Stinky Day

At the end of last semester I was short on time before leaving, so I left my big crock of fermenting cabbage to it's own devices. Today I came home after a month vacation to find the stinkiest sauerkraut I have ever smelled—actually the stinkiest thing that could have been called food—and intense mix between blue cheese and armpits. 

I should have canned it long before the semester was over. Not only was it stinky, but it had begun to totally disintegrate—stinky cabbage sludge! I was sad that it had been neglected, but not at all to see it outside in the garbage. Gross!