2nd batch of kraut

[LPS]

It has been awhile since I posted an actual pic of something.  So here it is.  I made a batch of kraut today.  4 qts which is 4 small to medium cabbages.  1 cabbage fit in each jar.  Cut cabbage into 4ths.  Remove core.  Slice 1 of the cabbages thin and put in big bowl.  Add 1 1/4 tbsp kosher salt.  Knead the cabbage in the bowl for 5-10 minutes.  After a minute or so it gets real soft and is easier to knead.  Brine starts to appear in the bowl.  Then put it in a qt wide top canning jar.  Put a cabbage leaf on top of the kraut and then fill a small jelly jar half full of water and sit it on the leaf so it keeps the kraut down so it will end up covered with the brine.  Let this sit for a week or two in a cool room until you like the flavor and then put lids on the kraut and put in frig.  This will stop the fermenting process and will keep for months.  You can then do the canning process if you want but when you heat up the cabbage during the process you kill all of the probiotic benefits of the kraut.  It will still taste good though I think.  I don't do the canning deal.  I can't resist have a couple of bites every day so it doesn't last long.  Has a better texture than the store stuff.   

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[mike89]

trade ya an ice rig for that batch!!!!!!!     that sounds really good!!!   

[LPS]

LOL  always wanted to make kraut.  Finally heard about this qt jar thing.  Easy as heck and I thought it was great.  Nicer crunch sort of.  I put caraway seed in 2 of last years qts.  I used 1/2 of what they called for and it was still too strong for me. 

Probably took an hour total time. 

[glenn57]

i make kraut somewhat similar. i take the cabbage, run it threw a food processor, stuff in jars, add 1 tsp salt, add boiling hot water. then put lid on. let it set for a month or so, clean lip and lid and seal tight. it takes a while to seal. tastes just like the franks!!!!!!!!

looks good LPS!!!!!!!!!

[LPS]

So you just sit the lid on loosely Glenn so the gasses can get out?

[glenn57]

not real loose, but enough to allow that to happen. it also tends to leak a bit of liquid too!!!!! most seal, the ones that dont i put in frig. to cook mine it needs to simmer a good hour. i've never tried it outta the jar???????

[Rebel SS]

so, if ya put the tops on loose, they end up sealing themselves?

[glenn57]

so, if ya put the tops on loose, they end up sealing themselves?

the lids get cleaned then out on and tighten! Yea then they usually seal.

[Rebel SS]

Huh! I be danged.

[glenn57]

Huh! I be danged.

keep hanging around me you can expand your horizons a whole lot more!!!

[Rebel SS]

Ya, that's what worries me....

[Gunner55]

Huh! I be danged.

keep hanging around me you can expand your horizons a whole lot more!!!