"zxcvbob" > wrote in message
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> 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

Speaking of kimchi, etc., I was thinking how a bamboo steamer basket would
work? I dunno if it would hold up to repeated long soakings in brine...
Edrena