Sauer Kraut

Ingredients

• One pint of salt to a full barrel of cabbage
• cabbage
• some also sprinkle in whole black pepper

Method

1. 1

   Slice cabbage fine on a slaw-cutter; line the bottom and sides of an oaken barrel or keg with cabbage leaves, put in a layer of the sliced cabbage about six inches in depth, sprinkle lightly with salt, and pound with a wooden beetle until the cabbage is a compact mass.

2. 2

   Add another layer of cabbage, repeating the operation until the barrel is full to within six inches of the top; cover with leaves, then a cloth, next a board cut to fit loosely on the inside of barrel, kept well down with a heavy weight.

3. 3

   If the brine has not raised within two days, add enough water, with just salt enough to taste, to cover the cabbage; examine every two days, and add water as before, until brine raises and scum forms.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Buckeye cookery (1892), page 254. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

cabbage fine on a slaw-cutter; line the bottom and sides of an oaken barrel or keg with cabbage leaves, put in a layer of the sliced cabbage about six inches in depth, sprinkle lightly with salt, and pound with a wooden beetle until the cabbage is a compact mass; add another layer of cabbage, etc., repeating the operation, pounding well each layer, until the barrel is full to within six inches of the top; cover with leaves, then a cloth, next a board cut to fit loosely on the inside of bar- rel, kept well down with a heavy weight. If the brine has not raised within two days, add enough water, with just salt enough to taste, to cover the cabbage; examine every two days, and add water as before, until brine raises and scum forms, when lift off cloth carefully so that the scum may adhere, wash well in several cold waters, wring dry and replace, re- peating this operation as the scum arises, at first every other day, and then once a week, until the aceteous fermentation ceases, which will take from three to six weeks. Up to this time keep warm in the kitchen, then re- move to a dry, cool cellar, unless made early in the fall, when it may be at once set in the pantry or cellar. One pint of salt to a full barrel of cabbage is a gcod proportion; some also sprinkle in whole black pepper. Or, to keep until summer: In April squeeze out of brine, and_ pack tightly with the hands, in a stone jar, with the bottom lightly sprinkled with salt; make brine enough to well cover the kraut in the) proportion of a table spoon salt to a ouart of water; boil, skim, cool, and pour over; cover with | (THE KITCHEN. maar kat cloth, then a plate, weight, and another cloth tied closely down; keep in a cool place, and it will be good in June. Neither pound nor salt the eee too much, watch closely, and keep clear from scum for good sauer craut

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.