Re: rejuvelac making: brown spots on cabbage after 3 days in sealed jar

[Guest guest]

I grate my cabbage, it is quick and easy. I have never seen brown

spots in my rejuvelac. Try washing the jar with boiling water to

sterilize and also wash the cabbage well. Try to keep everything very

clean. Rejuvelac has a peculiar smell, i did not like it much first

time, but got used to it, the drink is very tasty and refreshing, to

my mind

Good luck!

Ivanda

>

> Hi Bee,

>

> Thanks for taking a look at this enquiry. Made my first two batches

of rejuvelac following

> your recipe (w/o using a blender), however I left the mixtures for

about 8 hours longer

> than the prescribed 3 days. No putrid smell or taste upon opening

the jars, but not a

> great smell either. I found a few brown spots on top of the cabbage

in both jars, though,

> and am concerned about mould. Still, I strained the mixture and

discarded the cabbage

> and refrigerated two lots, one for the starter and one for

consumpution. In one batch the

> water faintly smelled like blue cheese and the other less like that.

I dumped the one that

> smelled more of blue cheese and sipped the water off the better

batch. It tasted not

> putrid, but not nice. Not easy to drink. Could only sip and took

about 5 sips total. Have

> decided to hold off consuming any more of it in the event there's

any mould. In case it

> did, I decided to eat a good serving of raw cabbage and drank water

with a little Lugol's

> solution following that sipping, as they both seem to do my system

good.

>

> I'm wondering whether you would recommend I start over...

>

> If I were to start over, can you tell me, would it be okay to juice

the cabbage since I don't

> have a blender? If not, I'll continue to chop the cabbage into the

smallest peices I can.

>

> Thanks heaps,

> Bridget

>

[Guest guest]

thanks so much for your reply. i used boiling water

to clean the jars and lids, but feel I probably did

not clean the cabbage adequately. will give it

another go and might use the grater this time. cheers,

bridget

--- Ivanda <jane_latvia@...> wrote:

> I grate my cabbage, it is quick and easy. I have

> never seen brown

> spots in my rejuvelac. Try washing the jar with

> boiling water to

> sterilize and also wash the cabbage well. Try to

> keep everything very

> clean. Rejuvelac has a peculiar smell, i did not

> like it much first

> time, but got used to it, the drink is very tasty

> and refreshing, to

> my mind

>

> Good luck!

> Ivanda

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi Bee,

>

> Thanks for taking a look at this enquiry. Made my first two

batches of rejuvelac following

> your recipe (w/o using a blender), however I left the mixtures for

about 8 hours longer

> than the prescribed 3 days. No putrid smell or taste upon opening

the jars, but not a

> great smell either. I found a few brown spots on top of the

cabbage in both jars, though,

> and am concerned about mould. Still, I strained the mixture and

discarded the cabbage

> and refrigerated two lots, one for the starter and one for

consumpution. In one batch the

> water faintly smelled like blue cheese and the other less like

that. I dumped the one that

> smelled more of blue cheese and sipped the water off the better

batch. It tasted not

> putrid, but not nice. Not easy to drink. Could only sip and took

about 5 sips total. Have

> decided to hold off consuming any more of it in the event there's

any mould. In case it

> did, I decided to eat a good serving of raw cabbage and drank water

with a little Lugol's

> solution following that sipping, as they both seem to do my system

good.

==>Bridget, be careful taking Lugol's iodine. You get enough iodine

on this program and the body only requires " trace amounts " . Too much

iodine is just as damaging to the thyroid as too little. That's how

I lost my thryoid 20 years ago; I overdosed on Lugol's and also took

dessicated thyroid (per my doctor of course), but little did I know

at the time the damage that was being done.

>

> I'm wondering whether you would recommend I start over...

==>Yes, start over. You'll have better success using certified

organic cabbage, and also make sure you use non-chlorinated water

(boiling it for 30 minutes removed the chlorine). Also ensure it

isn't too hot or too cold in the area.

>

> If I were to start over, can you tell me, would it be okay to juice

the cabbage since I don't

> have a blender? If not, I'll continue to chop the cabbage into the

smallest peices I can.

==>No, do not juice the cabbage; just chop it like the recipe for

making it without a blender.

Bee