Making Sauerkraut and Pickled Vegetables at Home: Creative Recipes for Lactic Fermented Food to Improve Your Health

by Kaufmann, Klaus

• ISBN13: 9781553120377
• ISBN10: 155312037X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: BOOK PUB CO

Summary

With this book, discover the simple remedies and healing agents found in lactic acid-fermented foods. Step-by-step recipes will guide you, the modern reader, through centuries-old methods. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

All About Sauerkraut
Introduction	p. 6
All About Kraut	p. 7
From Cultivation to Preservation	p. 8
History and Tradition	p. 8
About Lactic Acid Bacteria	p. 10
Friendly Bacteria and Health	p. 11
What You Need	p. 12
Crocks, Pots and Jars	p. 12
Utensils	p. 15
Picking the Best Vegetables	p. 16
Basic Recipes	p. 17
Herbs and Spices	p. 26
Other Ingredients	p. 28
The Science of Successful Lactic Acid Fermentation	p. 30
Healing With Lactic Acid Fermentation	p. 33
Medicine from the Kitchen	p. 33
Holistic Cancer Therapy	p. 36
Superior and Inferior Lactic Acids	p. 38
The Healing Power of Cabbage	p. 39
Sauerkraut Home Remedies	p. 40
A Final Word	p. 41
Sauerkraut Recipes
Apple-Sauerkraut Salad on a Bed of Butter Lettuce	p. 44
Horseradish Sauerkraut with Grapefruit	p. 46
Reuben Sandwich	p. 48
Colorful Sauerkraut Salad	p. 50
Pineapple Sauerkraut with Roasted Potato	p. 52
Pickle and Sauerkraut Salad	p. 54
Sauerkraut with Shredded Carrot and Dates	p. 56
Vegetable Stew with Sauerkraut-Radish Salad	p. 58
Kalamata and Sauerkraut with Oven-Roasted Potatoes	p. 60
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