Progress! and muffins

Starting that dreaded YOK2TOG pattern again! I'm working on my Liberty Tank to go with my Freedom Skirt. It will be quite the 4th of July ensemble.

The right side here will be the top. I'll put straps on it when I get the bottom done. The left is where I'm starting the lace pattern for the bottom. It occured to be today that I'm going to need something under this. Because really, am I going to want my belly showing? Not really. The pattern seems to be going easier than when I did it on the skirt.

Look at that Kraut progress!

I've had this package of buckwheat pancake mix in the cupboard for probably a year. The kids wouldn't eat it. But treated as muffins with strawberry and banana they ate them like mad!

making sauerkraut

I used to think that I hated sauerkraut. I'm glad I tried it again a few years ago. Now we eat it all the time. The good, fresh stuff can be a little pricey so I looked into making it and found that it is quite simple. All you need is cabbage, salt, a crock or big jar and a knife.

I cut the cabbage quite fine. I've found that when I've tried to use my food processor it did not work very well. The kraut didn't turn out very well. So I stick with cutting it by hand. It's not as fine as what we would buy at the store, but it is still very good.

I layer it in the jar with a little bit of salt sprinkled over each layer.

It needs a little bit of a weight to push the cabbage down under the brine as it is released from the cabbage. I used a glass with some warm water on it. I generally cover this with a cloth (to keep out any flies or what-not) and leave it on the kitchen counter for a few weeks. I'll post again when it gets to that step.