Burping jars daily is a sign your airlock setup is wrong

If you're opening your jars to release pressure every day, you're letting in oxygen and risking mold. Get proper airlocks or self-burping lids they're $15 for a set and stop messing with the seal. Anyone else ditch the daily burp routine and see better results?

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hollyc9227d ago

oh man, i feel you on this one so hard. i used to be the person burping my jars every single day and it drove me nuts. i was like "why do people make this look so easy when i'm literally sweating over glass jars?" and then i tried self burping lids and it was a total game changer. my success rate went way up after i stopped opening them all the time. you're absolutely right about the oxygen thing, i never thought about it that way before.

the_fiona27d agoMost Upvoted

Oh man, the self burping lids are where it's at! I switched to those after ruining a whole batch of pickles from over burping... felt like such a rookie mistake. @hollyc92 once I stopped messing with the jars every day, my ferments started tasting way better too. Now I just let them do their thing in the corner and only peek if something looks weird. It's like they finally figured out how to breathe on their own, you know?