fermenting Giving fermenting another try

[AldenMiller]

My first ferment was successful.  The second one got a little funky at the top of the jar so I didn't chance it.  This will be my third try.
 
Turmeric, Serrano's, Sweet Onion, Yellow Ghost, Garlic. 
 
-Alden
 

 

[sirex]

Man. That looks fantastic!!!

 

[SmokenFire]

Man. That looks fantastic!!!

 
Agreed.  Did you use raw tumeric root Alden?

 

[oldsalty]

Love those colors!!!! Beautiful looking ferment!!

 

[dragonsfire]

Looks great, Good luck
Been trying to grow turmeric, small roots only unfortunately.
 
 
Lovely stuff indeed

 

[AldenMiller]

Raw Tumeric from the Asian market.  I saw it in another recipe recently and thought I'd give it a try.  Next time I will use gloves when I peel it, I looked like I have jaundice for half a day because of my yellow hands.
 
-Alden

 

[lindalouwho]

What I was reading about fermenting peppers (as I'm ready to give this a try) is that anything above the liquid line in your jar gets ruined. If you open your jar to press stuff beheath the liquid, you are risking introducing bacteria from the air. Amazon (and probably a lot of other sellers) offer glass weights for wide mouth canning jars. I'm going to go with the half gallon wide mouth jars and airlock and weight.
 
I was wondering how the Texas Pete gets that buttery sort of flavor and when I was researching recipes for it to try to find out, it turns out it's a fermented product.

 

[AldenMiller]

I've only done this a couple of times.  I don't open the jars and I use cabbage leaves to hold the solids down in the jars.
 
-Alden

 

[oldsalty]

I use cabbage leaf never a problem yet. also my mash is smaller. Never open your jars guys and gals!!

Looking forward to seeing this baby running strong Alden !!!