{"id":92,"date":"2010-11-27T18:55:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-27T18:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/2010\/11\/27\/christmas-krau\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T11:45:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T04:45:14","slug":"christmas-krau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/2010\/11\/christmas-krau.html","title":{"rendered":"“Christmas ‘Kraut”"},"content":{"rendered":"
Other than the the colors and the timing, there’s really nothing Christmas-y about the sauerkraut I make this time every year. The colors merge and it’s ready more like Thanksgiving time – but “Thanksgiving ‘Kraut” just doesn’t have the same ring.<\/div>\n

I’ve been making this version for a few years now. I’m not sure if that qualifies it as a ‘tradition’ even in my own house, but it’s a nice, seasonal twist. An added bonus is that it looks pretty and smells like apples, so it’s an easier sell to little ones and others who aren’t used to cultured foods.<\/p>\n

There is no real ‘recipe’, and it changes from year to year. The basic directions are from Sandor Katz’ book ‘Wild Fermentation’<\/a>. These are the approximate ingredients I used this year:<\/p>\n

two small cabbages – one red, one green, shredded
\none apple, diced
\ncranberries, coarsely chopped
\nsea salt<\/p>\n

I combined the cabbage, apple and cranberries in a large bowl, sprinkled about a tablespoon of salt per pound, and mixed it thoroughly.<\/p>\n

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I used a big wooden spoon to pound it to about two thirds it’s original volume to release some of the juice. I let it sit a few hours, then packed it into a large jar a little at a time, packing it down more with each addition. There wasn’t quite enough liquid to cover the cabbage, so I added a bit more salted water. (about one tablespoon per cup of filtered water, according to Katz) I covered it and set it aside, checking it every day or so to see how it was coming along, or if it needed more water.<\/p>\n

It takes quite a bit longer to ferment this time of year, since the house is cold, but after a week, It looked like this:<\/p>\n

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We tried some Thanksgiving. I got around to making it a bit later than usual, so the flavors haven’t had much time to blend, but it will improve over time. Just in time for Christmas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Other than the the colors and the timing, there’s really nothing Christmas-y about the sauerkraut I make this time every year. The colors merge and it’s ready more like Thanksgiving time – but “Thanksgiving ‘Kraut” just doesn’t have the same ring. I’ve been making this …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":521,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions\/521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}