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Giveaway: Farm Curious Wide Mouth reCAP Fermenting Kit

Update: Contest is now closed. Congratulations to contest winner Sarah Z, and thank you to FarmCurious for sponsoring this giveaway. Thank you to all who entered!

You know what we haven’t done in a while? A kick-ass giveaway.

Some time ago, I suggested that you could make a really inexpensive fermenting crock with a Mason jar, a reCAP mason jar lid and an airlock from your local brewery supply store.

There was really only one drawback to my DIY lacto-fermentation converter lid. At the time I invented it, the reCAP lids were only available in regular width. Many fermentation junkies like myself observed that the largest commonly available regular-mouth mason jar is the quart size. What if you want to ferment more? What if you want to ferment things that are bigger than a regular-mouth opening? What then, hmmm?

Well, the reCAP people solved this problem by (finally!) releasing a wide-mouth reCAP lid. And as soon as they did, Nicole from FarmCurious, the urban homesteader’s supply store, paired the wide mouth reCAP with the correct size bung (go ahead, snicker…I understand) and an airlock to create an all-in-one reCAP Fermentation Converter Kit you can use with any wide-mouth mason jar.

Note the wide mouth jar:

As far as I know, FarmCurious is the only place selling reCAP fermenting sets ready to go like this, so if you love this idea but don’t already have reCAP lids you can hack, or don’t want to track down the components on your own, FarmCurious is your source. Nicole sells this three-piece kit (reCAP wide mouth lid, bung and airlock) for $10 at the FarmCurious store, but is giving away three (three!) complete reCAP Fermenting Kits to one lucky NW Edible reader.

As every canning dork knows, you can get wide mouth, half-gallon Mason jars. (Around $12 for a pack of 6 online – avoid shipping if you are near an Ace Hardware.) Pair one of these big ol’ Mason jars with a FarmCurious Wide Mouth reCAP Fermentation Kit and you’ll be up to your elbows in big-batch sauerkraut in no time.

You can enter to win three reCAP Fermentation Kits (total retail value: $30) from FarmCurious by getting your social on.

Pinter-social? Here’s what you need to do:

Create a Pinterest board; call it what you like.

Pin at least three things from the FARMcurious product line that you love/covet/want someone to buy you for the holidays. Tag them with #ediblecurious.

Post a link to your board as a comment on this blog post.

Twitter-social? Click here to tweet about this post, then come back and comment that you’ve done so on this blog post.

Facebook-social? Like the FarmCurious Facebook page, then come back and comment that you’ve done so (or that you already like FarmCurious) on this blog post.

Only-in-person-social? Well, who could blame you? Just leave a comment telling me that you are a social media conscientious objector and name your favorite fermented food and we’ll call it good. (This option reserved for people who really don’t do that other stuff, so don’t try to sneak four entries in, ok?)

Enter to win by tickling whatever social media outlets you prefer. Up to three entries per person, corresponding to the above social media entry methods, will be accepted. Contest closes on Tuesday, December 4th at 6 pm PT.

Good luck, and happy fermenting!

*The Federal Trade Commission is concerned you might misunderstand what a giveaway is, and wants you to know that this thing you are entering to win for free on this blog is being given away on this blog for free. You know, just so we’re all on the same page. More info here.

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  2. Liked them on Facebook! My partner has been wanting some of these, but is reluctant to pay the shipping fees, so winning them would be great!

  3. I think my favorite fermented food would be a toss-up between saurkraut and kim chee, although I’ve yet to try making either myself (I just have fermentally skilled friends). But I keep receiving cabbages from my farm share, and am running out of ways to use them up, so saurkraut is on my list of things to learn how to make. I’ve liked FarmCurious on FB, and will likely end up purchasing some of these lids and converters, even if I don’t win the drawing.

  4. I just like your FarmCurious Facebook page. Looking forward to learning more from you. We are doing the GAPs diet and eating a lot of sauerkraut. Would like to make some new concoctions with the ReCap system. :^D

  5. My favorite fermented food is Kombucha! Ok, so it is a beverage, but still 😀 I would like to learn to make sauerkraut!

    I liked and shared the page on Facebook

    Also tweeted on Twitter.

  7. I liked FarmCurious on Facebook! And the thing is, I really do like them!! They have stuff even for people like me, who farm in the boonies and not in the city.

  9. Liked on FB! I’m just learning this whole fermenting thing–bought Wild Fermentation at your suggestion, and am enjoying the results!

  10. I already LIKE you folks on Facebook! I hope I’m eligible to win! I’m fairly new at the fermented food making world, and need more ideas, instruction AND equipment! 🙂

  11. I just liked Farm Curious on FB, and now I’m off to see if I can find a holiday present on their web site/store. 🙂

  12. My wife says she’ll make the sauerkraut if I am so lucky to win this giveaway. And yes, I’ll have to promise to plant some cabbages when the garden bed is made up properly! FarmCurious is terrific! [I’m a dyed-in-da-wool social media CO, too].

  18. Today I’m a social media conscientious objector … there’s too much noise out there right now trying to get people to buy crap. I love me some sauerkraut!

  23. Second entry: I don’t do twitter or Pinterest, so I will tell you my favorite fermented food: kimchi. I also loooove sauerkraut, and currently have some Ligurian fermented green tomatoes going that I’m curious to try!

  25. I have no social media outlets; in fact, I don’t have that many in-person outlets, my husband and I being hermit types. However, I love sauerkraut and trying various pickle recipes so I can finally find one that tastes like the ones we used to get when I was a kid, in a kosher deli in Connecticut. So, please enter me in the drawing so I can ferment to my heart’s content.

  26. I have opted out of all social media, when I discovered that for me (having no self-control) they were a major time suck. But please do enter me in the contest so I can try a kimchi recipe my Korean neighbor gave me when she dispaired of how poorly I did with the “watch me and learn” method she spent hours teaching me. Thanks for the chance to win.

  31. Totally liked on FB, and thank you for bringing this awesome resource to my attention. I’m a newbie fermenter so this is super helpful!

  32. No social media. Thanks for an alternative way to enter. I intend to use it to make saurkraut, should I be lucky enough to win.

  34. Tweeted, FB them, and pinned. I’m a social media whore. Just like I’m a cheese and beer whore. Add some kraut to that, and I’ve got 3 of the 4 food groups here in Wisconsin.

    But I have to admit, my favorite fermented food is pickled mushrooms and onions!!!

  35. I tweeted about this awesome giveaway – love some fermentation. I am auwareagle90 on twitter.

  36. Very cool–I’d love to try making sauerkraut. And thanks for giving us social media conscientious objector types the opportunity to win. 🙂

  41. Definitely a social media conscientious objector – deleted my facebook account years ago after hearing the founder talk about social media in terms of putting consumers in touch with producers. Yuck.

    We LOVE using your salsa recipe to flavor taco and black beans. Love it. Wish I did 2 or 3 gallons instead of the one last year.

    • Thanks Nicole! That’s great to hear. We broke all records of fermented salsa this year – 4 gallons! Ridiculous, but we’ve already eaten a gallon since early Sept, so maybe not…

  42. I’m a ‘social media conscientious objector ‘ but this is very much to my liking. Count me in..

    By the way, my turkey was very good. Did the heritage bird, brine and all. Thanks!

  45. Thanks for the giveaway! Strangely enough, I just bought some reCaps today (from a Canadian distributor). But I’d love to win the fermenting kit! I “liked” on FB.

  46. I “liked” Farm Curious on FB. I would love to start fermenting and this looks like a great way to do it!

  47. I “liked Farm Curious” Have just started to ferment, got my first saurkraut in a small crock.

  49. I liked on facebook and added Farm Curious to my blogroll. I am so keen to make all kinds of fermented things but it seemed rather daunting until now! Saurkraut, pickles, kimchi…wine…who needs to decide on a favorite fermented food??