i tried this for the first time yesterday
i was expecting it to be pickled for some reason but it's really just salt water and cabbage
i am horrified

>>21406596 (OP)
Is that not a type of pickling

>>21406600
no that's more like brining
i think pickling involves vinegar

>>21406596 (OP)
Homemade kraut absolutely tastes pickled. It's really easy to make. You should do it.

>>21406611
>absolutely tastes pickled.
how exactly? it's salt and water

>>21406606
it's a type of pickling.
the idea is the salty environment is inhospitable for unwanted bacterias while the wanted bacterias can just about tolerate it.

>>21406632
actually it's not pickling it's cabbage in brine

>>21406640
just wait for it to pickle, then.

>>21406626
It's lacto fermented!

>>21406643
>just wait for it to pickle
it's impossible for it to pickle because there is no vinegar it's salt and water

>>21406649
just forget about it for a week, it will be pickled.

>>21406649
Go read a book on pickling and fermentation please

>>21406626
Fuck that, I put green apple slices and star anise in that shit too.

>>21406652
Kraut is best after a 3 week fermentation.

>>21406652
>it will be pickled.
it won't be pickled it will still be cabbage in salt water

>>21406656
right, pickled.

>>21406656
It ferments.

>>21406658
yeah for picking
adding salt to the vinegar that you pickle things with
because pickling requires vinegar not water and salt that's brine

OP is a lost cause

>>21406667
He's being a retard "on purpose" little does he know he actually is a retard.

>Brine is a high-concentration solution of salt in water
>THE PERFECT BRINE. If your cabbage isn't submerged in about 1cm depth of liquid after 24 hours, add some extra brine. Dissolve 1 tsp salt, ( ...
it's not pickled it's brine
it's in salt water
it's not fucking pickled
it's fermented cabbage in salt water which is brine

>>21406667
so you retards think this is pickled fish?

>>21406671
A pickle/pickled food is a vegetable or other perishable food preserved in a brine.

GUYS GUYS WINE IS JUST GRAPE JUICE. HOW DOES IT GET ME DRUNK?

I SO CONFUSED!!!!

>>21406596 (OP)
Not every type of cabbage is good for pickling btw. Some of them wilt and the texture is not good, you gotta buy one of the strong thick ones that retains some crisp and crunch. Also I always do this in winter and I keep em on the balcony so they stay nice cold and crisp, warm fermented cabbage sucks.

>>21406684
hey hard R retard
is this pickled tuna?

>>21406700
Canned tuna is not preserved with a brine, you obtuse faggot. It is preserved through the canning process.

>>21406656
The heat of the fermentation pickles the cabbage.

>>21406711
>Canned tuna is not preserved with a brine,
yes it is
the water in canned tuna is brine
it's exactly the same as the water in sauerkraut

>>21406723
You are too stupid to understand the difference. Really embarrassing thread you've made.

>>21406730
it's fermented cabbage not pickled btw
salt and water isn't pickling it's brine

>>21406723
jesus christ

pickling something and fermenting something are two entirely different things btw guys

>>21406734
You are an embarassment. Life must be so difficult with an IQ of 12.

>>21406747
sweet sweet artificial intelligence don't fail me now
read this
lol
haha
read it again
lol
fucking idiot

>>21406749

>>21406750
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as in no one in human history has ever considered fermentation to be pickling

>>21406753

>>21406749
You're just proving my point about pickes and your IQ. Thanks.

Not all pickles are fermented, but some are. Saurkraut is typically traditionally fermented. You add 2% salt to cabbage and then allow it to ferment unrefrigerated. After fermentation you have saurkraut, which is pickled cabbage.

You can also make pickles by adding vinegar to vegetables. Both methods result in a sour and preserved pickle.

I know that this is really complicated stuff, but you just gotta slow down and understand that pickling is a method of preservation and there are different ways to make pickles. You ultra idiot retard.

>>21406754
>>21406757
>swarthy ESL's don't understand english
i accept your surrender
it's not pickled
it's not even sour

>>21406759
Oh it IS you. You are just making these threads because you got btfo. LMAO. Incredibly embarrassing.

>>21406762
wtf are you talking about
i made this thread because i tasted bland kraut yesterday and i was genuinely surprised at how unsour it was since it's called sour which implies that vinegar is used bit it isn't used it's just salt water

>>21406767
Retard

>>21406757
What a well spaced post.

>>21406649
The bacteria produce lactic acid which pickles it.

Fermentation makes foods become umami.

>>21406665
pickling requires acid. brining will promote lactobacteria, which will produce acid as the food ferments.

>>21406753
my guy, where do you think vinegar comes from?

>>21406840
Dont tell him that vinegar is 95% water

>>21406749
>grok sar is this true sar

Doing 5Kg this afternoon. basic, I don't even put spices, better it be versatile especial in bulk.

if it's too salty, it's because you didn't pre-salt it to draw the water out.

And you can rinse the kraut after removing it from the brine, that's more salt gone.

But I often do kraut with craftgerkin, a kind of white pickled cucumber and onion. I never serve kraut by itself that's just how you ferment it.

>>21406640
Ah yes, another retard on /ck/ thinking they know shit about food and cooking

>>21406676
This is weak ass bait, shut the fuck up you absolute fucknugget

>>21406596 (OP)
I tried this for the first time yesterday
I was expecting it to be bread for some reason but it's really just flour and water
I am horrified.

>>21406991
Best post in the thread

the salt raises the acidity which kills bacteria the same way vinegar would
also salt brined pickles mog vinegar pickles, the jews got that one down right

Have any of you fried this with other veggies? I make sourkraut a lot and it always works, but I never succeeded with anything else. I would like to make red onions or cucumber, but last time they tasted horrible.

>>21406596 (OP)
Op is correct to some extent.

I found the same with Gherkins in Eastern Euro Countries, they tend to 'pickle' their gherkins in a brine, whereas here in Bongland and I think Germany, we prefer the use of vinegar.

So I can see what OP means.

>>21406658
Pink pickling salt is a very effective suicide method.

>>21406700
Funny enough if you say retard without the hard Rs, it actually sounds retarded. Say it "wetawd". heh

>>21406991

>>21406991
>>21408228
Fucking roflcopter