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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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  1. I liked farmcurious on FB. I’m just getting into fermentation, and would love to win this set-up! Thanks!

  5. I like FarmCurious on FB and love this fermentation set-up!! So easy to use and small-batch friendly too!

  6. I am a social media conscientious objector 🙂 and I love sauerkraut (usually spice it up various ways), pickled radishes, carrot sticks, so many different things! Thank you!

  9. I am a social media conscientious objector. What an awesome giveaway! I love getting your emails, and am learning so many new things. You make it seem doable. I really love kimchi and sauerkraut, but I can never turn down any picked veggie, lemon, onion or eggs. I have got to get some of these lids. I can see my culinary horizons expanding. How exciting!

  12. I’m a social media conscientious objector but I LOVE following your blog! My favorite fermented food is saurkraut.

  14. I am a conscientious objector and a bit of a ludd. I’d rather spend the time making kimchi and not posting pretty pictures of it.

  20. I think the ReCap is cool! liked your blog on Facebook so maybe I will win one! Love all the liks I am finding on your blog also!! Thanks!

  21. Pinning three things was not hard at all 🙂 These look great, and I am a regular fermenter and don’t have any reCAPs! It would be perfect!

  22. Liked on FaceBook.

    The cap plus bung plus airlock is a brilliant combination.
    Brand new to ferment cures, but on my 3rd batch of kraut this winter…learning more as I go, and may have to try pickles next year.

  30. Liked you on FB! This would be the absolute perfect Christmas gift for my brother, a sustainable bio-dynamic farmer!

  32. Love this idea!! I’ve got 2-quart jars sitting in plastic storage containers to catch drips right now… there is obviously a BETTER WAY! 🙂

    I just LIKED the FarmCurious page!!

  33. I am an avid reader of NW Edible, and shared the site with my boss who loved the site as well. I have liked Farm Curious on Facebook and can’t wait to see who gets to take home these cool lids!

  36. I liked FarmCurious on Facebook and I love that you are in Oakland! So close (Stockton, here).

  39. I grew up eating sauerkraut and when I went to Germany a few years ago I was thrilled to buy home fermented kraut at the market. I made it once in a large jar with Sandor’s recipe, but would love to try this device. And I LIKED your FB site.
    Thanks.

  40. I liked their facebook page. This is so timely because am reading The Art of Fermentation 🙂

  42. I am a Social Media Conscientious Objector! My favorite fermented food is beer.
    What? It can be food, if you make it right!

  43. Well, that’s a better track record than the white plastic I bought at the local Cenex. Looks like remay would be much more affordable and last longer. How does it work with baby tomato plants? I used the plastic for my tomato plants for most of the year, even through the summer. they loved it.

  45. I very much like FarmCurious, both in reality and now on facebook, and am happy that they can do international shipping. The Canadian source I found for recap lids did not have wide mouth size, and is now out of stock on the regular ones too, so winning this fermenting kit would solve that problem as well as freeing me from having to rig an awkward and over-sized fermentation vessel using my dutch oven and a vegetable steamer insert.

  48. I have been exploring the world of fermentation and love the idea of using the ReCap lids. I have liked FarmCurious on Facebook.