[Collegiate Meals] How to Make Sauerkraut

Step 4 Pack Cabbage

Start pushing your cabbage down to the bottom of your bucket. Packing tightly. Some punching works well too. The idea to to pack the cabbage as tightly and as even as possible so that the water level stays above the level of the cabbage.

Place your cleaned plate on top off your cabbage - then place your cleaned water bottles on top of the plate. I'm using a pot full of bricks as my weight as there's no 2L soda bottles to be had for me (I'm back to my limited soda drinking ways).

Finally, over the top of the bucket with a towel (to prevent bugs/dust) and wrap a bit of cord around the outside lip (to keep bugs from crawling under).