Re: Fermented Cabbage Juice - uses the Vitamix to Wet Chop

[Guest guest]

when I was a kid we'd make our own sauerkraut. We'd fill up a 10 gal or 20 gal crock with shredded cabbage and salt, cover it with a round grinding stone or plate. Once it started to ferment we'd move it out the back door. Fermenting still we'd move the crock to the edge of the porch. A few days later the crock would be moved to the yard, and still more fermenting, the crock would be in the end of the yard due to the smell. That's how we knew it was 'done.' That was the joke, but really, the smell gets strong and we would move the crock outside.

We'd can it and eat it all winter. It was so tasty.

[Guest guest]

The Picklit jars are very interesting. I wonder if they would work well for

making liquid stevia from leaves. I was not happy with my first attempt. The

liquid stevia tastes just like vodka and is sweet, but not super sweet as the

kind you buy in the store. I had a friend come over who has made tinctures

before - but not stevia - and she suggested that I weigh the leaves down in the

vodka and leave it a longer time period. I left the leaves in vodka for 25

hours. She dumped out what I had made into one cup and added equal parts

filtered water and poured them back into the brown bottles I had them in. It

tastes better, not like pure vodka and it is a little sweeter somehow. Has

anyone made stevia liquid from the leaves before? Any suggestions on how long to

leave the leaves in the vodka?

Thanks

Janet

[Guest guest]

Hello Janet,I haven't tried any tinctures, but the lady at Pickl-It knows EVERYTHING (ok - a LOT) about fermenting (and I do mean a LOT - from a science background to boot). She is very approachable, and if I were you, I'd shoot her an email at support@... and see what she thinks. She has fermented just about every food possible (I think ;-)I don't know if something can be fermented with alcohol in it though - she will tell you what the effect of an anaerobic container will have on the tincture you are making - she might have some suggestions for you...

Blessings,Lea Ann SavageSatellite Beach, FL(321) 773-7088 (home)(321-961-9219 (cell)www.BlenderLady.com(AKA the Vitamix Lady :-)<))><

On Jun 11, 2012, at 8:30 AM, Janet Fowler wrote:

The Picklit jars are very interesting. I wonder if they would work well for making liquid stevia from leaves. I was not happy with my first attempt. The liquid stevia tastes just like vodka and is sweet, but not super sweet as the kind you buy in the store. I had a friend come over who has made tinctures before - but not stevia - and she suggested that I weigh the leaves down in the vodka and leave it a longer time period. I left the leaves in vodka for 25 hours. She dumped out what I had made into one cup and added equal parts filtered water and poured them back into the brown bottles I had them in. It tastes better, not like pure vodka and it is a little sweeter somehow. Has anyone made stevia liquid from the leaves before? Any suggestions on how long to leave the leaves in the vodka?

Thanks

Janet