THE END!

So, I just don't think it is the right time to Ferment cucumbers. I don't see any improvement from the first trial.

Observations:

The water appears foggy, there has been discoloration in the pickles and dill. The garlic is still white. This time I tried to put bigger pieces of garlic to see if that will have any affect, it didn't. The pickles are soft, I wanted them to be crunchy. Everything rose to the top of the jar and once I opened it bubbles started to come from the bottom of the jar to the top. The smell is quite pleasant actually, like real pickles, which is an improvement from last time, although the taste is not good. This time I even used a pickle jar that has pickles in it, not washed out, before to see if that would have some positive impact in at least the water's taste.

Final Thoughts:

Even though things didn't come out as planned, I enjoyed this project and look forward to trying it again in the summer, maybe follow a different recipe. I am hesitant to bring it to class today but I have to show off at least my effort if nothing else!

Fermentation Project TAKE TWO!

SO  I took into consideration the errors that could of happened to make my pickles not so good tasting.

I have started the project all over again but with a few adjustments:

1. Smaller jar- this is so I can condense all the cucumbers and ingredients that way there is minimal movement.

2. I bought pickling cucumbers...last time the store didn't have them so I used regular cucumbers. This time I will try not to cut them up (maybe if I don't cut them up like I did the first time they won't be so soft like).

3. I am going to try to use different leaves instead of lettuce to put on top to hold everything down; although, I don't think that my lettuce had an negative affect on the project it did hold everything down, I think the jar was the problem for that.

I will have to cut my measurements down, but other than that, all the other ingredients will stay the same.

Pictures coming soon!!!