow. Once the koji has formed, the mixture […]

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