I used to cut the cabbage with a knife but I bought a cabbage shredder from Stone Creek Trading, a good source for food fermentation products. I like Stone Creek, in fact as I was getting the link below I bought a Rumtopf pot. They only have the 5L red pot in stock at this time (which is fine, a little over a gallon is perfect for me). I suppose most online stores will run low on merchandise in the weeks to come, especially importers like Stone Creek. BTW - I like your crock.
I have a massive antique kraut cutter that's about 8 inches wide and around 30 inches long. It is fitted with 3 cutting blades and a sliding box to help keep your fingers safer. It also came with a separate little corer gadget.
Not that I make all that much kraut to justify having it, but the price was really right, and I love old things.
I like to use the kraut cutter better than cutting by hand (although I do that too when I feel like it). The slicer certainly gets the job done faster if you make massive amounts of kraut. The part I like best is it also shreds the cabbage more finely and more consistently than you can do with a knife.
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