It's time to play "Whats growing on my kraut!?"

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It's time to play "Whats growing on my kraut!?"

Postby ghostpepper on Mon Apr 01, 2019 4:22 pm

This is a batch of red cabbage kraut with carolina reapers. I am unsure if the pigments from the cabbage have leached into kahm yeast or it is some kind of blue mold. The finished product looks and smells fine, but I am refraining from eating it for obvious reasons.

Early Stage looks like Kahm Yeast
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Early Stage looks like Kahm Yeast
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Later Stage looks like a mold has set in.
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Later Stage
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It left a very dark blue/Indigo stain on the white plate I was using as a weight.

Anyone have any experience with this?
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Re: It's time to play "Whats growing on my kraut!?"

Postby Christopher Weeks on Tue Apr 02, 2019 7:37 am

It looks like kahm that was left to prosper too long. What's the vessel? Was it under an airlock of some kind? Is the brine purple? How much time passed between those pictures? How does it smell?

I can't tell visually well enough to give you advice. I suspect the purple all comes from the cabbage, not microorganisms, but that doesn't mean it's safe.
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Re: It's time to play "Whats growing on my kraut!?"

Postby irie1029 on Tue Apr 02, 2019 7:52 am

I am not giving advice but that looks too nasty to taste. Sorry, but just being honest. Also, is that an aluminum pot? If so I would never ever taste it as certainly the aluminum leached into the Kraut due to the acid.
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Re: It's time to play "Whats growing on my kraut!?"

Postby ghostpepper on Sun Apr 07, 2019 1:01 pm

The brine is purple, and it was not under an airlock. the vessel was just a metal pot with cheesecloth and lid on top. pictures were about a week and a half to two weeks. the smell was pretty funky but once the blue top layer was removed, the rest looked and smelled fine. I think the verdict is to toss it.
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Re: It's time to play "Whats growing on my kraut!?"

Postby Christopher Weeks on Tue Apr 09, 2019 8:56 am

It's probably safe to consume, but not for sure. You have to do your own risk-assessment.

What I do in a case like this: Sniff it. If it doesn't smell foul, taste a little. If it doesn't taste putrid, take one bite and wait 36 hours. If I don't get sick, eat a serving and wait 36 hours. If I don't get sick, call it food.

That doesn't mean it's good. Letting whatever it was grow on the surface may have introduced harmless, but yucky-tasting compounds.
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