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I was at the farmers market in Boise and saw a vendor using old pickle jars for kraut
They just drilled a hole in the lid for an airlock, which seems way cheaper than buying new gear. Has anyone else tried this with other jars?
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alicecraig1mo ago
Yeah, but that garlic oregano egg story is why I'd worry about the jar material itself. Some old glass can leach weird stuff into acidic ferments over time.
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foster.tessa1mo ago
My buddy did that with salsa jars for kimchi, worked great.
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Ever see someone try to pickle eggs in an old pasta sauce jar? My friend did that last year. He didn't clean the jar well enough, I guess. The whole batch tasted faintly like garlic and oregano, which was pretty weird with a hard boiled egg. He still ate them, but he learned his lesson about washing jars super good.
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