Re: Seaweed Kraut !!, cleaning kraut of 'bloom' & sourdough & kraut ?!?!

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Hi ,

Your seaweed ferment sounds interesting. What kind of seaweed, Wakame? There

are so many. I've never seen a bag of the one you used. What do you put in the

baggies that you use to hold it down? Does the bloom smell flowery and yeasty?

I get something on my Rejuvelac that smells like a bloom, flowery and yeasty.

Do you use any cabbage in that seaweed ferment?

Kathleen

" Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to

their limitations again. " R. Cook

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From: lusciousanarchy <drum-core@...>

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Sent: Sat, January 22, 2011 12:21:09 PM

Subject: Seaweed Kraut !!, cleaning kraut of 'bloom' & sourdough & kraut

?!?!

Hello all!

I wanted to reply to some of the posts here

about what to ferment for krauts besides cabbage.

Well.........

Try this one ! It is awesome !

And was an experiment.

+Seaweed, I used locally harvested

'palm frond' seaweed. I would recommend that you use

a solid seaweed and NOT sheets of Nori (sushi roll) for this.

Soak the seaweed overnight/24 hours before adding.

+Carrot

+Onion

+Garlic

+Mustard seed.

I have been fermenting it for about a month

and it was delicious even at 1 week!

Even the juice was great for a tonic drink.

Oh and cleaning the kraut ??

I clean off the yeasty bloom every week,

if it is bad I add a pinch of seasalt to the mix.

I will also remove the kraut & juice, clean the jar and replace..

I am also using sandwich bags to hold the kraut down,

ideally I will eventually get rid of the plastic bag method!

I have been fermenting for about 3 months & I love it.

I even love the smell of the stuff fermenting !

What else ??

Kraut & sourdough in the same room !!!

My kraut got a huge thick bloom on top when I put

my sourdough starters next to the kraut,

but no problems, just cleaned it off.

This group is great & has been helpful on my fermenting journey!