If we do not receive photographic evidence of the damage we will not be able to process a claim and therefore will not be able to offer a refund/exchange. In all cases you want to keep your produce, fruit or vegetables below the brine, even with airlock fermentation jars. I almost bought a bunch of tealight holders for this purpose till I flipped it over and read that they are NOT to be used for food because they contain lead. As this happens, your ferment moves out of the safety of the brine and/or brine can overflow the jar. One inorganic option is to nest a smaller-sized Mason jar into the mouth of the jar you’re fermenting in.

We will try our best to amend address's where we can but we cannot always guarantee that we will be able to. What can happen instead is that co2 gases accumulate in the packed sauerkraut and the mixture bulges and is then pushed up and out of the brine. They are compact and heavy so take up less room in a jar than DIY fermentation weights allowing more room for the actual vegetables. Making your own DIY fermentation weights is more hassle and they don’t always work great as if they are not heavy enough or the right size ferments can slip around them. The bag can be filled with a small amount of water or brine and when placed in the fermenting jar will conform to the size of the opening.Use unbleached parchment paper – the brown stuff – so you are not introducing bleaching agents into your sauerkraut that could interfere with the fermentation process. And if you don’t like any of my use-what-ya-got ideas, there are just as many products available for purchase. Due to their health benefits, fermented foods such as kimchi and sauerkraut have become increasingly popular in recent years.

Completely submerge your veggies into the fermenting container with these four lid weights to help preserve your foods and to encourage healthy eating. The strikes are over but the service from Royal mail is still as shaky as ever but at the moment they are the best of a bad bunch. Many fermentation jars nowadays have airlock lids, meaning they let carbon dioxide created during fermentation out without letting any oxygen in. With a large crock and the heavier stone weights, this movement does not seem to leave the packed sauerkraut high and dry. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. A heavy enough fermenting weight can help you create an anaerobic environment, no more worry about mold. A plate – when I ferment in a large crock, I place a plate on top of the vegetables, and then a jar filled with water on top of that to hold it down. Porous weights work great, just make sure they are completely dry before storing, else mold can grow on them.

These 4 or 5-star reviews represent the opinions of the individuals who posted them and do not reflect the views of Etsy. That's why Masontops created an entire suite of products for fermenting vegetables in Mason jars, including Pickle Pebbles. Please do not worry about live cultures please see the guide below for how long they can be in their packaging. Designed by Elle Fox and individually handmade by local artist potter Robert Mensinga these fermentation weights fit through the neck and into 500ml Kilner clip-top jars or equivalent size clip-top fermentation vessels. With the ViscoDisc, I pack my jar with the usual amount of cabbage and then push the Canning Buddies down into the neck of the jar.A fermentation gateis a device locked into the neck of the jar to prevent your ferment from moving upwards in the jar or “heaving. With loose vegetables – as in pickles, the bubbles easily work there way around the vegetables and rise to the surface. I purchased cabbage, all from the same grower, and made eight jars of plain sauerkraut, topping each off with a different weight. Again, if these are cut to just the rights size, they can serve as both a Floaties Trap and a fermentation weight.