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Dumb mistake; Glass fermentation weight stuck in jar (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by azerial@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/cooking@lemmy.world
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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? 😅

edit: UPDATE: I couldn't get it out, su I placed the jar in a paper bag and tapped just once with a hammer and retrieved the weight. Then I placed the paper bag in a box, taped it up and wide tipped sharpied GLASS on all sides. (It's what my city waste disposal recommends to do with sharp broken glass from residential). The ferment is okay and so is the weight.

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[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

As it pickles, the contents will likely get a little softer, and the weight might drop down into the larger portion of the jar. If that happens, you'll be able to rotate it out of the way, and get all your stuff out of the jar. Then you can actually stick your hand in and grab the weight and try to pull it out perpendicular to the opening. Odds are that the weight (and the jar opening) are not perfectly circular, so you can try rotating both to pull it out.

Borosilicate glass (which this probably is?) has low thermal expansion, so heat probably won't help.

[–] despoticruin@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

You won't be able to go perpendicular, the rectangular cross section will be larger than the mouth of the jar at the corners. They can get it parallel and try to slide it out the way it went in, but it might pull a vacuum and get stuck.

They are likely going to need to break the jar to save the weight. No big loss, it happens.

[–] azerial@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 weeks ago

Awe you guys are so helpful. And it's just a pickle jar. I think i have another in the fridge. It's a good lesson though. Thank you! If anything else i was planning on putting it in a box wearing safety glasses welding a hammer with small taps.