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No. There is going to be air in the jar reguardless
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Yech! I should have taken your word.
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It's for weighing down whatever food you are trying to ferment, so it stays below the water line. A real common and easy food to ferment at home is saurkraut.
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Oooh, there's a slickdeal! :applause:
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Can't one just vacuum the jar?
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During the fermentation process, the food needs to "breathe", or rather exhale primarily carbon dioxide. If you seal the jar, you have risk of it blowing up during the process! You can ferment just...
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they would be a little thick i think
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Yeah exactly. I used to have to push down certain veggies each day, which just allowed more oxygen into my jars, which you want to avoid. Weights let you not have to deal with checking/pushing things...
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YouTube here I come
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Whilst there are lower-cost alternatives as mentioned earlier in this thread, glass weights are probably the least problematic and easiest to ensure cleanliness.
This is a good price - I do a...
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Couldn't you just use a rock?
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Ok I know nothing about this what's the difference between this and canning
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Made in China vs. OP's Made in USA.... I'll go with the USA ones every time....
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Not a bad approach
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op's solid disks are heavier... 6.0oz versus 4.6oz
and besides, the whole reason you go with wide mouth
is to make it easier to fish stuff out of the jar.
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Watch It's Alive with Brad on YouTube. I won't make a majority of the things he does, but I love watching the show.
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Check order status, you may have time to cancel if you want....
Make you own decision, I like the ones I posted, some prefer perfectly flat.
Possible advantages of the flat, no place for air...
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This is literally the dumbest product and biggest waste of money I've ever seen LOL
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In for some veggie coasters.
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Hahahahaha
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Thanks for the reply. Just got off a long youtube dive on homemade sauerkraut... fascinating stuff. Going to try make my own "Live Kraut". apparently has lots of health benefits and is pretty simple...
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I see people use those things to get rid of the air bubbles too. Looking tasty.
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Quick, someone tell Brad! Bon Appetit!
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I usually use a freezer ziploc bag filled with water, but this is good. Thanks and repped OP.
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It's actually really easy to do. I'm surprised more people don't make their own sauerkraut or kimchi. Same with kombucha, super easy.
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I really need to stop checking out slickdeals..i got 2
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Googled that. Wish I didn't.
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You don't need this for kombucha. The scoby itself will protect the liquid from air.
I got my scoby by accidentally leaving an unfinished drink we bought in the store out on the counter and it...
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Haha, no the jar won’t blow up from having the lid on by vacuum. Conversely, the vacuum just won’t last long as the lack of air in the headspace will quickly be replaced by CO2 and the temporary...
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I'm saying kombucha is easy to produce. You just need a SCOBY (can be found online for $4 shipped), a big pot to brew some tea, some sugar (different sugar alters taste), a big jar to let it ferment...
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Just what I need.Get one set.Thanks!
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The Mandeville Shop via Amazon has 4-Pack Go Ferment! Wide Mouth Mason Jar Glass Fermentation Weights for $10. Shipping is free w/ Prime or on $25+ orders. Thanks ixijimixi
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Can these be used as coasters?
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To keep your fermenting veggies (or whatever) in the brine and away from oxygen. Though a cabbage leaf works almost as well.
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Thanks op! I've been using these for a while. Super helpful with certain foods that are more buoyant than others.
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I think I wanna try fermenting some barley and hops...I wonder what that’ll taste like?
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why not use clean rocks?
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Some rocks are pourous or has cracks that'll may harbor bacteria. You wouldn't want to risk introducing an unknown bacteria into your ferment.
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I bought these a couple months ago for about $16 and I just got an email from the seller letting me know that they were running a promotion.
Was happy with mine, just bought couple more 4 packs...
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