Canning cabbage

This is a recipe from "The Joy of Pickling"... Use it in place of Sauerkraut at your house. You can serve it hot, or cold. ~P...

A few years ago my husband and I had a sauerkraut competition. I made some my way, in an old fashioned crock and he made some his way by putting it in a jar and processing it. We ended up with ol…

They had several heads of cabbage marked down at the store this weekend. I got two. Phil and I LOVE cabbage. We still have several jars of sauerkraut so I went looking for instructions on how to just can plain cabbage. Not in my Ball book, not in my Better Homes and Gardens canning book, but it was in my Stocking Up III book (I only had one other canning book to go to and that was Putting Food By). Anyway, what you are supposed to do is take off the outer leaves that aren't good, cut the…

Shred the cabbage using a kraut cutter or mandolin, be sure to keep your fingers out of the way! Mix carrots and onion in with the shredded cabbage and then sprinkle salt over the mixture and allow to sit for an hour. Slaw after sitting for one hour with salt. Slaw in jars ready for the syrup to be added. Syrup for the slaw is ready, make sure you completely melt the sugar and the syrup is clear. Syrup added to slaw. The slaw starts to wilt as the heat from the syrup settles in the jars…

This bean and cabbage stew is my go-to lunch! The cabbage and beans are a hearty stick-to-the-ribs focal point in each jar.

Kraut made my mommas way. She is gone now but I have a book of her recipes. Shred cabbage, pack in jars add 2 tsp salt ( I use kosher salt) 1 tsp sugar,...

Shelf stable sauerkraut.

The question of canning cabbage often comes up. There is no approved way to can plain cabbage, and the results would likely be ghastly smelly, anyway. But there are some pickled relish recipes that use it with success.

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Did you grow cabbage in your garden this year? Here's a yummy way to preserve it by learning how to make Sauerkraut!