Okay. So, I didn’t have a large enough jar to fit all my ingredients, so i was like I have this pickle jar. Mind you I’m pretty new to fermentation but I’ve read a shit ton of cookbooks. I thought, this will work. I get my brine and load everything up, brine it up, and then a split second before it’s too late, realize the glass fermentation weight is exactly the same size as the mouth of this cheap jar. By that point it was too late and stuck.

So i was left with two options, let it be stuck or use the handle of my knife to gently tampen it into the jar. I did the latter.

Sooooo now I’m thinking I’m going to try to move the weight to the side and remove the contents when it’s done, and break the cheap jar to get the expensive weight.

What do you think? 😅

    • teft@piefed.socialEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Even better is to use the burning thread trick. You’ll get a clean break in two pieces with minimal shards.

      1. Wrap the string around the jar several times before tying it off.
      2. Slip the string off of the jar and soak it in acetone or nail polish remover. When it is saturated, slide it back around the jar and position it exactly where you want the glass to be cut.
      3. Use pliers to hold the jar while you ignite the string with a lighter. The flame will spread more evenly if you rotate the jar as the string burns.
      4. When the flame is about to burn out, dunk the jar into a bucket of extremely cold water. The glass should crack evenly along the string leaving an open end to the jar.
    • azerial@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      5·
      1 day ago

      I have a diamond tipped drill bit that I use to drill holes in pots. While not the correct tool, at all, I wonder if it could work. Edit: no drill, that would be psycho. Lol

      • DarkSirrush@piefed.caEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        Why not just heat the rim of the jar, and then try to pull the weight out? Put some ice on the weight while heating the glass to reduce the amount the weight heats up, and then carefully pull the weight off.

    • Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 day ago

      Why waste time doing any of that? While I’ve only had to do this once, I just broke the jar in the recycling container and picked up what I needed. My recycling is separated so the glass gets tossed together and broken at the facility anyway.