{"id":435,"date":"2010-08-29T17:33:58","date_gmt":"2010-08-29T22:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/?p=435"},"modified":"2010-08-29T18:03:22","modified_gmt":"2010-08-29T23:03:22","slug":"yet-another-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/?p=435","title":{"rendered":"Yet Another Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My dandelion wine was marginally drinkable at best.  And then today Debbie said, &#8220;have you checked your sauerkraut lately?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We had an extra head of cabbage earlier this summer.  I chopped it up and sprinkled it with salt.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_436\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-436\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-436\" title=\"100_1822\" src=\"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/100_1822-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Cabbage and Salt\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cabbage and Salt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then I tamped it into a crock nice and firm.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_437\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-437\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/100_1823.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-437\" title=\"100_1823\" src=\"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/100_1823-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tamping the Kraut<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It all looked really good at this point.  Nice fresh crispy cabbage, shredded, salted, and packed in a crock.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_438\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-438\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/100_1825.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-438\" title=\"100_1825\" src=\"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/100_1825-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking Good<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I weighted it down with a jug filled with water and left it to ferment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-439\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/100_1826.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-439\" title=\"100_1826\" src=\"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/100_1826-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weighted Kraut<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This was about a month ago.  I had checked about a week ago and it was doing good.  It was starting to ferment, but it was still crisp and smelling more like cabbage than sauerkraut.<\/p>\n<p>I pulled the weighted bottle out today after Debbie said something and phew!  You&#8217;re lucky the Internet doesn&#8217;t include an olfactory interface.  It was foul.  I poked around in it for while, hoping it had just rotted a bit on top, but it was uniformly disgusting.  I took it outside and even then Debbie and Paul insisted I light a candle to cover the stench.<\/p>\n<p>It was an unmitigated and smelly failure.  Ah well, cabbage is a fall crop too, so I can try again soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My dandelion wine was marginally drinkable at best. 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