If you have been following our blog for awhile you know that we have been making our own sauerkraut for several years in a large crock. Since we moved into our travel trailer in 2018 to become full time RVers there is no room for the crock. We have been looking for an easier and smaller way to ferment. We purchased Easy Fermenter Lids, which can be used with any mason jars. We are now eating the first batch of our homemade sauerkraut. Verdict is in on the new Easy Fermenter Lids. We left the cabbage in the jars for 6 weeks since that is amount of time we liked to ferment kraut in the crock. Directions had recommended a tall 2 quart jar but all of ours were in storage so we went with 1 quart jars. WE did lose quite a bit of brine out of the jars while they were fermenting. I think we should have left more room at the top of the jars. We added some more salt brine after we opened the jars after the 6 weeks and before storing them in the fridge. We made one batch with caraway seeds - nice addition. Our lids came with a vacuum pump but we didn't use it since we did NOT open our jars during the ferment.
