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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