My sauerkraut was always too mushy until I tried a different weight trick

I was fermenting a batch of red cabbage in a half gallon jar and it kept coming out soft, not crunchy. I saw a video where someone used a small ziploc bag filled with brine as a weight instead of a ceramic one. I tried it, filled the bag with leftover salt water and sealed it tight, then put it right on top of the cabbage. It pressed everything down perfectly and kept it all submerged. Has anyone else found a better way to keep veggies crisp?

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the_margaret3mo ago

Seriously, it's just sauerkraut, not a science project.

felixfisher3mo ago

Tell that to my last batch, @the_margaret, it was a biohazard lol.

the_andrew3mo ago

Used to agree, then mine grew mold.