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Serving Size : 60 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Relishes
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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4 Cauliflower heads
4 Green Cabbage heads
1 bn Fresh Carrots
1 Garlic head
1 bn Celery
4 lb Kirby cucumbers
15 tb Salt
10 l Hot water
2 tb Mustard seeds
2 tb Peppercorns
4 Bay leaves
These are the approximate ingredients you would need to fill up a
10 liter barrel.
Peel garlic and cut each clove in half. Peel carrots. Wash
vegetables. Cut cabbage, carrots and celery into quarters. Break
apart cauliflower. Leave cucumbers or tomatoes whole. With cabbage,
discard outer leaves and cut off the hard part at the base. With
the cauliflower, leave a little it of the leaves on for taste but
discard the hard part of the stem.
Mix vegetables in layers so all of one kind is not next to the
other. Put in the vegetables, garlic, then vegetables again, and so
on. Add 1 heaping tb of salt for each liter of hot water that you
will add to the barrel. After the barrel is full with the
vegetables and water, add 5 more tb of salt on top, along with 2 tb
of mustard seeds, 2 tb peppercorns, and 4 bay leaves. You can use a
cheescloth bag to put the mustard seeds and peppercorns in or just
throw them in loosely.
Use clean wood sticks or empty glass bottles on top to hold down
all vegetables under the water, if necessary. It's important for
them to be covered at all times. Mix the barrel (if it's large, it
can be rolled on the floor!) when done and shake it again each day
for the next few days. It's important to make sure it's being mixed
well. It should be ready in about 10 days to eat. Kirby cucumbers
may take a few days longer. Taste the liquid after the first couple
of days, as you may need to add an additional 1 or 2 tb of salt.
It's important not to add too much salt in the beginning but to
keep the balance constant and to add a little more as the salt is
absorbed. In our case, we added 3 tb of salt on the sixth day, but
this could change according to what you put in and the size of your
barrel.
