"George Shirley" > wrote in message
.. .
> zxcvbob wrote:
> > George Shirley wrote:
> >
> >> Just salted and set up 7 quarts of kraut using Bob's method. They're
> >> sitting in the dark in the pantry now with the lids loosely fastened.
> >> The ten lbs of cabbage was three heads out of our garden with the
> >> heart (core) removed. We ate the hearts, even the dog likes them. Only
> >> time will tell.
> >>
> >> Didn't have a clean hammer handle so cut a 18 inch piece of new
> >> one-inch quarter round, whittled a handle on one end and used that to
> >> compress the cabbage. Roughly two and one-half quarts per head.
> >>
> >> George
> >>
> >
> >
> > You didn't use a hammer handle? Uh oh....
> >
> > :-) The cabbage loopers ate all my cabbage in the garden last year. I
> > bought 5 big heads of cabbage today for 15 cents/pound for making
> > sauerkraut. This is the first cabbage I've seen for less than 30 cents
> > in about 5 or 6 years. They average 4.5 pounds each; I wish they were
> > whiter but they are really green. Maybe they'll be nice and pale when I
> > peel the outer leaves off.

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A 10 kilo (22 lbs) load of cabbage sells for about $1.00 USD here in Chiang
Mai, Thailand.