Time to try Sauerkraut

[bill ace 350]

First try at Sauerkraut.

Fail!

I must have made a mistake and added way to much salt!

Good crunch, way to salty, no kraut taste.

Oh well... If at first you don't succeed...

 

[chopsaw]

My salt was good , but no kraut taste at first . After cooling in the fridge it came to life .

 

[bill ace 350]

My salt was good , but no kraut taste at first . After cooling in the fridge it came to life .

Glad it worked!

I'll try again very quickly...

 

[HalfSmoked]

We like just plain kraut no extra's such as caraway seeds. Prefer right out of the package no rinse.

Warren

 

[radioguy]

We bought a 2 gallon crock a few years ago off of Amazon. It takes about 10 pounds of cabbage. I buy the cabbage plants in the spring don't really pay attention to the type. Last year heads were huge, not round but flattened. We will add apple chunks. We just vacuum packed the last of last falls product.

RG

 

[zwiller]

2% salt. Used mandoline. Will try the FP next time.

 

[chopsaw]

Looks great Sam !
Careful with that board .

 

[zwiller]

Looks great Sam !
Careful with that board .

Was just the money shot. Put them down in my shop. How vigorous does the ferment get? Homebrewing gets pretty active and you need to oversize the fermenter to prevent blowout from the airlock.

 

[zwiller]

24hrs active airlock and decent activity. Already blew out the airlock a little.

 

[chopsaw]

How vigorous does the ferment get?

I never noticed a lot of bubbles or anything . The first batch I did got brine in the air lock . Had to dump some out .
This is at 2 weeks now .

 

[zwiller]

THANKS. Will leave a little more room next time. When does the color change?

 

[archeryrob]

Are you all storing in the fridge long term, or able to water bath can to be shelf stable. Does that change taste or texture? I don't have the fridge space as come hunting season the basement fridge is the butcher cooler during processing.

I got about 80 cabbage seedlings coming up for me and the neighbors.

 

[Steve H]

Are you all storing in the fridge long term, or able to water bath can to be shelf stable. Does that change taste or texture? I don't have the fridge space as come hunting season the basement fridge is the butcher cooler during processing.

I got about 80 cabbage seedlings coming up for me and the neighbors.

You can water bath them for shelf storage. But, you loose the probiotics from the fermentation. I store in the fridge.

 

[TexasMuskrat]

I tried doing Sauerkraut once and it turned out horrible. Not sure where I went wrong but this is making me want to try it again. Good looking stuff!