jars are accessible for beginners who want smaller projects. Yet, there's an advantage to using a crock, according to Christina Ward, author of Preservation: The Art and Science of Canning ...

In terms of material, pickling crocks are usually made out of ... As opposed to straight-sided mason jars in the West closed with canning lids, the curvy glazed stoneware jar has a moat running ...

using for canning of pickles. Of course, you have some that collect and display various size jars and/or crocks within their home and these are the collectors. The name "fruit jar" comes from the ...

Canning is a time capsule ... crock produces enough sauerkraut to fill roughly four mason jars. The included tamper helps pack the crock, while a set of weights keeps your cabbage beneath liquid ...

Larger jars and crocks often had wooden or metal lids that ... they became the vessels of choice for canning. By this time, sterilization was recognized as an important part of the preservation ...

There is a foolproof method for making sauerkraut and other ferments and that is to use glass canning ... crock impossible to sanitize properly, and the cracks allow contaminants in. A glass jar ...

Repeat until crock is nearly full ... As soon as kraut is thoroughly cured, pack into clean canning jars, adding enough of the kraut juice, or a weak brine made by dissolving 2 tablespoons ...