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SheilaC
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sheila
Vermont
USA
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 Posted - Sep 21 2012 : 06:51:00 AM
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Any ideas on what to do with cabbage - I have some really nice large heads in my garden, a lot of them as a matter of fact. . .but I do not have a crock in which to make sauerkraut and I'm wondering if I can somehow preserve this wonderful bounty for later in the year?
Thanks in advance for your ideas!
:)
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Okie Farm Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary Beth
McLoud
Oklahoma
USA
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Posted - Sep 21 2012 : 07:16:47 AM
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Sheila, I make sauerkraut each year with extra cabbage in the Fall. You can find the crocks for that at Ace Hardware stores online or can order them at the store. Sometimes they have them in the stores. My step-by-step tutorial is at my blog. I also dehydrate cabbage to use in soups, etc. I also make stuffed cabbage with a hamburger/spaghetti sauce and rice mixture and flash freeze them and then store them in ziploc bags to bake in the winter.
Mary Beth
www.OklahomaPastryCloth.com
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
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Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
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Posted - Sep 21 2012 : 07:43:28 AM
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I have heard you can make kraut right in the ball jars, I think it was from some one on here too.
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Melina
True Blue Farmgirl
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Melina
USA
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Posted - Sep 21 2012 : 08:10:54 AM
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I saw P. Allen Smith do saurkraut in a jar on one of his shows. I'm sorry I don't remember the recipe, but you might be able to find it on his website. It was so simple, salt vinegar, water in a quart jar. I'm pretty sure he said to process it in water bath, too.
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Sep 23 2012 : 04:49:49 AM
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We have done this for years. Pack your jars with cabbage, add 1 teaspoon salt, and fill with water. Put the lid and band on, and keep in a darker place. It will weep, so have the jars in an container. We have never water bathed it. So not sure about that.
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
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Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
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Posted - Sep 23 2012 : 10:17:56 AM
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I know there were simple instructions as to how to do this without a crock in a past issue of MJF Magazine... It looked super easy! I'll see if I can find it for you. :) Good luck! - Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
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SheilaC
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sheila
Vermont
USA
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ptroupe
True Blue Farmgirl
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Portia
Johnson City
NY
USA
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Posted - Oct 03 2012 : 5:11:57 PM
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If you have a basement, as we do, you can put them on a shelf and they will keep for months.
Portia
P.S. We also dehydrate them.
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