You wrote:
"The liquid spilled over the jar, cracking the plastic lid..."
It sounds as though you have probably made a batch of WONDERFUL
sauerkraut, Jan. I'll bet you enjoy it. Very good going!
In the days of yore, when I first started making kimchee (1968), I only
used a 2 gallon glass jar with a lid. I used to teach reading up to
the 3rd grade level to Korean ladies. My payment was cooking lessons.
What grand feasts we had! To tell the truth, I'd never seen a crock,
and apparently the Korean ladies couldn't easily find them here either
at that time in history, as it was from them that I learned to use just
a jar and a lid. I was warned, though, to just barely screw the lid
on, just enough for it to *catch*, so that the bottle wouldn't
explode. I can see how that could happen! Oh, what a mess that would
be!!
Jan B.
