Sauerkraut

[Selivan]

kraut.....grow the biggest and toughest cabbage you can come up with and wait a week after harvest. DO NOT use a grater. Either shred with a knife or use a mandolin.....if you even know what that is ( not a musical instrument).Put it in an ice cream bucket and layer it one inch deep, salt with sea salt between each layer Punch the hell out of it with your fist ( or a handle on a rolling pin) .Put a plate in the bucket with something heave to squeeze it( I use a gallon of water). Cover with a towel and tie closed with string. In five days remove the towel / weight/plate and skim off the disgusting slime. Underneath is the kraut.Jar it in mason jars and fridge it. A non idiot will chop some onions, garlic, thyme, basil, parsley and stuff and tune it up in a skillet before serving. A can boy will eat it as is.Probably 90% Up There

1. For sour is needed cabbage special grade .. It is white, not green, otherwise it will be very hard and tasteless
2. Everything else - I already wrote

 

[Camp]

Dear OP'er,

Oldlady was asking a question about if the Kraut becomes Vinegary over time because of fermentation or do you add the Vinegar?

( Let see if he has me on iggy... )

I have never seen vinegar used to make kraut.

Looks good
I love sauerkraut .......don’t believe I have ever had Russian style which sounds like pickled cabbage

Hello, old man ...
It's strange that you are sleeping too much today ...
Sugared the cabbage?
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Ha ha ha ...
Here also there is such question:
1. In Russia, such products are prepared by natural fermentation ...
2. In America I did not see this ... I only saw "marinating" when vinegar is used ... But, this is a completely different process ...

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Besides...
This topic of natural fermentation, affects not only cabbage, but also many other interesting things - cucumbers, beets ....
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Finally, it's especially interesting about mushrooms ...
- Some types of mushrooms - better for natural fermentation
- Other types of mushrooms - better for marinating with vinegar

Sounds good

Do Russian delis carry it?

Made in Germany and all over Eastern Europe, Russia, and Asia. The main difference is the salt used and methods of layering the salt and the cabbage. No vinegar is added. Salt ferments the cabbage.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Sauerkraut is much like kimchi, it is just fermented cabbage.

What is kimchi?
give photo

It is a spicy, fermented cabbage.

 

[Selivan]

It is a spicy, fermented cabbage.

Thanks I got it.
Looks like ordinary pickled cabbage with pepper ...
In Russia, this dish is sold in canned glass jars ...
What do I think about this dish?
I better not say, not to offend

 

[rightwinger]

Sounds good
Do Russian delis carry it?

This is not a "Russian delicacy," but ordinary Russian food

A deli is a small grocery store that sells cured meats, salads and sandwiches

 

[Selivan]

Made in Germany and all over Eastern Europe, Russia, and Asia. The main difference is the salt used and methods of layering the salt and the cabbage. No vinegar is added. Salt ferments the cabbage.

Do not make my slippers funny and do not run on the Internet ...
I see that you do not know anything.

 

[Selivan]

A deli is a small grocery store that sells cured meats, salads and sandwiches

In Russia this is called "semi-finished products" ...
These products are bought for lazy people, stupid housewives and young people ...
Russians do not respect such stores.
It is customary for us to cook such food ourselves

 

[rightwinger]

Dear OP'er,

Oldlady was asking a question about if the Kraut becomes Vinegary over time because of fermentation or do you add the Vinegar?

( Let see if he has me on iggy... )

I have never seen vinegar used to make kraut.

Looks good
I love sauerkraut .......don’t believe I have ever had Russian style which sounds like pickled cabbage

Hello, old man ...
It's strange that you are sleeping too much today ...
Sugared the cabbage?
-------------------------------------------------
Ha ha ha ...
Here also there is such question:
1. In Russia, such products are prepared by natural fermentation ...
2. In America I did not see this ... I only saw "marinating" when vinegar is used ... But, this is a completely different process ...

=====================================
Besides...
This topic of natural fermentation, affects not only cabbage, but also many other interesting things - cucumbers, beets ....
-------------------------------------------------- -------------
Finally, it's especially interesting about mushrooms ...
- Some types of mushrooms - better for natural fermentation
- Other types of mushrooms - better for marinating with vinegar

Sounds good

Do Russian delis carry it?

Made in Germany and all over Eastern Europe, Russia, and Asia. The main difference is the salt used and methods of layering the salt and the cabbage. No vinegar is added. Salt ferments the cabbage.

Personally, I love a good German or Polish sauerkraut. Good texture a flavor

 

[rightwinger]

A deli is a small grocery store that sells cured meats, salads and sandwiches

In Russia this is called "semi-finished products" ...
These products are bought for lazy people, stupid housewives and young people ...
Russians do not respect such stores.
It is customary for us to cook such food ourselves

Too bad

We have Russian Delis here. Only place to buy Russian food
I keep several Russian mustards in my fridge

 

[Selivan]

Too bad
We have Russian Delis here. Only place to buy Russian food
I keep several Russian mustards in my fridge

- Go to this "Russian store" tomorrow or whenever you want ...
- Take pictures of what they are selling
- Then show on the forum
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I am sure that there is no "Russian food"
There is an "American version of how Americans see Russian food"
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I do not want to argue or swear ...
If you are interested, just post photos on the forum
I'll see...

 

[Selivan]

Personally, I love a good German or Polish sauerkraut. Good texture a flavor

I repeat ...
The Germans, first BOIL cabbage, and then sour ...
They destroy vitamins and beneficial bacteria ...
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I do not know about the Poles ...
Poles have always been "strange Slavs" ... Maybe they are gnawing cabbage, like rabbits ...

 

[AsianTrumpSupporter]

Sauerkraut is much like kimchi, it is just fermented cabbage.

Yeah, sauerkraut is very similar to kimchi in how it's prepared, but they can taste pretty different. Kimchi is more spicy, obviously, but there are actually non-spicy versions of kimchi as well. Saurkraut still tastes unique and different, and I love it.

 

[Camp]

Personally, I love a good German or Polish sauerkraut. Good texture a flavor

I repeat ...
The Germans, first BOIL cabbage, and then sour ...
They destroy vitamins and beneficial bacteria ...
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I do not know about the Poles ...
Poles have always been "strange Slavs" ... Maybe they are gnawing cabbage, like rabbits ...

Again I ask you, who told you this nonsense. And who told you we had no Russian selling imported Russian foods?

 

[Selivan]

Again I ask you, who told you this nonsense. And who told you we had no Russian selling imported Russian foods?

Nothing to do, babbler?

 

[rightwinger]

Too bad
We have Russian Delis here. Only place to buy Russian food
I keep several Russian mustards in my fridge

- Go to this "Russian store" tomorrow or whenever you want ...
- Take pictures of what they are selling
- Then show on the forum
-------------------------------------------------- -------------------------
I am sure that there is no "Russian food"
There is an "American version of how Americans see Russian food"
-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------
I do not want to argue or swear ...
If you are interested, just post photos on the forum
I'll see...

More Ukrainian food and Polish

Their food is better

 

[Selivan]

More Ukrainian food and Polish
Their food is better

When will you show the photos?

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I'm particularly amused at how an American can distinguish between Russian, Ukrainian and Polish food ...
Probably there is a Jew sitting in the store and selling what he is asked ...
- Do you want Ukrainian food?
On, take it, but it is made by the Chinese, wrapped up by Mexicans and sold by the Poles

 

[OldLady]

HEY! Why am I on ignore?

 

[undertherqadar]

As you know, in the old days there was no refrigerator and freezer, so people tried to save vegetables ...
One of the ways is "Cabbage Quenching" ..
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In Europe, especially Germany, they do not know how to sour cabbage ...
Germans love sauerkraut, but they do not know how to cook it.
Germans BOIL cabbage before souring ...
They kill all the vitamins and beneficial microbes that make the P ..
К сожалению, эти русские понятия невозможно перевести на английский язык

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In Russia there is no such outrage ...
- Cabbage shredded
- Cabbage is packed in rows and sprinkled with salt
- Cabbage is pressed down with a heavy object
- Cabbage is located in a warm place at a temperature of 23. Celsius 5 days ...
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Here is my sauerkraut, which I now eat ..

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Sauerkraut in Russia is the basis for preparing many dishes
- Siberian Shchi
- Salads
- Rassolnik
- Snack with vodka
- garnishes
- And so on...

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As far as I understand, Americans do not know what "Sauerkraut" ???
Poor people ...
A Russian sauerkraut cabbage

Looks good
I love sauerkraut .......don’t believe I have ever had Russian style which sounds like pickled cabbage

it is good and no vinegar added

 

[Selivan]

it is good and no vinegar

Quite right ...
I have already written several pages for stupid Americans, but they do not understand

 

[Camp]

Again I ask you, who told you this nonsense. And who told you we had no Russian selling imported Russian foods?

Nothing to do, babbler?

Hey knucklehead, I helped my German immigrant Aunt make kraut when I was a child and I was a partner in a grocery store that sold Russian food imported directly from Russia. There are numerous Russian food wholesalers in Brooklyn, other places in NYC, New Jersey, Philadelphia, etc. Some of it is flown in daily to New York and Chicago.