It Ain't Easy Being Green

I recently harvested my greens...lawdy do I have a lot of greens.  In this harvest there is:

• kale
• callaloo
• collards
• green cabbage
• red cabbage
• onions, shallots
• tomatoes
• and one cucumber

I spent several hours cleaning greens and chopping greens and blanching greens and freezing greens

cleaning...chopping...blanching...freezing...

cleaning...chopping...blanching...freezing...

cleaning...chopping...blanching...freezing...

cleaning...chopping...blanching...freezing...

What a way to spend a Saturday!

Part of my planning for growing all of this cabbage included a plan to make sauerkraut for the first time.  I found and bought a two gallon crock like this one on Craigslist.  Mine came with a lid but no weights.

Having researched recipes I dry roasted caraway seeds and juniper berries (purchased here).

After pounding the cabbage with the end of my rolling pin I mixed in the spices and transferred it to the crock where it is not sitting, fermenting and funking up the joint.  In a few weeks I will hopefully have some yummy homemade kraut.

 

Pierogies and sausage anyone? I can hardly wait. ~ksp