How to make homemade sauerkraut-- quick and easy fermenting!

This is how the original homesteaders preserved their cabbage harvest- homemade sauerkraut! The only ingredients you need are salt and cabbage! The salt should equal 2% of the cabbage weight. We add a little bit of hot pepper and garlic to our's-- totally optional!
The type of salt you use matters! Do NOT use iodized salt-- the iodine messes with the fermentation process. Use a canning salt; it contains no added ingredients. Or use an unprocessed salt like Redmond's Real Salt:
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Prairie Road Sauerkraut recipe for a 2 quart wide mouth canning jar:
4 lbs of shredded cabbage (in 2 lb batches)
18 grams of salt per 2 lbs of cabbage
1 clove of garlic per 2 lbs of cabbage (optional)
1 small hot pepper per 2 lbs of cabbage (optional)
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Use glass weights to hold your cabbage under the brine:
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