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Become a Fertmenting Foodie with these Basic Essentials
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items Fermenting vegetables and other foods at home is easy, fun and is packed with benefits to your health. The best part is that you don't need to spend much money to get started. Here's a practical list of my favorite basic supplies.
These airlock lids are a perfect set for beginners. They have convenient numbered rings on them that let you track the days on your ferment as you go. No more running to the calendar or lost scraps of paper to keep track of the process. And even bett...
Fermentation Kit with 3 Lids & Oxygen Pump
Most airlock lid kits seem to be designed for wide mouth jars, so these are my go-to brand of glass quart jars. I love that you can buy them as singles or a two-pack if you are just getting started or your needs for extras or storage space is limited...
(2 pack) Ball Glass Mason Jar with Lid & Band, Wide Mouth, 32 oz, Single Jar, 1 Count
I tried many DIY hacks seen the internet for adding weights to my fermenting jars, which is essential to prevent mold or spoilage during the fermenting process. But these glass weights speciifally made for the job are hands down the best solution I f...
4-Pack 200g Glass Fermentation Weights for 8.6cm Mason Jar with 20 Twine Tags
It's not hard to find fermenting recipes on the internet, but if you are new to the process you will appreciate what a good beginner's guide has to offer about the basic science, health benefits, tips and guides to basic equipment, beautiful photos t...
Fermented Vegetables, 10th Anniversary Edition: Creative Recipes for Fermenting 72 Vegetables, Fruits, & Herbs in Brined, (Paperback)
If you are just getting started in food fermenting, you can't go wrong with this inexpensivley priced set of silicone airlock lids. They work with most standard wide mouth canning jars and the screw band rings that typically come with your jars. They...
7pack Waterless Airlock Lids for Wide Mouth Jars
Extra large bowls with covers are essential for the chopped up food prep stage in your krautl, kinchi and other fermenting processes. These are my favorites. They can hold up to almost a gallon in volume, are lightweight, stack and store easily. You'...
GoodCook Extra Large Bowl Food Storage Containers, 2 Pack, BPA-Free, Dishwasher Safe
If you don't have a wooden pounding tool for making kraut or kimchi as a beginner to fermenting, you need one. It doesn't have to be fancy or expensive.
Sauerkraut Pounder 7 Inch Wood Pickle Sticks
Salt is essential to the vegetable fermenting process, but table salt with iodine is best avoided. You'll find many preferences among book and recipe authors, but one of the most popular are the many varieties of sea salts
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Celtic-Sea-Salt-Light-Grey-8-Oz/122465515?classType=VARIANT&from=/search
Tap water or chlorinated water is not recommended for fermenting foods. You'll need purified or filtered for best success. If you've never considered ditching plastic bottled water, now's a great time to switch to a water filter pitcher. This one has...
Great Value 30 Cup Water Filter Pitcher, Brita Compatible, BPA-Free, NSF/ANSI 53 Certified, Digital Timer Indicator, White, HS525
I was gifted this book by my sister who got me started on my fermented foods journey and I find it to be an absolute treasure. It's a huge bible on food and drink fermenting, at 368 pages and over 100 recipes, beautifully organized with many gorgeous...
The Farmhouse Culture Guide to Fermenting - by Kathryn Lukas & Shane Peterson (Hardcover)
Yes you can grate and chop your veggies for fermenting by hand, but I love the labor and time saving convenience of this basic food processer. It comes with a basic chopping blade, but also a stainless grating and slicing blade attachment which cover...
BLACK+DECKER 8-Cup Food Processor, Black, FP1600B
This digital scale has been so handy and versatile for everything from kitchen cooking, canning, freezing and food prep use to weighing mail and small parcels before trips to the post office. It's accurate, easy to store and clean and is USB recharga...
Digital Scale, AMIR 3kg/0.1g Coffee Scale Rechargeable Pour-Over Digital Coffee Scale with Touch Sensor LED Display Precise Scale for Kitchen Home Office
A funnel for filling your fermenting jars with your ingredients and liquids is extremely helpful and doesn't have to be expensive.
Mainstays Plastic Canning Funnel for Mason Jars, Home Canning Essentials, Gray
Chop up your veggies for fermenting in style with this pretty vintage themed cutting board made of non-porous tempered glass. I designed it on Zazzle so that you can personalize it with your own name.
Vintage Seed Catalog Cutting Board
You'll find hundreds of recipes for fermented foods on the internet and if you like to print them out like me, it's great to have a binder to protect and store them in one place. Why not treat yourself to a pretty one that you can personalize for you...
Vintage Fruits and Vegetables Art Recipe 3 Ring Binder