I made a lot of “kraut” over before we moved overseas. Still have my big crock. May try it again this year when our little stand gets in cabbage (when the weather cools enough for growing cabbage!) I do have a recipe for making it in jars too. Never tried it though since I had a good crock!
I cheated tho, Mom always used the slaw cutter, I used the food processor! With the cutter we always had at least one sliced finger! But then I did that one day washing the blade for the processor. I was tired and should have waited before washing the dishes. I was lucky our paramedic neighbor worked nights, so he was home when I called. Yes, it was a deep cut!