what a crock! any ideas?
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crock pickles... now what?
Comments (1)From the NCHFP guidelines on Fermenting: Fully fermented pickles may be stored in the original container for about 4 to 6 months, provided they are refrigerated and surface scum and molds are removed regularly. Canning fully fermented pickles is a better way to store them. To can them, pour the brine into a pan, heat slowly to a boil, and simmer 5 minutes. Filter brine through paper coffee filters to reduce cloudiness, if desired. Fill jar with pickles and hot brine, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Adjust lids and process as recommended in Table 1 , or use the low-temperature pasteurization treatment described below. Dave Here is a link that might be useful: Fermenting Pickles NCHFP...See MoreWater seepage into kraut crock? What happened?
Comments (14)Yes, I'm a newbie. Don't know if it's normal, but the liquid level in the crock upon opening was almost at the very top--way more than I started with, and as I mentioned, it tasted very diluted compared to the the brine at and below the weighting stones. Gotta love handmade stoneware. The trough on my Gartopf only shows a 1/4" difference between the outer wall (2") and the inner one (2 1/4"). The slots for air are 1/2" tall. The great news, after all of my concerns (my wife was a CSU ag extension service writer and has shared far too many botulism canning horror stories with me) is that my first batch came out great. Really great. I'll keep future trough levels down and look forward to years of great tasting, healthy fermented foods!...See MoreDon't water from above... What a crock!
Comments (11)Steve I do most of my watering from above when the plants I start are young and many say not to. Till they get large I never water a seedling from below. The only seedlings I've ever lost in my whole gardening career is the year I listened to the so called "experts" who said you should water from below and they "damped off". A lot of it is how you learned to garden and the methods you use. I do use soaker hoses on much of my garden most with mulch on top of them. This saves me lots of water. I have used sprinklers and welcome rain anytime it falls from the skies. The only times I ever experienced any problems were on unmulched soil. And in an area where I hadn't rotated crops like I should have. If a person has no disease in his soil or mulches well I don't feel it matters in this area how you water. Although there are some who say if you don't do it their way you are wrong. And the crops I'm mainly talking about here are tomatoes and peppers. I've never seen any issues on any other crops. My climate especially the last 4 years during the drought is more like yours. Our humidity is usually low. And one reason I feel I tend to see some fruit set even when temps are above 90 and those in other areas don't see any. I feel that humidity probably affects fruit set more than temps. Although once temps go above and stay above 100 I don't see much if any fruit set unless my plants have afternoon shade and then it isn't heavy fruit set. Like I stated previously there isn't no one way to garden that is best across the whole USA. Although there are those who try to claim there is. I have tried other methods over the last 40 plus years of gardening but have found usually the methods my Dear Mother along with the small market farmers along the canal in NM taught me when I was a snot nosed kid asking too many questions work best for me here in my semi arid climate. Many of these methods have roots back to the Native Indian way of growing things. Including depression growing. Jay...See Morecrock pot,is that what this is?
Comments (40)Hi Sandy, Yes I am interested in what parts you have of the Dazey Chef Pot. I've had mine for 20 + years and it's great. I only use it for crock pot cooker. My crock portion just cracked. I have a suspicion that a family member plunked something down hard on it the last time it was soaking in the sink. Funny, I've been researching getting a new one and for every slow cooker you find, somebody has a problem. I came here to get some advice and found one of my old posts right here! It would be great to be able to just replace what I need or the whole thing. I have it set that you should be able to contact me, I think through the member page or something. Let me know. Thanks, Nicole...See More
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