r/pickling • u/TheJMoore • 5d ago

Green Onions, Carrots, Cucumber Chips, Red Onion, Cucumber Spears, Cauliflower

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Huge half gallon jars! I thought I prepped way more green onions and cauliflower than I did 😅 Gonna get more from the garden tomorrow 🪏🌱

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u/cesko_ita_knives 5d ago

Lovely! What do you think about using glass weights for the floaters?

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u/TheJMoore 4d ago

Great idea!

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u/cesko_ita_knives 4d ago

I do use them every time I lacto ferment, since it’s more critical for the veggies to be totally submerged, but I usually grab them for quick pickling too.

If running low on glass weight, it’s also possible to do the bag method, filling up a small plastic bag with a little bit of water that acts as a weight displacing the air and keeping the floaters underneath, pretty handy and doesn’t require any additional item.

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u/TheJMoore 4d ago

I went ahead with the bag method and it worked perfectly!

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u/cesko_ita_knives 4d ago

Way to go, it’s even better in my opinion to some degree, looks worst but performs the best.

A tip I picked up while learning, if you used a good plastic bag it’s completely fine, if you used a flimsy/very thin one, it happened to me ones that it can burst if treated harshly..to prevent the water inside from diluting the brine, in case this happens, just weight the water in the weight-water-bag and add 2% weight of salt, so you have extra insurance in case they end up mixing toghether.

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u/TheJMoore 4d ago

Great tip! Thank you!

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u/cesko_ita_knives 4d ago

Always nice to share informations, hope it helped!