Northeast pickle pickling method

Hello friends coming in, are you from the Northeast? Do you love eating sauerkraut? I believe that any of my friends who grew up in the Northeast are no strangers to sauerkraut, and have even witnessed the whole process from cabbage to sauerkraut.

Sauerkraut▲

Every year during the summer vacation of the students, it also happens to be the wheat harvest, of course, can not be idle, to help pick up the ears of wheat, watch the wheat field. Cutting the ears of wheat after a process, fresh wheat grains are only collected into the grain bin, and just after the harvest of wheat that piece of land can not be idle, followed by planting cabbage seeds, wait until the late fall, about three, four months, a watery cabbage is waiting to be harvested. Usually there are families that plant wheat, at this time the yard will be full of half a yard of chopped cabbage.

Cabbage▲

After about ten days and half a month in the sun, the cabbages lost some of their moisture and wilted, some of them were packed up and stored in the cellar dug out in advance, and the other was prepared to be used for drawing sauerkraut. Generally, the family has a large number of people, we must prepare to draw two large tanks of cabbage, first of all, the outermost layer of the old bang bang to tear off, the root cut off, a small part of the leaf brush cut off, and then after the boiling water hot, neatly arranged on the wooden board can drain, very spectacular, and so on the cool a squeeze a yard in the vat compaction, the whole process is almost a day's time.

Sauerkraut ▲

Many people question why rural Northeast Kapok sauerkraut? In the past, the transportation is not developed, can not see the field of vegetables, unlike now can always buy vegetables, then accompanied by thousands of families to survive the cold vegetables, basically is easy to store radish, cabbage, potatoes, onions, and the cabbage into the sauerkraut, not only ate the sour appetite, eating method also increased accordingly, such as making sauerkraut stuffed dumplings, sauerkraut fried noodles, sauerkraut boil, sauerkraut stewed bones, and so on, to kill the New Year! The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on some of the most popular products and services in the world, and then you'll be able to get your hands on some of the most popular products and services in the world.

These are the first time I've ever seen a woman in the world who has been in the world for a long time, and I've never seen one. One reason is that all rely on the natural fermentation, without any artificial intervention rapid fermentation, in addition, draw sauerkraut selection is the Northeast cabbage, that is, loose trees do not embrace the cabbage, because, we eat sauerkraut is mainly eaten pickled cabbage bang, the Northeast loose cabbage, cabbage bang is relatively long, thick meat, high fiber content, eat up the crisp and tasty, is more suitable for pickling.

Northeastern cabbage ▲

While transportation is now developed, regardless of the city, the countryside, and then not as in the past, only to keep those kinds of vegetables over the winter, but the method of drawing sauerkraut is still inherited, because sauerkraut is not only the usual spice, unctuous small dishes, but also a lot of people can not solve the nostalgia, no matter how far away, can not always be forgotten.

It's that time of the year again when we draw sauerkraut, and although we don't eat much of it, we still choose to do it ourselves, clean and hygienic, and the sauerkraut that we draw in accordance with the traditional and most authentic methods of the old generation is sour and crispy, not rotten, and it's very tasty. In the New Year, it is also used as a dish in the family feast "remembering the bitter sweet".

Blood sausage stewed with sauerkraut▲

So how do you make sauerkraut when you live in a highrise in the city? The same with the most authentic traditional method of natural fermentation, as long as the mastery of four points, and sour and crispy not rotten, the following will be the specific method to share with you.

The traditional and authentic method of drawing sauerkraut

Preparation materials: Northeast cabbage 2, salt appropriate

Drawing sauerkraut process: I have already said, draw sauerkraut is best to buy loose Northeast Chinese cabbage (also known as Tianjin green), and in addition, after the water after the purchase of the cabbage if the water is relatively large, the first to put the indoor or balcony placed for a day or two to evaporate too much water, to prevent the process of marination, too much water to rot easily. The process of too much water is easy to rot.

1, the root of the cabbage cut off, the outermost layer of the old cabbage is not very good bang if not good can be thrown away.

Cut off the root of the cabbage▲

2, at the top of the cabbage, cut off the cabbage leaves other than the heart of the cabbage, we finally want to eat is the cabbage bang, too many leaves not only take up space, but also easy to rot.

Cut off the cabbage leaves ▲

3, the cabbage processed into the picture below so that you can. (Fitness life record is in the cabbage after the root and leaves cut off out of the sun, cut off the bright green cabbage leaves used to stew or pack rice package is very good oh.)

Gather and dry until wilted cabbage ▲

4, first prepare a large open pot, boil a pot of water in advance. At this point, cut each cabbage into quarters like the picture below, or in half or not at all if you have a large enough pickle jar at home. Dividing into smaller pieces makes it easier to stuff the small jar full and tight. You can wash them briefly after cutting, or if you're pickling them whole, just wash the outer layer.

A cabbage cut in four halves▲

5, after the water boils, put the cabbage in, it is best to the outer clappers face down, the outer part of the older, the need for hotter water scalded for a longer period of time, do not cover the lid of the pot, the water in the pot continues to heat. The purpose of scalding cabbage is one: to sterilize the cabbage, so that it does not rot easily; and two, after the cabbage has been scalded, the pickle is more crispy.

Cabbage scalded with boiling water ▲

6, about 30 seconds to scald out, put into a pot that can be drained and placed on the spread, control the excess water, and make it cool as soon as possible.

Blanched cabbage to cool ▲

7, prepare glass jars or ceramic canisters, clean, do not have oil, including cutting knife and chopping board, cabbage stained with oil, pickling process is also easy to rot. Wait for the cabbage to cool, set into the jar, to a layer of cabbage a layer of salt (a small amount) and compaction, compaction can be more loaded, in addition, tighter fermentation effect will be better.

Cabbage canning ▲

8, cabbage filled cans, add cool water, the amount of water must be no more than the cabbage, and then tighten the lid, put the home temperature is relatively low, the general temperature of fifteen, six degrees on the temperature, pickling a month later you can eat.

Filled with cool white water ▲

Sauerkraut so drawn, not only does not appear to rot, and, draw out of the sauerkraut and crispy and sour, regardless of frying, stewing are sour and crisp and delicious, very appetizing, during the New Year, to do a sauerkraut, but also can play a role in appetizing to get rid of greasy, need to master the four points written below.

Tips:

Drawing sauerkraut is best to choose loose cabbage, cabbage bang big, thick meat, high fiber content, make the sauerkraut taste good. If you buy cabbage with a lot of water, leave it to dry for a day or two, so that it loses too much water and doesn't rot easily in the process of drawing. Before you draw the cabbage, make sure to scald it in boiling water, not too long, about thirty seconds. After filling the jars with cabbage, pour in cool white water, do not pour raw water, to prevent the growth of bacteria leading to rot. Today's share is here, thank you for being able to see here, I am fitness life record, every day to share simple food production and life experience, skills, if you like, just like attention, let us become friends, see you next time oh!