Instead of a weight to hold down the food, can I just zip-tie two colanders together with the peppers inside them, and then sink that? Then I don't have to mess with an air-lock, right? Cover it with fabric to keep flies out?
If more people did this, then there would be $9 plastic fermenting vessels at wal-mart. The equipment is only expensive to buy because they are catering to a specialty niche of food prep.
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