Rural Gardening: Making 'Kraut, 1 by Jayryunen

Jayryunen wrote:
Next I packed sterilized quart jars. And they do mean PACKED! Push the cabbage down tight (I used a wooden spoon) to force out as much air as possible & squeeze out the brine. My cabbage was wet enough that I didn't have to make additional brine; by packing tightly it produced enough of its own to cover it. I actually ended up w/extra brine.

You want to leave about an inch of headspace & when you put the lid on, leave it loose for the fermentation gases to escape.

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