Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> Chemiker > wrote:
>
>> Has a little epiphany while fighting to keep all the cabbage
>> under the brine. I make small batches in 1-3 gallon crocks,
>> some of which have shoulders and therefore mouths that
>> are smaller in diameter than the crock proper.
>> Alex
>
> I thought you just put a brine-filled plastic bag on top of it, although
> Mom had a round wood board that she put on top of the fermenting kraut.


Dad always put a stoneware plate on top of it, and a jar of water on top
of that. The plate was not a perfect fit to the crock, it was a little
small.

Bob