I think my in-laws freaked out over the (probably natural) ‘moldy’ stuff on top. My husband is determined to try it soon.
I hadn’t seen ‘pickle pipes’ - we’ve been using these for Kimchi:
I had not seen those tops. Originally, I was going to get her something that stood up pretty high above the lid, but I don’t think it would have fit on her pantry shelf. The pickle pipes are no problem.
The pickle pipes folks sent me a nice e-book with my order & I’d love to do some fermented foods - another project to take up in the future. :-)