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Nina’s Easy Homemade Sauerkraut

Adam and I are so lucky to have Nina as our dear friend.  When she visited us from Washington State in June, she made us tasty sauerkraut. Today we are polishing off the sauerkraut stash she left us.  Not to worry, here is her easy recipe so we can have more when it is done fermenting three days from now!

Nina’s Easy Homemade Sauerkraut

Ingredients:

2 cabbage heads

2 carrots (or more if you like a sweeter sauerkraut per Nina)

2 level Tablespoons of canning/pickling salt

1 Tablespoon Sugar

Directions:

Dice cabbage into small pieces.

Peel carrot and shred with grater.  Set aside.

Nina placed the cut-up cabbage and shredded carrots in my clean kitchen sink and mixed them together.  She sprinked a “handful” of pickling salt over these vegetables and began mixing the salt throughout the mixture.  Nina then started  “crimping” the cabbage/carrots to wring the moisture from the food.

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“CRIMPING AND SQUEEZING OUT THE EXCESS WATER”

The cabbage/carrot mixture was placed in a large bowl.  A tablespoon of sugar was mixed in, so the bacteria responsible for fermentation will have something to feed on.  The contents in the bowl were tamped down tightly and a plate was placed over the future sauerkraut.  To weigh the mixture down further, Nina placed a bowl of water on top of the plate.

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“HOW FUNNY!  USING AN ASIAN BOWL FILLED WITH WATER TO MAKE SURE OUR FUTURE SLAVIC DISH STAYS TAMPED DOWN!”

Patiently wait for three days and have fun watching the fermentation process! On day 3, enjoy eating yummy, nutritious sauerkraut!

For future use, pack tightly in glass jars and seal with canning lids. Refrigerate after opening jars.

THE LAST OF NINA’S YUMMY HOMEMADE SAUERKRAUT IN POLISH STONEWARE FROM POLAND (POLSKA IN POLISH!)

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