For those gardeners and cooks familiar with food preservation, the methods of canning, freezing and dehydration might be in your wheelhouse, but I, for one, had never explored the method of fermentation. Foote explained the fermentation process of making sauerkraut this way: “Making sauerkraut is like making bread. Note: The UC Master Food Preservers website explains various fermentation time periods and further preservation methods, which the reader can check while making this sauerkraut recipe. Many of these food preservation methods have been lost over the years, since many women, such as my mother, were not interested in the process. For those of us who are throw-backs and interested in these food processes, the UC Master Food Preservers program will help educate you!