Thanks, I'll give it a try as soon as the price of cabbage goes down. It was $1.05 a lb. yesterday at the supermarket in Bolivar. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Loudermilk" <samgospel@yahoo.com> To: <down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 9:06 PM Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] KRAUT > Dot jo, how long does this keep in the jars.......................this > looks easy enough, and I'll bet it is good. Just need to know how long it > keeps before going bad. Sam > > > Marilyn and Shirley, Here is mom's kraut in a jar. > chop cabbage to desired size > add to jar( I believe this is for pint jar.) > add 1/2 tsp. salt > 1/2 tsp vinager > 1/2 tsp, sugar > fill jar with cabbage add salt, vinager and sugar. > DO NOT not pack cabbage. > fill jar up to a 1/2 inch from top of jar with boiling water. place lids > on > jar. DO NOT TIGHTEN LIDS!!!!!!!!!!! the cabbage must have space to work. > by working this means the water will bubble out of the jars. So place > jars in > a pan or somewhere where it won't make a mess. Once the kraut stops > working > lids may be thighten down. Make a very few jars at a time to see if you > like > it. Dot Jo > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >