CRITTER Presents: Mother Cultural Exchange!

CRITTER presents:
Mother Cultural Exchange!

Saturday, February 20 from 2-4PM
Cost: Free!  Please RSVP with the number in your party to crittersalon AT gmail.com and the subject heading “Mother Cultures”.

Mother cultures are used to make breads, cheeses, yogurt, kombucha and many other tangy edibles. They are also used to grow mushrooms, pluripotent plant tissues, and even adult beverages! CRITTER kicks off 2010 with the Mother Cultural Exchange, where we’ll have ongoing demonstrations of how to start your own cultures at home, use the exemplar cultures you’ll get to sample, and see some high-tech DIY methods for culturing plants, mushrooms & more! If you’ve got cultures, bring some in to trade with other ‘cultivators’ and if you’ve never heard of this before—all the better! Learn the secrets of the tastiest and healthiest foods directly from their cultivators, hear some live local music, try a few samples & take home some culture of your own! CRITTER’s founder & director Phil Ross (www.philross.org) will be demonstrating some of the methods used when creating Mycotectural Alpha, featured in Time Magazine: Industrial-Strength Fungus (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1957474,00.html).

CRITTER presents: Eat Bug Eat!

3-5PM 10/24/09

A tasting of edible insect foods grown in and around San Francisco. I have eaten quite a few different kinds of insects in my life, and feel that the tastiest are fried wax moth larvae, which have the flavor and texture of crispy bacon! Thus, CRITTER will be offering a tasting of Taquitos Gusanos, made with freshly made tortillas, and served with mead, a fermented beverage made from honey. Live music and a surprise additional insect dish will accompany this delicious event!  To attend, please RSVP to crittersalon AT gmail.com with “eat bugs” in the subject line, your name, and the number of guests you’ll be bringing.

CRITTER presents: An Enormously Microscopic Evening

CRITTER invites people to get small in a big way in an evening celebration of microscopes! Come from 6-9 on Saturday September 12th. to participate in a variety of microscope demonstrations, ranging from simple water lenses and home made scopes to state of the art equipment and futuristic gadgets designed to see invisible worlds. Organisms and live cells will be on display, and participants are encouraged to bring their own samples to view and inspect.  Scientists and artists from the Exploratorium’s Living Systems department will be demonstrating their favorite micro gear and displays, along with professors and students of microscopy from several bay area institutions. Build your own Do-It-Yourself microscopes and magnifying devices from easy-to-find and recycled materials, all in the atmosphere of an enormous microscopic universe.To attend this event, please RSVP to crittersalon AT gmail.com, with “microscope” in the subject line, and include your name and number of guests.

CRITTER hosts SF Mobile Museum Aug 28-30!

The SF Mobile Museum’s first exhibition, “Looking for Loci”, will be at the Studio for Urban Projects (hosted by CRITTER – crittersalon.blogspot.com) evening of August 28 and through Sunday afternoon August 30 before it moves on. This exhibit is about the Genius Loci of a place, and is a community sharing project between the citizens of San Francisco and Denver. See more details at the SF Mobile Museum site: www.sfmobilemuseum.org

If you’d like to visit SF Mobile Museum, please RSVP (just for a general head count, admission is free) to info AT sfmobilemuseum.org

Schedule: Friday August 28: Opening from 5PM-9PM; Saturday August 29: 11AM-5PM; Sunday August 30 12PM-5PM

CRITTER presents: Musical Soldering Workshop

Presented by Machine Project of Los Angeles, CRITTER will host an aurally ebullient event: the Musical Soldering Workshop.  Register at http://machineproject.com/events/2009/07/25/soldering-workshop-critter-edition/.

Learn to solder in this three-hour workshop presented by Machine Project at CRITTER. Participants will learn to solder by building a primitive synthesizer. During the workshop the band ing will play music to solder by. As people get their synths working, they will join ing in playing some simple repeating musical patterns. At the end of the workshop everyone will play a simple and inevitably out of tune musical piece together. Taught by Mark Allen, Director of Machine Project.

Kimchi Contest! 김치 경연 대회

Saturday, May 9: Kimchi Registration at 1PM, Tasting starts at 2PM

Kimchi Contest! Poster Image (click here!)

Please come to the first annual CRITTER Kimchi Contest! All are welcome to submit their favorite version of this spicy pickled delicacy. The people’s choice will win $100, second wins $75, and third will get $50. Bring 1 quart of your best Kimchi to CRITTER at 3579 17th street on Saturday May 9th at 1 PM. Tasting opens at 2PM.

Kimchi is a traditional Korean pickled side-dish made of vegetables with various seasonings. It is most commonly made with spicy cabbage, but can be made with other vegetables as well. All varieties accepted!

There will be ongoing demonstration of how Kimchi is made, and plenty of palette-cleansing white rice available, so even if you don’t have a favorite recipe for Kim Chee, or you’ve never tried it before—here’s the best chance to try the best Kimchi at CRITTER.

¡Venga ud. al primer concurso de kimchi – estilo CRITTER! Todo el mundo esta bienvenido a participar con su versión de este manjar picante en escabache. El publico presente decidira cual es la receta ganadora y los premios seran los seguientes: primero $100, segundo $75 y tercero $50. Traiga ud. 1 quarto de galón de su mejor kimchi a CRITTER: 3579 calle 17 (entre Dolores y Guerrero) el sábado 9 de mayo a la 1 de la tarde. Las pruebas comenzarán a las 2 de la tarde.

Kimchi es un acompañamiento tradicional coreano hecho de verduras curtidas en escabeche picante y una variedad de aderezos,. El más común se hace con col picante, pero tambien se puede hacer con otras verduras. ¡Todas las variedades serán aceptadas!

Va ha haber demostraciones contínuas de cómo hacer kimchi y mucho arroz blanco para limpiar el paladar. Si no tiene aún una receta favorita para kimchi, o si nunca lo ha probado, esta es la mejor oportunidad para probar todas las mejores recetas de kimchi en CRITTER.