Fermentation Notes

Two percent salt

Everything begins with weight, not volume.

Two percent of the weight of the vegetables, in salt, dissolved into the brine. Less and the ferment turns soft and cloudy; more and the bacteria that do the work simply stall

A bowl of shredded cabbage on the scale, before salting.
A bowl of shredded cabbage on the scale, before salting.
The brine clearing after a day.
The brine clearing after a day.

Weigh it. Do not guess.

The first jar of the season, lid off.
The first jar of the season, lid off.

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