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Stocking your kimchi pantry: napa cabbage, garlic, ginger, fish sauce, gochugaru, salt, onions, radish. | MakeSauerkraut.com

Stocking Your Kimchi Pantry: Staples, Fresh Ingredients, Basic Techniques

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Kimchi Ingredients: Red pepper paste, rice flour porridge, Napa cabbage. Pantry staples for making kimchi explained with tips & substitutions.

Jar of brussels sprout Kimchi. | makesauerkraut.com

WECK Small-Batch Preserving Book Review [Brussels Sprout Kimchi Recipe]

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WECK Small-Batch Preserving has a variety of fermenting, canning, and pickling recipes. Check out the tasty recipe for Brussels Sprout Kimchi.

Kimchi and a bowl of fish sauce. | makesauerkraut.com

Kimchi Series: Fish Sauce, the Secret Ingredient to Transform Your Kimchi

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Fish sauce is a key ingredient in most kimchi. Find the best fish sauce that won't taste fishy and will add an umami richness to your kimchi.

Jar of Ruby-Red Cabbage Sauerkraut. | makesauerkraut.com

Ruby-Red Red-Cabbage Sauerkraut Recipe [Triple the Power]

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Enjoy the many benefits hidden in this sauerkraut fermented with red cabbage, ginger & apple: antioxidants, vitamin C, probiotics, & minerals.

Fermentation weights to keep your ferment below the brine. | makesauerkraut.com

3 Key Items for Keeping Your Ferments Safe [BELOW THE BRINE]

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Crucial for successful fermentation of sauerkraut is keeping everything below the brine and away from air. This is done with fermentation weights and...

Fermentation weights to keep your ferment below the brine. | makesauerkraut.com

BEST Fermentation Weight for Fermenting in Jars [28-Day Challenge]

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Discover the best fermentation weight for mason jar fermenting. 7 different weights tested over 28 days. Safely below the brine? No brine overflow? No mold?

Sauerkraut Fun Facts: All about sauerkraut. - makesauerkraut.com

51 Fascinating Facts About Sauerkraut and Cabbage [WHO KNEW?]

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Sauerkraut facts to answer all your questions: Who invented sauerkraut? Key topping on a New York style dog? Pounds cabbage grown annually? Largest cabbage?

A wooden bowl of sauerkraut. | makesauerkraut.com

15 EXPERT Fermentation Tips to Ferment the Perfect Batch Every Time

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15 Fermentation Tips to ensure you successfully ferment your sauerkraut. #7 The best way to hold your ferments below the brine. #4 Do you need to sanitize equipment?

Jar of sauerkraut gone bad. | makesauerkraut.com

Has Your Sauerkraut Fermentation Gone Bad? Three Fermentation Rules and Many Troubleshooting Tips

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Are there uninvited guests lurking in your jar of sauerkraut? Follow the three basic fermentation rules and wave good-bye to slimy, moldy, mushy sauerkraut.

A bowl and five spoons of different sauerkraut flavors. | makesauerkraut.com

Infographic: Sauerkraut Recipes To Tantalize Your Tastebuds

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Colorful infographic and cheat sheet for a set of sauerkraut recipes that are delicious, easy to make and rich in probiotics. Your downloadable Sauerkraut Recipes Cheat Sheet PDF lists ingredients and quantities for 7 recipes. Keep it handy and with one quick glance, you'll be fermenting another batch of sauerkraut.

Chopped vegetables and spices on a wooden board. | makesauerkraut.com

Baseball Sauerkraut Recipe [HOME RUN FLAVOR HIT]

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Sauerkraut is rich in gut-healing probiotics. The flavoring ingredients in this sauerkraut recipe create a sauerkraut reminiscent of a typical hot dog relish. Serving suggestions make it easy for you to add sauerkraut to any meal. Recipe tips enable you to adjust the recipe to your liking by...

Jar of bare sauerkraut. | makesauerkraut.com

SALTY Cabbage to SOUR Sauerkraut: Fermentation Signs to Monitor

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Fermentation signs for sauerkraut to monitor and tweak. Bubbles rising to the surface? Smell? Color? Overflowing brine? Browning? Dry? Add brine? Or not?

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