YAY Beets and Turnips!

Today I decided to open and see how my Fermentation Project turned out. It was after Roy's suggestion to open the jars at home first, before bringing them to the class tomorrow;-) Otherwise I'd probably wait till tomorrow;-)
Here are my jars:

Regular-mouth jars to the left are from my first attempt.
Couple jars to the right - wide-mouth, from my second attempt.

As a reminder - my first try took place on the 12th of February, the send time I tried on February 27th.

As I was looking over the jars I have noticed a bit of a sediment at their bottoms. That made me think that maybe the vegetables have rotten inside so I was curious what was going to happen after opening. 

Anyway, I have actually recorded and narrated my today's "adventure":                                                      

Here is the link to my youtube videos:

FIRST JAR:

http://youtu.be/UXpeXfcEGOg

Still the first one:

 http://youtu.be/oensU5AN7i8

After the first jar was opened I have tasted the beets and turnips - which by the way were hard to differentiate between as the vegetables look all the same - pinkish in color, and similar texture - crunchy. 

Here are short videos from opening the second jar:

 http://youtu.be/Q6lxCmug2Kg

 http://youtu.be/wvrePaEfeQs

I think this all summarizes my adventure with pickling. In the beginning I wasn't very happy about this project. For someone who cooks - well, it could be better - to challenge me with pickling - that's a LOT! 

But in the end - it was fun and exciting to wait and see how the vegetables turned out:-)

And I think they turned out just fine...

I guess this might be the last post here. Thanks to anyone who visited!

Marzena

Updates...

Yes, I know - it's been two weeks since my last post about my second try. A little long...

My beets have been out into cooler room after three days of being in a warm environment. Honestly nothing much was going on - just a few bubbles here and there:

Barely visible bubbles toward the top
(unfortunately, not a very good picture)

I was very excited in the beginning that my jars haven't leaked, however ...they DID:-( of which I have learned today...


And the tops are bent as well:

I am guessing my microbes are working hard inside;-)

VERY HARD working microbes pushing my tops off

I guess the happiness of maybe succeeding was premature... Or who knows, maybe that's how it was supposed to be? I am actually dreading the thought of opening them - well, a little bit - as I am thinking they may smell up my kitchen again:-)

I wonder, what's your take on that? Should I open the jars or leave them closed? 
Thanks for checking in!

Second time is a charm, right???

Well, I guess the saying it that the third time is a charm, but second will do as well...
There it is - my second try:

Wide-mouth jars this time

I did my second batch on Thursday, Feb. 27th ! 

Just a little late with the update...

Like the under-picture caption says, I used the wide-mouth jars this time, as it was implied they might be better. I followed the recipe again and for another day these jars will be kept at temp. approx. 70 degrees. 

I have seen some bubbles, but not as many as I have expected - maybe it is the way it should. Tomorrow, Sunday, March 2nd - after work I will put them in a cooler place and see what happens. One difference that I have already noticed - I did NOT have any leakage even though the tops seem really hard  - sign of a microbial activity going on inside. Let's hope all that good process of Lactobacilli's proliferation has already began and will be done BEFORE I put the jars in a cold environment!