Had to pick between a glass crock and a ceramic crock for my sauerkraut

I was setting up my first fermentation station last weekend and got stuck deciding between a glass crock and a ceramic one from the local kitchen store. I went with the glass one because it was $30 cheaper and I could see through it, but now the cabbage keeps floating up past the weight. Anyone else deal with floating veg in a glass crock or should I just swap to ceramic?

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3 Comments

kim_mason5519d ago

That floating cabbage issue is super common with glass crocks. I read somewhere that putting a bigger cabbage leaf on top under the weight helps keep everything submerged.

michael_williams19d ago

My last batch looked like a science experiment gone wrong until I tried that trick @kim_mason55, guess I'm not the only one who can't keep cabbage down.

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finley_smith19d ago

That floating cabbage drove me nuts with my first glass crock last fall. I had a batch of red kraut that kept breaching the surface no matter what I did. Then I remembered my grandma's old trick she used for years: take a whole cabbage leaf, rinse it, and lay it flat right on top of the shredded cabbage before you put the weight in. It acts like a little blanket that holds everything down. I've been doing that ever since and it works perfectly every time.