Hi Worth and everyone!
Came up with an ides for a fermentation vessel. Have an 8qt stainless steel pasta cooker set, and never really used the insert for pasta cooking, made a batch of kraut in it with the insert pressing the cabbage down and a large glass jar with water to top it all. Worked amazing. Finally found some use for the pasta insert. The holes in it let the juices come up.... this will work for pickles too. This is for someone who might already have a pasta cooker set.... and no fermentation vessel.
Another sharing worthy result.
Mixed up some chopped red and green cabbage, red onion, carrot, jalapenos and a bunch of sliced green unripe tomatoes and peppers. It came out pretty good. Fermented some green tomatoes before but never really loved them. In this type of mix, green tomatoes and peppers work really well.
Best,
Lyuda