Use red cabbage to make sauerkraut with more color and healthy phytonutrients than kraut made with green cabbage. Fermentation crocks can be expensive and hard to find, but slow-cooker crocks are easy to find at yard sales and thrift stores. Maybe you have one you are not using already! I use a 1-quart crock, but […]
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Kraut-Chi or How to Make Vegan Probiotics
Here’s how to make vegan probiotics at home in jars. No milk, starter, fancy equipment, or special skills needed. Sandor Katz, the king of fermentation, calls this easy, tangy slaw “kraut-chi” because English doesn’t have a word for fermented vegetables, unlike German (sauerkraut) and Korean (kim-chi). I eat a spoonful or two of fermented food nearly […]