On Sun, 13 Jul 2014 10:02:15 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Sun, 13 Jul 2014 10:30:17 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> Even in the redneck southern states markets will have some brands of
>> refrigerated kraut... all you gotta do is go to the store and ask...
>> the kraut in plastic bags isn't pasturized either.
>
>All the jars and bags of sauerkraut are partially pasteurized.
>Otherwise they would puff up and explode. There are a few truly raw
>sauerkrauts, but they are sold in smaller jars or in hermetic bags
>with special one-way gas vents. Chances are your store does not
>carry any of them unless they are locally produced.
>
>-sw

When my homemade fermented, non patially pasterurized sauerkraut is
done fermenting on the kitchen counter, I put it in canning jars and
put in the refigerator and haven't ever had one explode.

koko

Squertz, Brooklyn, Koko:

3 in 1 response. I have lost my taste for sauerkraut. Just kidding. I am posting to thank you for your comments. I was interested in the kraut juice than the kraut itself, but I suppose one could buy the kraut and then (after washing hands thoroughly), ringing the very life out it till all water is drained for the juice I'm after.

I did not originally set out to find kraut juice for it's bacterial benefits. I just felt like I wanted some, almost as if my body were asking for some. Or it could have been some kind of nostalgia thing, I don't know.

When I went to several kraut sites, that is when I saw the bacterial benefits mentioned. Of course that is good. Maybe my body is asking for that, I don't know. But now (thanks to you guys), even if I do find kraut juice on the store shelves, I will be inclined to not buy it because it is missing the bacteria. One more excuse to not buy something. Thanks guys.

TJ

On Sun, 13 Jul 2014 19:31:59 -0700 (PDT), Tommy Joe
> wrote:

>Squertz, Brooklyn, Koko:
>
>3 in 1 response. I have lost my taste for sauerkraut. Just kidding. I am posting to thank you for your comments. I was interested in the kraut juice than the kraut itself, but I suppose one could buy the kraut and then (after washing hands thoroughly), ringing the very life out it till all water is drained for the juice I'm after.
>
>I did not originally set out to find kraut juice for it's bacterial benefits. I just felt like I wanted some, almost as if my body were asking for some. Or it could have been some kind of nostalgia thing, I don't know.
>
>When I went to several kraut sites, that is when I saw the bacterial benefits mentioned. Of course that is good. Maybe my body is asking for that, I don't know. But now (thanks to you guys), even if I do find kraut juice on the store shelves, I will be inclined to not buy it because it is missing the bacteria. One more excuse to not buy something. Thanks guys.
>
>TJ

Don't give up on a good source of natural probiotics. Just start
slowly and don't eat too much at first. Give your gut time to adjust
to the good bacteria or you will suffer some stomach distress.
http://www.mommypotamus.com/does-bub...ay-it-aint-so/

or
http://tinyurl.com/oayzl7p

koko

koko wrote:

> Don't give up on a good source of natural probiotics. Just start
>
> slowly and don't eat too much at first. Give your gut time to adjust
>
> to the good bacteria or you will suffer some stomach distress.


I saved the links and will check them out later. Yes, I wasn't really interested in the probiotic aspect of sauerkraut, just the nice jolt I recall the juice giving me. But something brought it to my mind. It was almost as if my body was asking for it. As I said, that could have been in my mind. I like that you said "good source of natural probiotics", as I really can't imagine myself ever buying the expensive probiotics from the supplement shelves, which typically I tend to avoid. I eat a good amount of yogurt. I have made my own from scratch - just a tablespoon from an old batch mixed into milk at just the right temperature. There could be a tendency in some to put more than a tablespoon of starter culture in the milk - but I read that putting in too much creates an atmosphere where the bacteria attack each other (or something along those lines). So, remembering reading that, I can see how the same might apply to the stuff in one's gut, how only a little is needed, sort of like planting a seed. Thanks, I'll check those links out later.

TJ