Updates...

Sorry I have missed couple of days and didn't post anything, but here come the updates:

THURSDAY, Feb. 13th...

One happy day - yeah! in the morning my jars looked perfect, nice red-dish color, veggies looked happy. The jars spent their first night in a nice warm room where my lovely microbes began their work. I have seen bubbles - small, tiny ones. It seemed like maybe it won't be a disaster after all.
Anyway, in the evening I have noticed that three out of five of my jars leaked - don't really know what to make of it, the tops seemed like they are gonna pop any time! I haven't opened any of the jars and decided to take a wait and see approach. Whether it was a wise choice - I don't really know. Will find out in the near future, right?


Here are couple of pictures from Thursday:

"Bubbles" clearly can be seen as well as residue after the fluid content leaking

"Bubbles" and residue on another jar

 Bubbles are a clear sign of microbial activity.
The Lacto-Fermentation is achieved thanks to 
Lactobacillus Bacteria - the good guys that survive a salty environment and begin converting lactose and other sugars present in beets/turnips and veggies in general into lactic acid.
The acidic environment that's present in the jars right now preserves vegetables and should give them a tangy flavor.

Now, whether that is the case with my little pickling experiment - we shall wait and find out. 

Bent top on one of the jars...

As you can see the pressure inside the jar must be very high. At least high enough to bend the top of a jar. I'd like to think that whatever activities are going inside that jar - are the desired ones. 

FRIDAY, Feb. 14th

Happy Valentines Day!

Yes, I know that's not actually project-related but - after all it is a blog, right? 

Not really much has happened on Friday as far as observation as I have worked the entire day. Came home after 8PM and saw that there isn't any new leakage that happened that day! 

I would like to think of it as a good sign at least in relevance to two of my jars that have never leaked!

Fiday/Saturday night was the last night my little jars have spent in a warm, friendly environment. Today, Saturday, the 15th I will put them in a cooler place just like the recipe suggests and see how they do. 

But for that I will create another entry....

Thanks again for checking out my blog! And reading it, too!

Marzena