How to Make Your Own Sauerkraut. By guest blogger Robyn Jasko, cofounder of Grow Indie If you’ve never had fresh fermented sauerkraut, you are really missing out. Unlike the cooked sauerkraut you get at the grocery store, which is soft and mushy, raw fermented sauerkraut has a crunchy bite that tastes delicious and is filled with probiotics, enzymes, vitamins, minerals, and digestive enzymes that work to break down your food, supporting the absorption of vitamins and minerals. Don’t let the word fermentation freak you out—if you have eaten yogurt, had sourdough bread, or drunk a beer, you’ve had fermented foods before. Fermentation is a natural process that’s actually very good for you. You can find fermented sauerkraut at your local health food store or Whole Foods, but it usually comes with a hefty price tag. How it works: The lactic acid created through the fermentation process (aka, lacto- fermenting) is a natural preservative that creates a lot of healthy bacteria that improve digestion.
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The cooking rack sits about 2 FT above the hot coal rack...it is supported by long bolts. I burned the barrel and sanded it down, then added the thermometer. Clean... The exhaust holes.....I drilled 8 holes for the exhaust, the plugs just screw right in. I painted it with some high heat grill paint. I added a simple table by using shelf brackets... I had a piece of wood on hand and just rounded the edges and cut the curve out with my little hand held jig saw.
I also made a coal basket that sits on the hot coal grate in the bottom of the cooker... Here is how I made the basket.... It's final resting place... Some apple/olive smoked cornish game hens and twice baked potatoes Wanted to add......