Hi I wonder if anyone can help
I'm so keen to make sauerkraut but I'm yet to do it successfully
I bought a beautiful German 5litre crock and left my cabbage supposedly fermenting for 2-3 weeks. When i finally looked inside it was a rotting stink pit. The water level had gotten too low, I think I must have let the rim dry out which meant liquid from inside evaporated.
I think I know what went wrong and how to avoid the same next time but my problem is that my beautiful crock now smells rotten and musty. I've cleaned it with washing up liquid and hot water and even boiling water many times and it still smells! I'm tempted to bleach it but I'm scared that will damage the enamel and future fermenting attempts.
Can anyone suggest how to clean it?
Many thanks in advance,
B