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safeinOhio

(34,342 posts)
Fri Oct 2, 2015, 07:58 PM Oct 2015

Cheap and easy, just like me.

After 2 weeks, it's finally ready.

2 heads of cabbage and a couple of Tbs of salt and I got 8 pints of sour kraut. Must have about $2.50 invested.

google the recipe, then google the health benefits.

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Cheap and easy, just like me. (Original Post) safeinOhio Oct 2015 OP
Enjoy!!! blondie58 Oct 2015 #1
What a good idea. Curmudgeoness Oct 2015 #2
Yep, the exact one. safeinOhio Oct 2015 #3

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
2. What a good idea.
Sat Oct 3, 2015, 11:38 AM
Oct 2015

I have never considered making my own sauerkraut, but it makes sense. I thought it would be hard to do, but apparently, it isn't.

I found this recipe for making it in a mason jar, so you don't have to make a huge quantity if you don't want that much. Is this how you did it?

http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-homemade-sauerkraut-in-a-mason-jar-193124

safeinOhio

(34,342 posts)
3. Yep, the exact one.
Sat Oct 3, 2015, 12:10 PM
Oct 2015

The deal with home made is that it isn't pasteurized like that you buy at the store. There are a ton of natural probiotics that are removed when processed. I read somewhere that you get way more than you would in the pills.

I happened across a great 2 gallon, wide mouth jar at a yard sale and thought I'd try to make a bunch using two heads. Ended up with 8 pint jars. Two days and half a pint is gone. The more I eat the better it taste.

Also vitamine C. Sailors use to make it for long trips so they wouldn't get scurvy.

Give it a try. Just squeeze it real good with your hands to get it nice and juicy.

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