We always packed the cabbage in quart jars and sprinkled a tsp of salt over the top and packed it more by the end there was plenty of juice in each jar. I never knew about any other way than this until I saw your first one and squeezed the cabbage in a bowl.
I learned a cool tip last week. I was told a family made a ton of sauerkraut in big crocks/buckets and they would submerge whole cabbage heads in the middle and as long as it was fully surrounded by the shredded cabbage it would ferment. Then they would use the whole leafs to make cabbage rolls/stuffed cabbage with it.
I remember making sauerkraut as a kid. Mom would use the grater to shred up hers. I don’t remember the “mixing” process, but maybe we did that! She packed it in the milk curn, which was a masonry crock and weighted it down with a saucer and half a brick, then covered it with flour sack dish towel. I never was a big fan of kraut....but the family loved it!
My mom was German but we never stomped on the cabbage but I do remember slicing a ton of it on this old wooden cabbage slicer. She made it in a big earthen butter churn. We ate a lot of saurkraut growing up...I still love it!
That's an impressive jar. Good way to preserve your harvest. Glad to see the kids involved. The shot of Justice being followed was cute. Thanks for sharing.
My Mom gave me an old crock from my grandmother (whom I never knew). It was pretty special to make my first batch of sauerkraut in it. Your jar looks beautiful with all that cabbage in it.
Morning, I watch all your videos. I just love how your children are so eager to get involved. That 'kraut is going to be delicious! Have a blessed day!!
You DO have a cabbage patch baby! He is SO cute there trying to help! LOL! Great job with the making of the sauerkraut! I usually just ferment the cabbage in a quart jar because the family doesn't really like it as much as I do. So I make a quart, eat it half way and start another one! YUM! Again, great job! Blessings from NE Missouri!
I have a jar like that and didn’t know it’s original purpose. Now I do. Thanks, Art! Sauerkraut looks lovely and your kids helping was so sweet to see.
Well done by the wholw family. Wilder thinks it is too much trouble to slice it all up...just throw in a leaf at a time. hahaha Y'all have a great day.
Love the way the kids jumped in to help! That jar is just right for large batches! We've got a 3 gallon crock (which I need to put to work!) and kind of miss seeing the cabbage working. Maybe you've inspired me to get mine going again!
Keeping up with you in real time in 2020 but going back and binge watching old episodes in order, like this one. Love them all. :) Greetings from California.
Sarah from Living Traditions has recently started to ferment her peppers. She has had no problems at all.I love that your entire family get involved and your children are healthy from Natural Living.
i love making sauerkraut. I prefer a jar with a large mouth tho. you might try saving a few large clean outer leaves from your cabbage to place as a seal on top and then a zip lock baggy filled with saline solution to use as weight. I finally invested in a vent that fits onto the lid to my jar. I feel more comfortable in using it as it lets the gasses out but nothing in. ENJOY that wonderfully healthy kraut! ps glad it wasn't me up under the house crawling around in that mud. ugh. youre a good man.
I’m going back and watching older vlogs I missed...I want you to know you have inspired me to make kraut...I even explored my Grams basement and found a large pickle jar so I’m gonna follow your instructions to the T...thanks so much!
So cute, all the chickens and ducks and geese following him lol. Great explanation and demo of how to make homemade Sauerkraut, Let me know when it and the Weinersnitchel are ready, YUMMY. lol.
That's awesome, I've made two cabbages into fermented kraut. Always add salt and garlic, have added cranberries and Caraway to some. It's ALL excellent. Yum
I LOVE this! Your kiddos know at their core about their food. By exposing them to fermented foods early they not only are learning about food preservation but they are also building a great gut colony for health. Your 'cabbage patch baby' and your cabbages look amazing!
OMGOODNESS! Those cabbages are gorgeous! Art your name is so fitting...you truly are gifted! You’re excellent at teaching! and artist! Truly inspiring. Blessings...
My grams always used marble or river rocks in pantyhose or a bag (for the river rocks) as weights when she made sauerkraut. This was awesome and you made it look so easy. God bless 💕
We make our own sauerkraut one a year. We have an old cabbage cutter to cut the cabbage. It’s essentially is a really big mandolin it works great just don’t want to slice your fingers or hands with it. Then we put the cut cabbage in an old crock. We just toss the cabbage in a layer at a time salt it then pound it with a French rolling pen that I have. Usually by the time we are done there is plenty of brine so the cabbage is completely covered. Usually just cover it with at towel and check on it every so often. We let ours ferment for a few weeks. It sure is yummy.
Thanks Art, love it! Im going to go back to your make sauerkraut with me video and make a small batch for the first time! I think you had a really smart idea with make it with me videos, would love to see more of them!
Great video. I am planting my first cabbage in my fall garden at the end of this month..August. Then, when I harvest I will use your directions to make some lovely sauerkraut. Thanks.
I make my sourkraut the same way you do, but I put it in a big plastic tub, and after salting and massaging each layer I cover it and let it sit for a few hours and massage it when I checked to see how much liquid. This really saves a lot of time and work. Love your family. Blessings to you all.😊
I think many of your viewers were just as taken by that huge beautiful pickle jar as I was! I assume they are rather valuable today! Do you know how many gallons it holds? It was nice seeing the children gathered around the table all helping make the sauerkraut. Is sauerkraut something all the children like to eat? Pork and sauerkraut is one of my favorite meals especially when served with corn bread. Nice video today!
Awesome!!!! Look delicious. I made sauerkraut for the first time when I watched your last video on making it, it turned out great. One of my jars I put dill from my garden in it. Oh my gosh it was so good on hot dogs and brats. Thank you
You can add shredded carrots (i mixed them all together with cabbage) as well, they will add another crunch and color...I usually add fresh (or frozen) cranberries and caraway seeds, this brings the flavor to another dimension...cheers from Toronto/Canada
Thanks for the video. I love fermented sauerkraut. I make mine with beets, carrots, ginger and of course cabbage. You might just try a qt. And I think you will love it. Very good probiotics and filled with enzymes. Just got my brochure for the Heirloom Expo in Santa Rosa Ca. I'm so excited to meet you!!!!! I can't believe how many of my TH-cam family is going to be there. God bless you sweet family.💗
Love your videos. I am a homesteader as well and enjoy making fermented vegetables. Can identify with many of your lovely problems, isn't it fun figuring out how to solve them? I am wondering how you are going to skim the top. It seems to me it makes it easier if you use a crock with straight sides so it is easier to weigh down the cabbage and skim the skumm. God bless all you dear one!
Ok so my 68 year old mom and I made 16 gallons of a very nice crop of cabbage. It was exhausting but in a few weeks we’ll have a delicious sauerkraut. Mmmm 😋
My mother had a huge barrel in which she cured her sauerkraut. On top of the kraut she placed a thick glass disc with a heavy, white limestone rock to weigh it down. That was the best sauerkraut I have ever eaten. This was in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. So, may your kraut be as delicious as that.
Couple tips from our pickling endeavors. The European rolling pins the kind without handles are great kraut crushers. Also for soft pickled vegetables like cucumbers adding a little unflavored kombucha keeps them crunchy from the tannic acid and will boost fermentation times from thenprobiotic content
Made some last year following your recipe. It worked and was so nice. Also on the subject of following your recipes. The taffy from only honey, so good.keep up the recipes.
Yum! I might have to arrange to wander by in 3 weeks. I've seen one source that says just pack the cut cabbage in the jar with salt and mash it down. I've always kneaded it until the juice came out like you did and I've never heard an old-timer say otherwise. I need to make another batch in my puny 1 gal jar.
Beautiful!!! Love how the kids helped so much and were so interested!! I am so excited to grow my own cabbage again! Haven’t had any luck growing cabbage in south Florida. Love that jar as well!!
K Flan it’s mostly the humidity that kills us here. The only time I can have a vegetable garden is in the winter, is he sun is so intense in the summer - it’s not even the heat it’s just the intensity of the sun. Not to mention the bugs are crazy!! I have tried for over 10 years not harvested one cabbage. Lol. 😜
I love the purple layer. That project was labor intensive. Which seems to be the case with most greens. With lettuce and those leafy greens its the washing, over and over. Beautiful jar. Thats a lot of saurkraut. Does everyone in your family eat it?
your cabbages are beautiful......The needing process is the most time consuming but very necessary for successful fermentation.....thank you for sharing the process... 🐌🐌🐌🐌 I bet the kids kept that tiny tiny snail for a pet🤔
That's interesting info about salting. I recently purchased fermented kraut that was perfect in it's flavor. Too often brands I've bought at the market are so salty I've needed to rinse it before we could eat it and it caused me to put off making kraut because of it. So I've been wondering if the ratios could be lowered safely. The mom in me was saying "Be careful lifting that jar off the fridge!". Beautiful jar, but holy smokes that's a lot of weight, and in glass! Another thought, I wronder if Wilder will grow up loving cabbage more than other veggies. I really enjoyed how the kids all got involved. Being in the kitchen helping preserve the harvest makes for some of the best memories. I used to help my dad with kraut cutting and eating. Homemade sauerkraut is the best, but better are the memories. Totally enjoyed the video this morning, a happy distraction that I am glad I followed.
Making kraut is FUN!! The next time i do it, i may store it in a big crock in a rootcellar that i will ( hopefully) have. Mine was much better before i jarred it and processed it.. Processing "kills" it..
We always packed the cabbage in quart jars and sprinkled a tsp of salt over the top and packed it more by the end there was plenty of juice in each jar. I never knew about any other way than this until I saw your first one and squeezed the cabbage in a bowl.
That's how my mama made kraut. Hers always turned out so pretty and white, and so crunchy.
So cute. Cabbage Patch Kids!
I learned a cool tip last week. I was told a family made a ton of sauerkraut in big crocks/buckets and they would submerge whole cabbage heads in the middle and as long as it was fully surrounded by the shredded cabbage it would ferment. Then they would use the whole leafs to make cabbage rolls/stuffed cabbage with it.
Even though I really don't like sauerkraut it sounds delicious.
Dezedaantje health benefits is Amazing 😉
Love how the kids kept eating as they worked... even wilder wanted to help..😆😁
I remember making sauerkraut as a kid. Mom would use the grater to shred up hers. I don’t remember the “mixing” process, but maybe we did that! She packed it in the milk curn, which was a masonry crock and weighted it down with a saucer and half a brick, then covered it with flour sack dish towel. I never was a big fan of kraut....but the family loved it!
My mom was German but we never stomped on the cabbage but I do remember slicing a ton of it on this old wooden cabbage slicer. She made it in a big earthen butter churn. We ate a lot of saurkraut growing up...I still love it!
That's an impressive jar. Good way to preserve your harvest. Glad to see the kids involved. The shot of Justice being followed was cute. Thanks for sharing.
My Mom gave me an old crock from my grandmother (whom I never knew). It was pretty special to make my first batch of sauerkraut in it. Your jar looks beautiful with all that cabbage in it.
Morning, I watch all your videos. I just love how your children are so eager to get involved. That 'kraut is going to be delicious! Have a blessed day!!
My Uncle used to work at Owens Glass(Illinois Plant) years ago....I have six of those big jars like that
You DO have a cabbage patch baby! He is SO cute there trying to help! LOL! Great job with the making of the sauerkraut! I usually just ferment the cabbage in a quart jar because the family doesn't really like it as much as I do. So I make a quart, eat it half way and start another one! YUM! Again, great job! Blessings from NE Missouri!
I have a jar like that and didn’t know it’s original purpose. Now I do. Thanks, Art! Sauerkraut looks lovely and your kids helping was so sweet to see.
Well done by the wholw family. Wilder thinks it is too much trouble to slice it all up...just throw in a leaf at a time. hahaha Y'all have a great day.
All of your children are precious, but when Mr. Wilder smiles at the camera, it melts my heart.
Love the way the kids jumped in to help! That jar is just right for large batches! We've got a 3 gallon crock (which I need to put to work!) and kind of miss seeing the cabbage working. Maybe you've inspired me to get mine going again!
Keeping up with you in real time in 2020 but going back and binge watching old episodes in order, like this one. Love them all. :) Greetings from California.
Sarah from Living Traditions has recently started to ferment her peppers. She has had no problems at all.I love that your entire family get involved and your children are healthy from Natural Living.
Yummy, looks great. The kids can be proud of, and enjoy the fruits of their labor soon. What a great bunch of helpers!
i love making sauerkraut. I prefer a jar with a large mouth tho. you might try saving a few large clean outer leaves from your cabbage to place as a seal on top and then a zip lock baggy filled with saline solution to use as weight. I finally invested in a vent that fits onto the lid to my jar. I feel more comfortable in using it as it lets the gasses out but nothing in. ENJOY that wonderfully healthy kraut! ps glad it wasn't me up under the house crawling around in that mud. ugh. youre a good man.
Ok so it’s time to make sauerkraut. I made sauerkraut last year with you and it turned out great!
Very cool!
Great video. Even the baby got a hand in it. The coffee filter idea will work perfectly.
Love that the kids helped. Thanks for sharing.
I’m going back and watching older vlogs I missed...I want you to know you have inspired me to make kraut...I even explored my Grams basement and found a large pickle jar so I’m gonna follow your instructions to the T...thanks so much!
Lovely and healthy project indeed
So cute, all the chickens and ducks and geese following him lol. Great explanation and demo of how to make homemade Sauerkraut, Let me know when it and the Weinersnitchel are ready, YUMMY. lol.
My grandfather used to make sauerkraut in the basement. He had big Crocks that he used. This brings back happy memories ❤️. Thank you for sharing.
That's awesome, I've made two cabbages into fermented kraut. Always add salt and garlic, have added cranberries and Caraway to some. It's ALL excellent. Yum
I LOVE this! Your kiddos know at their core about their food. By exposing them to fermented foods early they not only are learning about food preservation but they are also building a great gut colony for health. Your 'cabbage patch baby' and your cabbages look amazing!
you could fill a clean plastic bag with water to weight the sauerkraut down.
Or fill the bag w a brine solution.
Yes. A LARGE one and it will spread out and cover all the cabbage!
@@ldg2655 That's an awesome idea! Thanks.
I wouldn't want plastic to touch it myself.
SouthernLady44 : i would've rathered use a kraut weight, or even a plate, but i had nothing of the correct size or weight to do the job.
I’m excited to see the final colors. I love kraut.
IT is so nice watching your family they are not at all spoils Lovely children and Bree is so nice even You ha ha
I started some 2 days ago, followed your first video 😉
Thank you for reminding me that my son brought home a 5 gallon ball jar. Perfect for kraut. God bless your family.
OMGOODNESS! Those cabbages are gorgeous! Art your name is so fitting...you truly are gifted! You’re excellent at teaching! and artist! Truly inspiring. Blessings...
We used a 15 gallon crock when my parent's made kraut he "massaged" it with a bat. The core was a treat the kids got after clean up.
My dad and always shared the core after kraut making.
I've made sauerkraut for years and the ones that tasted the best were those that had been fermenting for 3 months. Red cabbage is my favourite.
My grams always used marble or river rocks in pantyhose or a bag (for the river rocks) as weights when she made sauerkraut. This was awesome and you made it look so easy. God bless 💕
I love sauerkraut - it is very healty :) I"m from Poland and I love watching yours canal. All the best :)
We make our own sauerkraut one a year. We have an old cabbage cutter to cut the cabbage. It’s essentially is a really big mandolin it works great just don’t want to slice your fingers or hands with it. Then we put the cut cabbage in an old crock. We just toss the cabbage in a layer at a time salt it then pound it with a French rolling pen that I have. Usually by the time we are done there is plenty of brine so the cabbage is completely covered. Usually just cover it with at towel and check on it every so often. We let ours ferment for a few weeks. It sure is yummy.
Cabbage patch kid - love it 😊
Thanks Art, love it! Im going to go back to your make sauerkraut with me video and make a small batch for the first time! I think you had a really smart idea with make it with me videos, would love to see more of them!
Wow what beautiful cabbage you grew!
Watching it from San Francisco. Love your family and all that you do to provide for them.
kia ora beautiful people , I have Always wondered how to make it. Beautiful peaceful family vlog as always Aroha to you all.
I LOVE Sauerkraut 🙌🏼 Also, I have never seen a pickle jar that big!
What a beautiful project! Really nice jar. Great to see your children enjoying the process, especially the eating.
~ Mark & Tammy
Great video. I am planting my first cabbage in my fall garden at the end of this month..August. Then, when I harvest I will use your directions to make some lovely sauerkraut. Thanks.
Cabbage, my favorite. God bless you and your family .
I make my sourkraut the same way you do, but I put it in a big plastic tub, and after salting and massaging each layer I cover it and let it sit for a few hours and massage it when I checked to see how much liquid. This really saves a lot of time and work. Love your family. Blessings to you all.😊
Kids helping and eating was so cute 🐎🐐🐓🐖🙏🙏🙏
I’d like to see the whole process of this project. Love how the children help!
I think many of your viewers were just as taken by that huge beautiful pickle jar as I was! I assume they are rather valuable today! Do you know how many gallons it holds?
It was nice seeing the children gathered around the table all helping make the sauerkraut. Is sauerkraut something all the children like to eat? Pork and sauerkraut is one of my favorite meals especially when served with corn bread.
Nice video today!
Thanks for the lessen great info.
Looks like it will be awesome. I skipped growing cabbage this year but now I have regrets. Great job y'all.
Thanks men for video .👌👌
How do we have seven thumbs down over cabbage 😂
Great Video Art ...cute kiddos as always ! Have a Great weekend 🙂
Awesome!!!! Look delicious. I made sauerkraut for the first time when I watched your last video on making it, it turned out great.
One of my jars I put dill from my garden in it. Oh my gosh it was so good on hot dogs and brats. Thank you
You can add shredded carrots (i mixed them all together with cabbage) as well, they will add another crunch and color...I usually add fresh (or frozen) cranberries and caraway seeds, this brings the flavor to another dimension...cheers from Toronto/Canada
Thats cool. Always wanted to make sauerkraut. Very interested to see this project.
Thanks for the video. I love fermented sauerkraut. I make mine with beets, carrots, ginger and of course cabbage. You might just try a qt. And I think you will love it. Very good probiotics and filled with enzymes. Just got my brochure for the Heirloom Expo in Santa Rosa Ca. I'm so excited to meet you!!!!! I can't believe how many of my TH-cam family is going to be there. God bless you sweet family.💗
Great job for the kids!! You all did an awesome job. I bet it will be so yummy when done ✅
Love your videos. I am a homesteader as well and enjoy making fermented vegetables. Can identify with many of your lovely problems, isn't it fun figuring out how to solve them? I am wondering how you are going to skim the top. It seems to me it makes it easier if you use a crock with straight sides so it is easier to weigh down the cabbage and skim the skumm. God bless all you dear one!
Ok so my 68 year old mom and I made 16 gallons of a very nice crop of cabbage. It was exhausting but in a few weeks we’ll have a delicious sauerkraut. Mmmm 😋
Great video guys.
A big beautiful jar and a so-well-made video!
My mother had a huge barrel in which she cured her sauerkraut. On top of the kraut she placed a thick glass disc with a heavy, white limestone rock to weigh it down. That was the best sauerkraut I have ever eaten. This was in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. So, may your kraut be as delicious as that.
WoW That is a massive jar 😮 Good Luck with your sauerkraut 💚
Couple tips from our pickling endeavors. The European rolling pins the kind without handles are great kraut crushers. Also for soft pickled vegetables like cucumbers adding a little unflavored kombucha keeps them crunchy from the tannic acid and will boost fermentation times from thenprobiotic content
The most beautiful cabbage I have ever seen! Yummy
Made some last year following your recipe. It worked and was so nice. Also on the subject of following your recipes. The taffy from only honey, so good.keep up the recipes.
I think you guys did an awesome job too.
Yum! I might have to arrange to wander by in 3 weeks. I've seen one source that says just pack the cut cabbage in the jar with salt and mash it down. I've always kneaded it until the juice came out like you did and I've never heard an old-timer say otherwise. I need to make another batch in my puny 1 gal jar.
I just got a five gallon pickle crock and I'm going to try making crock pickles :)
Love your choice of jar. It is beautiful. That is going to taste so good!
Wonderful Benefits from this fresh off the Farm Sauerkraut healthy stuff. Wished I lived close I would buy some 😍
Beautiful!!!
Love how the kids helped so much and were so interested!!
I am so excited to grow my own cabbage again! Haven’t had any luck growing cabbage in south Florida.
Love that jar as well!!
Wonder if you could grow in the winter months. I live in Texas. I put my cabbage in the ground in late August and harvest throughout Jan-Feb.
K Flan it’s mostly the humidity that kills us here. The only time I can have a vegetable garden is in the winter, is he sun is so intense in the summer - it’s not even the heat it’s just the intensity of the sun.
Not to mention the bugs are crazy!! I have tried for over 10 years not harvested one cabbage. Lol. 😜
From my recent experience, I predict your whole batch will be purple/pink by the end. Extra Vit C ftw.
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I love seeing your ducks! I have buff Orpington and recently got khaki Campbells! Thanks for the video!
Looks good.😋
YUMMM! fun project
My mother would make sauerkraut when I was a kid you could go out there and look at it and it would be bubbling
Hi..... ART and BRI, thank you for sharing your video homestead chicken farmer garden bye 👋 bye 👋 🐔🐓🐥🐕🐖🐈🐐🌱🐄🎥👍👍👍
I have one of those pickle jars made by Owens Illinois in the city of my birth Alton, IL several family members retired from there.
Awesome 👍😁
I made my first sourkrout last month, so good!
I love the purple layer. That project was labor intensive. Which seems to be the case with most greens. With lettuce and those leafy greens its the washing, over and over. Beautiful jar. Thats a lot of saurkraut. Does everyone in your family eat it?
your cabbages are beautiful......The needing process is the most time consuming but very necessary for successful fermentation.....thank you for sharing the process... 🐌🐌🐌🐌 I bet the kids kept that tiny tiny snail for a pet🤔
Another great video!
Beautiful! And tasty!
Well done!! Beautiful Cabbage!!
Haha I knew we'd be getting a cabbage video today💗 I didn't expect the HUGE batch of yummy for your tummy though, Awesomesauce😘
OMG your baby so cool when he's not wearing cloth so cute
Good helpers!xxoo
Well done! 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
That's interesting info about salting. I recently purchased fermented kraut that was perfect in it's flavor. Too often brands I've bought at the market are so salty I've needed to rinse it before we could eat it and it caused me to put off making kraut because of it. So I've been wondering if the ratios could be lowered safely.
The mom in me was saying "Be careful lifting that jar off the fridge!". Beautiful jar, but holy smokes that's a lot of weight, and in glass!
Another thought, I wronder if Wilder will grow up loving cabbage more than other veggies. I really enjoyed how the kids all got involved. Being in the kitchen helping preserve the harvest makes for some of the best memories. I used to help my dad with kraut cutting and eating. Homemade sauerkraut is the best, but better are the memories.
Totally enjoyed the video this morning, a happy distraction that I am glad I followed.
I love the jar! How long will it sit?
Making kraut is FUN!! The next time i do it, i may store it in a big crock in a rootcellar that i will ( hopefully) have. Mine was much better before i jarred it and processed it.. Processing "kills" it..
Looks wonderful! Your kids are getting so big! What happened with your hams? Love your videos!
wow thats a lot of sauerkraut! once its finished can you put it in smaller jars?