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🫙 Canning, Pickling & Fermenting Gear I Actually Use Every Harvest
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items These are the jars, canners, pickling staples, and fermenting lids I actually use to turn a pile of farmers market produce into jam, pickles, sauerkraut, and kombucha. It's everything I'd hand a friend who wants to start preserving this fall.
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Regular-mouth Ball pints are my go-to jar for salsa, applesauce, and dilly beans because they fill a shelf neatly and fit any recipe.
Ball Glass Mason Jar, Regular Mouth, 16 OZ, 3 Pack
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I put every batch of jam in Ball half-pints since they're the perfect size to keep one open in the fridge and give the rest away.
Ball Half Pint 8oz Mason Jars w/ Cap Set 12
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My Granite Ware canner with its rack is what I water-bath every jam, pickle, and tomato batch in, and it heats up fast on a regular stove.
Granite Ware 12-Quart Covered Preserving Canner
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When I put up stock, beans, or anything low-acid, I use my Presto 23-quart pressure canner because water-bathing just isn't safe for those.
Presto 01781 23-Quart Pressure Canner and Cooker
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The Norpro canning set gave me a jar lifter, wide funnel, lid magnet, and headspace tool in one box, and I still use every piece each batch.
Norpro Canning Essentials Boxed Set, 6 Piece Set
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A tiny spoonful of Ball Pickle Crisp in each jar is my secret to dill pickles that still snap months later.
Ball Pickle Crisp Granules 5.5 oz (Pack of 1)
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Ball Classic pectin is what makes my strawberry and peach jams set reliably every time instead of turning into syrup.
Ball RealFruit 5.4 Oz. Classic Fruit Pectin (2 pack)
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I only brine with Morton canning and pickling salt because it has no iodine or anti-caking stuff to cloud my jars.
Morton Canning & Pickling Salt, 4 lb
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When I've got a pile of cucumbers and no time, a Mrs. Wages bread-and-butter packet gets me sweet pickles with almost no measuring.
Mrs. Wages Bread & Butter Pickles Mix, 6 Pack
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Once a jar is opened, I swap on a Ball plastic storage lid so I'm not fighting a two-piece band in the fridge.
Ball Leak-Proof Plastic Lids for Mason Jars, Wide, 12 Count
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Masontops Pickle Pipes let my sauerkraut and kimchi burp on their own, so I never have to open the jar or worry about mold.
Masontops Pickle Pipes Airlock Fermentation Lids
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I drop a Masontops Pickle Pebble on top of every ferment to keep the veggies under the brine, which is the whole trick.
Masontops Pickle Pebble Glass Infinity Weights
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The Easy Fermenter kit has a date dial on each lid, so when I have three jars going I always know which one's ready.
[3 PACK] Easy Fermenter Starter Kit
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For big fall cabbage batches I pack my Ohio Stoneware 2-gallon crock with sauerkraut and let it go for a few weeks in the basement.
Ohio Stoneware 2 Gallon Crock
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My OXO food mill strains out seeds and skins for tomato sauce and applesauce so I never have to peel a single tomato.
OXO Good Grips Stainless Steel Food Mill
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I weigh produce and salt for ferments on my Etekcity scale, because getting the salt percentage right matters more than any recipe.
Etekcity Digital Kitchen Scale, 11lb
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When I'd rather not can it, the Excalibur dehydrator turns extra apples, peppers, and herbs into shelf-stable snacks and spices.
Excalibur 8-Tray Food Dehydrator Select Series
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The Fermentaholics SCOBY was strong enough that my very first gallon of kombucha came out tangy and fizzy in about a week.
Fermentaholics Organic Kombucha SCOBY & Starter Tea
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I gift the Urban Kitchen kombucha kit to friends who want to start brewing since it has the jar, thermometer, tea, and SCOBY all together.
Starter Kit with Organic SCOBY, Jar, Tea & More
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The Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving is my canning bible, and I double-check processing times in it before every batch.
Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving: 400 Recipes
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I reach for the All New Ball Book when I want something more creative than plain jam, like pickled peppers or spiced chutney.
The All New Ball Book Of Canning & Preserving
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The Farmhouse Culture Guide taught me kraut, kimchi, and kvass, and its recipes are the ones my ferment-loving friends ask me to copy.
Farmhouse Culture Guide to Fermenting: 100 Recipes
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I keep a second Norpro jar lifter around so whoever's helping me can pull jars out of the canner at the same time.
Norpro Canning Jar Lifter