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Re: Sourkraut recipe? [Re: NE Wildlife] #6490494
03/14/19 08:17 AM
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My wife made it in jars,it came out awesome,shred cabbage ,pack jars,fill with water,table spoon of salt,tablespoon of vinegar optional,snug lid and place in cool dark place for three weeks,quart jars.be careful of the old crocks they contain lead.

Re: Sourkraut recipe? [Re: NE Wildlife] #6490520
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Kraut is so good but Haven't had the home made stuff in years. I eat a lot of cabbage but do it in a sweet and sour method now.


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Re: Sourkraut recipe? [Re: whiteotter55] #6490624
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we make ours in a 30 gallon plastic food grade tub. we put a open heavy duty plastic bag down on top of kraut, pour water 2 inches deep in bag, tie a knot in top of bag, this way you can lift the bag up to take a pinch and check the fermenting, lower bag back down slowly and its sealed again

Re: Sourkraut recipe? [Re: NE Wildlife] #6490633
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Thanks for the recipe to the both of you.


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Re: Sourkraut recipe? [Re: Pike River] #6490648
03/14/19 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Pike River
Originally Posted by whiteotter55
use a plastic bag with some water in it to seal the top, I never get any mold on top, works great

Never heard of that and cant picture how that works. Is it a bag that drapes over the whole top then pour water into it? Do you have to leave a few extra inches of space in the bucket?


I also do the water-in-a-bag deal. After I get the shredded cabbage/salt mixture packed in the food grade 5 gallon pail, I cover the mix with cellophane so the bag-o-water doesn't actually touch the cabbage. I then use a couple regular garbage bags to put the water in....putting the bags in the 5 gallon pail first, then pouring the bags full of a gallon of water (or so). The idea is simply to keep air from touching the cabbage as it ferments. It makes it's own juice fast, so usually before your done packing the pail with the mix, it is getting juicy from the brine forming.. The plate with a rock on it that our grandma used was there for the same reason.....only to keep the mix under the brine as it fermented. Air is where the "bad" bacteria live...the "good" bacteria is already in the mix, and the fermentation is just it working it's magic. The "magic" takes time, and the length of time depends on the temperature where the pail is sitting. If you put it where the temp is maybe 60-65 degrees it can become good tasting kraut in as soon as 12-14 days. I taste test the stuff at that time, and if its tasty I pressure can it. If it doesn't have enough bite to it yet I let it sit a week and taste it again....repeat til it's where you want it. I tried the freezing thing and it was good, but now I just can it all in pint jars. I usually make a batch every other fall, 'cause I'm the only one in the house that will eat it....bonus! More for me!
EDIT to add this.....if you try to keep the pail in a spot that is too warm the stuff will spoil. You'll know if it does, it looks like grey glop and smells foul.

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Re: Sourkraut recipe? [Re: NE Wildlife] #6490698
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Thanks for all the info guys, I think I'm going to start with a 2 gallon menards bucket and see how that goes, what Kind of temp should I keep it at? Will it ferment enough at around 40-50 degrees?



Re: Sourkraut recipe? [Re: NE Wildlife] #6490725
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We are currently making sauerkraut in my high school chemistry class right now and the stuff is turning out pretty good. Just shred the cabbage, and add a lot of salt. Taste it and if you think it’s salty enough, add a little more. Then you just have to let it ferment in an ice cream bucket for a couple weeks

Re: Sourkraut recipe? [Re: NE Wildlife] #6490731
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I'd check if the Menard's pail is food-grade. Also, there are recipes online that tell how much salt to use. It is easy to over-salt. As for temps....the lower the temperature the slower it works. The recipe I use is something like couple tablespoons of non-iodized salt per maybe 5 lbs of cabbage (half a bucket full of shredded cabbage).

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Re: Sourkraut recipe? [Re: NE Wildlife] #6490740
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Use the same recipe mentioned above but put the cabbage/salt mixture right into pint jars. Put bands and lids on the jars but don't seal tightly!! Let these sit until the fermentation process is done(about 4-6 weeks)(The bubbling will stop). When it is over, tighten the seal and you are good to go.


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Re: Sourkraut recipe? [Re: NE Wildlife] #6490797
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And then you pitch the s-kraut and eat the board?


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Re: Sourkraut recipe? [Re: Pike River] #6490900
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Leave a few inches in the top of the crock. Lay two food grade bags ,one inside the other, in the top of the crock. Pour water in the bag until there is enough to cover the top and seal it. Twist tie the bag. No skimming required. There will be no mold. The only thing that I did was lift the seal up on the edge once a week to grab a hunk to taste it to see how it was coming.

Re: Sourkraut recipe? [Re: NE Wildlife] #6490950
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Do you folks prefer cabbage worms or seven dust in the kraut? That is what I struggle with.
It's one or the other here.





Re: Sourkraut recipe? [Re: NE Wildlife] #6491073
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I do as many of the others have said. 12 gallon crock, large plate to fit the crock, an old pine wooden baseball bat, and a rock. Layer 4” or so cabbage, then canning salt, tamp with wooden bat while another person cuts more cabbage. No need to add water as there will be plenty of juice. We also chop up the cores into pieces and add them to the mix. In my family a core in the kraut is a prized find and often fought over smile Continue until crock is 3/4 full or you run out of cabbage. Place plate over cabbage, rock on plate, cover top with old towel. Use very large o ring type rubber band to hold towel in place. I store in a cool dry cellar. Sample it in 3 weeks, but typically takes 5-6 weeks to be sour to my liking. We can all of ours in quarts.


My boss makes his with horseradish and garlic every layer and it is awesome. I have a smaller crock that I plan to make a batch like his this year.

Re: Sourkraut recipe? [Re: NE Wildlife] #6491085
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I just finished making my batch. 1 head of cabbage, halved, thin sliced, cored, torn in half and some chopped by the end of it. Pounded with a pedestal, which was the back of the handle of my claw hammer, layered salted and packed. Then I decided to add hot Chile powder and turn my kraught into kimchi. Stirred it all up salted some more and added some seasoned vinegar. Then I covered with water and added more salt to cover it. I had it in a large square Tupperware and it was 3/4 full after adding the water. Then I filled a gallon freezer bag half full of water and placed on top like suggested above. It pushed everything down and raised the water. Genius. I placed the whole works down into a large stock pot so as not to make a mess anywhere. The wife made me put it in the back room. Kimchi is only supposed to take a few days fermenting. Should be done Sunday. I’ll keep you posted.

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I use the one in this book its pretty good.
Great sausage recipes and meat curing, by rytek kutas

Re: Sourkraut recipe? [Re: NE Wildlife] #6491092
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That kimchi is some good stuff. I work with a guy of Korean decent and he makes it several times a year. Man that stuff can clean you out.

Re: Sourkraut recipe? [Re: garymc] #6491110
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Yes thank you for the processing plans.

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Re: Sourkraut recipe? [Re: danny clifton] #6491218
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Originally Posted by danny clifton
don't freeze it. that kills all the beneficial bacteria. just leave it in the fermenter. I make it in the crock from an old crockpot that died. you don't have to make 5 gallons. salt is salt. any of it will work

I am aware that processing it will kill the bacteria, that's why I freeze it.

Are you sure ?


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Re: Sourkraut recipe? [Re: NE Wildlife] #6491267
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I froze some of my kraut last fall and now it's tasteless. I don't eat enough to make a large batch to feed off of so will can some as I have in the past.


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Re: Sourkraut recipe? [Re: NE Wildlife] #6491297
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I do the whole heads of cabbage by cutting out the core like and apple core. Cut the ends off the core and use them like plugs and the center of the cabbage is stuffed with canning salt with the end plugs holding it in. Put the whole cabbages in a crock and pack the voids with shredded salted cabbage sprinkled with salt. Love using the leaves off the whole cabbage to make cabbage rolls stuffed with ground pork and rice. To much salt and the cabbage will not ferment to little cabbage will spoil. I find that about 60 degree temp works great. After it taste about as sour as I want it I put in jars in a shop fridge. I have kept it for years or can it if you dont want to refrigerate it If you do this I can it and heat seal it if not and its not done fermenting you just made a bomb kinda like making a good coyote paste bait bomb!

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