Brining 3 of the 4 hot pepper varieties I grew this year to make some varietal hot sauces. The "Krimson Lee" and "Ausilio" are both sweet frying peppers with a bit of kick. The Hungarian wax peppers are less sweet. I'm looking forward to the results.

We don't go through a ton of hot sauce (I'm the only heat eater), so I'm making in 1/2 pint jars that I don't have fermentation weights for. Joshua Weissman on YouTube had a recent cooking hack video where he recommended plastic wrap and/or paper towel to keep stuff submerged, I'm giving the wrap a go. #grownostr #foodstr #fermentation #fermentstr #pepperstr #hotsauce #growfood

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H_erG7HSK0A&t=1578s

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Looking good my man

Thankya! I grew way more than I can use. I planted a few more than usual because I usually don't get great results, but then I got good results...

The best submerged solution I have found are food grade glass marbles. I do a lot of lactobacillus fermentation and I prefer glass to plastic or metal because ultimately these things influence flavor over time in acid.

I should get some small mouth sized glass weights. All mine are for wide mouths

Anything with a shoulder presents a problem though, too little headspace or product leakage around the increased diameter.