To all thank you for the friendly support & suggestions. I tasted the sauerkraut a couple day ago & it is coming down on being too salty, also I did rinse some under the cold water & this helped quite a bit. My wife Charlene (not Hungarian) also did the taste test and was really surprised how good the flavor was. Maybe she will let me do pickles or better yet Hungarian yellow peppers, anyone have a recipe? Thanks again to all Andy Still searching Zeleczky,Horvath,Beno,Bino,Urban, All from Hungary settling in Cleveland and Conneaut Ohio.