Still 001 — the storeroom, Feb 2024
The Curesmith presents
From Zero
Everything was lost. So he built something greater.
A documentary series by Gilbert Ferreira
Ch. 01 The flood
One night took what years had built.
In February 2024 a flood filled the basement. It ruined the equipment and everything that had been maturing in it. Salami, whole muscles, the chamber, the tools. Gone in the silt by morning.
Ch. 02 The decision
So, start again. Properly.
For a while it felt like the end of the road. Then, talking with other curers, one thing kept surfacing: the same beginner mistakes, made again and again, for want of the basics.
That absence brought the purpose back. The decision was simple. Start again, from zero, in the right order, and document every step of it in the open.
not the end of the road. the start of the map. — Gilbert
From Zero is not about replacing a chamber. It is about rebuilding a curing process from the ground up, in the right order, and sharing that journey with like-minded curesmiths.
The method Four things, in order
How the rebuild is taught.
- 01
Foundations first
The science and the understanding come before the ambition. Know why a step works before you lean on it.
- 02
Start with what you have
Real projects that need no specialist kit. A fridge, a scale, salt and patience are enough to begin.
- 03
Build skill gradually
A structured path, in the right order, that does not jump to the hard projects before the basics are sound.
- 04
Honest lessons
The real mistakes and the fixes, kept in. Nothing is smoothed over for the sake of appearance.
The series Follow along
Watch it rebuilt, week by week.
A practical journey through the fundamentals, the early projects, the mistakes, the progress, and the slow path toward the harder cures. New episodes on YouTube.