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TOOLS TO PREPARE VEGETABLES FOR FERMENTATION

Fermenting vegetable does not require specialized equipment, there are some tools that can make preparing and fermenting even easier! A Quality Knife or Food Processor There are a few different ways to prepare your vegetables for fermenting. Whether you are grating, chopping, or slicing, a good quality knife or food processor is key. Pounding Tool If you are fermenting sauerkraut or other veggies that ferment in their own juice, you’ll need some sort of pounding tool to help break apart the vegetables and compress them together in the fermenting vessel. Fermentation Jars and Containers There is no shortage of options when it comes to choosing a container for fermenting your vegetables, fruits or condiments. Glass Containers: Easy to Find Glass is one of the best options for fermenting vegetables because it doesn’t scratch easily. Glass such as canning jars are relatively easy and inexpensive to obtain. LIDS AND AIRLOCKS FOR FERMENTING How you cover your fermenting vegetables can be the difference between a perfect batch of crunchy pickles and moldy cucumbers. An ideal cover will keep oxygen away from your vegetables but still allow the gases produce from fermentation to escape. Lid with Airlock: Popular Choice Using a jar with […]

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A Better Grip is the Key to Open Ball Mason Jars

In fact with standard commercial jars, improving your grip may be all that you need to do to open that pesky jar Rubber Gloves This is by far the most successful way to get a good grip. You can either use an empty rubber glove like a towel over the wide mouth mason jars or put both gloves on (one to hold the jar and one to open the lid). Rubber Bands If you don’t have a rubber glove on hand, grab some rubber bands. One large or several thin rubber bands wrapped around the ring, this might give you enough gripping leverage to give that ring a good turn and open the stuck lid.  A Damp Sponge A damp sponge does give you just a bit of grip and is better than nothing. Note: Hope above tricks do help you opening stuck canning jar lids Better Lids We Recommended WHOOSH makes product for wide mouth Mason jar sizes, check it out WHOOSH Fermentation Lids   –available for wide mouth Mason jars only. 

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How to Open a Canning Jar with Thermal Expansion

Thermal Expansion is One of The Best Way All canning jar rings (and most lids) are made from a thin layer of metal. All matter tends to expand when heated.• Metal just happens to expand more than glass.• If you heat the metal lid and ring, it will expand and loosen its grip.• For best results, try to only heat the metal and not the glass. Heating the Metal Ring: Run Water on the Center of the Canning Jar Lid Only Metal has a high rate of thermal conductivity which just means that it will heat pretty darn quickly and easily. All you have to do is heat the center of the lid and that heat will rapidly spread to the edges and the ring. Just hold the jar under running hot water and direct the flow at the center of the lid. (Not the glass) You can also run the hot water around the ring for good measure, then dry it off and give it a twist to see if it will open. Turn the Jar Upside Down into Warm Water This is a very common tip on the Internet and it does work in most situations. Also, it uses less water

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