NickTheGreat
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Hey all,
Not really sure why I'm posting this here, but I had my first Sauerkraut failure over the weekend.
I'd been doing kraut for 6 or 7 years now, maybe longer. I used to get free cabbage from a gardener friend of mine, but over the last few years I'd been buying store cabbages after St Paddy's. So this year I did the same and kinda forgot about it. I'd let it go for months before, but this was in there since late March . . .
It had plenty of nastiness on top but once I scraped that off, the kraut underneath was too soft. It looked okay, but was really mushy and tasted a little off. I tried to convince myself it was okay, but it wasn't real sour or tangy. Just tasted off, almost bitter. My wife agreed, so I decided to just pitch it.
I realize this was too long and I'm not really even asking a question. More of just a shared misery type of thing! The worst part is I’m out of kraut now, no more in the pantry!
Not really sure why I'm posting this here, but I had my first Sauerkraut failure over the weekend.
I'd been doing kraut for 6 or 7 years now, maybe longer. I used to get free cabbage from a gardener friend of mine, but over the last few years I'd been buying store cabbages after St Paddy's. So this year I did the same and kinda forgot about it. I'd let it go for months before, but this was in there since late March . . .
It had plenty of nastiness on top but once I scraped that off, the kraut underneath was too soft. It looked okay, but was really mushy and tasted a little off. I tried to convince myself it was okay, but it wasn't real sour or tangy. Just tasted off, almost bitter. My wife agreed, so I decided to just pitch it.
I realize this was too long and I'm not really even asking a question. More of just a shared misery type of thing! The worst part is I’m out of kraut now, no more in the pantry!