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Switched from air drying jars to a dedicated drying rack after losing 3 quarts to a cracked lid last fall
The airflow makes a way bigger difference than I expected and I haven't had a single seal failure since, has anyone else noticed better ferments with proper drying or am I just lucky?
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morganl7118d ago
Has anyone else found that switching methods like that just clicks everything into place? I had the same thing happen with my kraut after I stopped using those mesh lids and went back to weights. Cracking a jar like that is such a bummer, but it sounds like you figured out the better way to go about it.
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carr.luna18d ago
Pfft, it's just jars, not that deep.
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You're right, it's just jars of vegetables. People get way too wound up about exact methods and equipment for what's basically salted cabbage. I've got a dozen jars in my pantry right now that all turned out fine with just normal lids and whatever weight I had around. The whole debate about special lids versus glass weights versus whatever seems like overkill for something people have been doing in clay pots for thousands of years. If a jar cracks, it sucks, but it's not a sign from above that you need to change your entire system.
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