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? 😅
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
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.
Okay! Sounds careful. But from what I’ve read could be effective!