kaybee
11-23-2009, 06:30 PM
hey i want to try making sauerkraut again but every time but one that i have made it--and every brand that ive purchased in the health food shops except ONE (DEEP ROOTS), ive hated. the one that i really liked said that it was lacto-fermented... i know all kraut is lacto-fermented in a sense, but im wondering if adding probiotics might help.
Ive only had ONE version of sauerkraut that I ever really liked--one made from red cabbage and sold by Deep Roots out of Canada (its raw). That one was fabulous, and the batch of sauerkraut I made using that as a starter turned out good. but every other time Ive tried sauerkraut, either raw out of a jar or that I made myself, it has some "undertaste" that reminds me of decomposing stuff that is just like YUCK to me. but the deep roots one was REALLY good and every time I got it I would eat the whole package. they had packages of fresh-raw fermented carrots too and I would come out of the store and scarf down the package as soon as I got to the car. But thats the only brand of sauerkraut that didnt have this YUCK taste to me. anyway, i cant get that brand here and i cant get it as a starter. im wondering if using some of my probiotics caps from the fridge would help to get the good taste that i like....? although when i went to the bio-lacto/deep roots information online it looks like they have discovered some special other culture to add that speeds up the process--and probably that gives it the taste i am looking for--but i dont have access to whatever that culture is...
anyway, any suggestions? i LOVED the lacto-fermented kraut from deep roots but all the others i have tried have been yuck, including the rejuvenative foods one.... i just picked up a couple heads of organic cabbage on "clearance" today and i'd love to have the extra good probiotics from the kraut, but....like i say ever other kind ive tried and every time ive tried to make it before except the once, have been YUCK to me, even though i followed instructions properly, made sure the kraut was submerged, etc.
thanks
kaybee
Ive only had ONE version of sauerkraut that I ever really liked--one made from red cabbage and sold by Deep Roots out of Canada (its raw). That one was fabulous, and the batch of sauerkraut I made using that as a starter turned out good. but every other time Ive tried sauerkraut, either raw out of a jar or that I made myself, it has some "undertaste" that reminds me of decomposing stuff that is just like YUCK to me. but the deep roots one was REALLY good and every time I got it I would eat the whole package. they had packages of fresh-raw fermented carrots too and I would come out of the store and scarf down the package as soon as I got to the car. But thats the only brand of sauerkraut that didnt have this YUCK taste to me. anyway, i cant get that brand here and i cant get it as a starter. im wondering if using some of my probiotics caps from the fridge would help to get the good taste that i like....? although when i went to the bio-lacto/deep roots information online it looks like they have discovered some special other culture to add that speeds up the process--and probably that gives it the taste i am looking for--but i dont have access to whatever that culture is...
anyway, any suggestions? i LOVED the lacto-fermented kraut from deep roots but all the others i have tried have been yuck, including the rejuvenative foods one.... i just picked up a couple heads of organic cabbage on "clearance" today and i'd love to have the extra good probiotics from the kraut, but....like i say ever other kind ive tried and every time ive tried to make it before except the once, have been YUCK to me, even though i followed instructions properly, made sure the kraut was submerged, etc.
thanks
kaybee