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delicious homemade sauerkraut

Did you know you're allowed to just chop up a cabbage, sprinkle on some salt, and let it ferment into delicious homemade sauerkraut? Like, it's totally legal, anyone is allowed to do it. Recipe:

  • Cabbage
  • Add 2% the weight in salt
  • Squish it around several times over a few hours, gently squeezing out water to create a brine
  • If necessary, add enough extra 2% salt brine to cover it
  • Weigh it down to keep everything from being exposed to oxygen
  • Wait There's a reason basically every culture on the planet figured out lacto fermentation. It's dead easy.