Edrena wrote:

>We're trying to keep the cabbage under the brine here. I thought the OP
>might want to give this a try. Place bamboo steamer over floating cabbage,
>weight down with something or not. m2cw.

Sounds like a great way to build up undesirable bacteria and mould in
the bamboo steamer, and later infect subsequent batches. Although a
plank of wood also has pores into which nasties can grow, a bamboo
steamer has lots of little nooks and crannies in the bindings which
would be very hard to get properly clean afterwards.

I'd stick with the tried and true methods:

* wood cut to size, weighted down
* ceramic plate, weight down
* water-filled glass jar that nearly fits the crock/jar
* tough plastic bag of water / brine
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