Jay's Jammin

  With all the jammin’ done I decided to add sauerkraut to the mix. Wait a minute!! I mean add to the widening range of foods that we can. We went to our favorite farm equipment store Big Acre to buy a crock. I picked up a 3 gallon Crown for this.

  Momma ordered the lid, stomper and inner disc from Lehman’s to complete the equipment needed.

  Then I started slicing 11# of green cabbage and 5# of red cabbage. (I shouldn’t shop for cabbage in low light) I become color blind. However, all isn’t lost, sauerkraut can be made with a mix of colors.

  After adding 3T canning salt to each 5# of sliced cabbage, I started pounding it down. Each time I added it to the crock it would almost fill it. When it was all loaded and stomped down there was only a half filled crock. Then I put in the follower with a 1 gallon Baggie on it. At that point there was only about a 1/2 inch of brine over the cabbage. Tuesday morning there was about 3 inches.

  The STOMPER. Without this I would have to use a potato masher, I don’t think so.
  Now to wait about 6 weeks.

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  Woke this morning to Momma saying"Someones at the door”.I said"I didn’t hear the driveway alarm” We hustled to the door, no one there. Then Momma noticed a large box beside the door. We brought it inside and opened it to discover the new pressure cooker/canner we had just ordered.

  The reason for no alarm. The

trash cart fell off the truck on the way up last night and I didn’t notice it in the dark. It landed in the middle of the driveway right in line with the alarm sensor, which is the dark box and tie-wrap on the tree. The UPS driver carried that thing all the way up. these delivery men are saving me a lot of carrying and miles driven.
  Momma has also ordered thje sauerkraut stomper and follower board for the crock.Now to get the salt and cabbage when they arrive.

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