Sunday, August 11, 2013

Pickle Weights

Pickle Crocks have suddenly made an appearance in your average kitchenwares shop. I really like the ones with two separate lids, one to keep the contents under the brine, the other to create a water seal. It was actually fairly easy to make. But it then occured to me, why don't they sell just the weights? For use with an ordinary quart-sized glass Ball jar? So I threw about a dozen of these. If anyone would like to try one out, the small weight with the holes in it shown here, let me know and I'll send you one. I'd love to hear what people think of them. Ken

9 comments:

Jeremy said...

I'd love to try one out!

Lucindaville said...

aKen, you are a genius. Sounds like a Kickstarter idea, to me.

bluukinen said...

I would love to try one of the weights! I'm an avid pickler/fermenter. No idea why the weights are not commercially available - I always have to rig something to make it work.

Ken Albala said...

Guys, If I have any left, they're yours. A handful of people asked me already. Best, Ken

CJ - Food Stories said...

What a great idea!!!

Juana Isabella/Donna said...

Me, me, pick me :-) ... OK, maybe I can just share one with Jeremy

Anonymous said...

What a fabulous idea. I hope there is at least some of these left. I would love to have at least one. I'm in the SF Bay area, you aren't that far away, do you ever get to my area? I'm in Alameda, CA, but can travel to Oakland, Berkeley, Albany or close areas.

yels said...

You're back on the wheel! Let's figure out a trade. I would love to surprise C with one of these, and what else do you have hanging around? I'm a pitcher-lover and ceramics lover in general...

Too bad duck eggs don't ship!

Judi said...

Absolutely ingenious! And about time someone would think to make these!. If possible, would love to try it out...