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KYgurlsrbest
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Jonni
Elsmere Kentucky
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Posted - Jan 04 2008 :  08:35:52 AM  Show Profile
Or, what do you use for fermenting veges and fruits...I'm planning on making Blackberry Cordial this year for gifts (and ahem, for personal consumption ) and the recipe calls for a large crock....

I've seen them in antique stores, but they're a might bit pricey and I'm not sure I'd want the former flavors to enhance my cordial...

Any suggestions or tried and true methods?

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MasterGardener
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Chandra
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Posted - Jan 04 2008 :  08:41:19 AM  Show Profile  Send MasterGardener a Yahoo! Message
Lehmans has the Ohio-made bluebird crock, &

below is the site where I purchased my Harsch culturing crock.

http://www.wisementrading.com/foodpreserving/harsch_crocks.htm

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Edited by - MasterGardener on Jan 04 2008 08:49:59 AM
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Aunt Jenny
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Jenny
middle of Utah
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Posted - Jan 04 2008 :  08:42:35 AM  Show Profile
I would try Lehmans for sure. Maybe Cumberland Gap. They both have websites. I have a big old 5 gallon one that I have had for about 25 years. It IS old though..was old then...and I WOULD use it for pickles, but use it for storing wool for rug hooking instead.
Blackberry cordial...how fun..but be careful...you know what happened to Diana in Anne of Green Gables..heehee

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KYgurlsrbest
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Jonni
Elsmere Kentucky
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Posted - Jan 04 2008 :  08:48:28 AM  Show Profile
Great! I'll get on Lehmans' site and the others mentioned. I'm thinking that it will be useful for other things, but if the cordial comes out, then it will be a standard summer project. This cookbook I bought has been SUCH a source of inspiration--it's called Prairi Home Cooking, and has a recipe for elderflower cordial, too, which I had a lot of in England.

Oh, Jenny! I think of that so much! Poor Anne, she was trying so hard to be a lady, wasn't she?!

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NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/
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nubidane
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Lisa
Georgetown OH
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Posted - Jan 04 2008 :  12:03:47 PM  Show Profile
Jonni
I think Adams Cty Dept Store has them. Also the guy with the antiques that I mentioned in Adams Cty probably has some too.
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KYgurlsrbest
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Jonni
Elsmere Kentucky
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Posted - Jan 04 2008 :  12:31:24 PM  Show Profile
Well, Lisa, as you know, I try to stay out of Adams County as much as possible--especially West Union :). I think I might have found an even better option through Crate and Barrel. They carry thick glass lidded jars made by a US company that has made them since 1940. They have three different sizes, (I'm making at least 2 gallons), and they're only $19.00!!!

Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/
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nubidane
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Lisa
Georgetown OH
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Posted - Jan 04 2008 :  12:38:50 PM  Show Profile
Jonni
Did you find those on line or in a catalog?? I am trying to switch out all my plastic for glass.
Or you could come to Adams Cty & wear Jacki O Glasses & an Isadora Duncan scarf
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KYgurlsrbest
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Jonni
Elsmere Kentucky
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Posted - Jan 04 2008 :  12:48:29 PM  Show Profile
Here is the link....I really like all the sizes and they don't seem expensive to me at all.

http://www.crateandbarrel.com/family.aspx?c=850&f=3079

I COULD wear Jackio O glasses and I'll only wear the Isador scarf if we're not driving in a convertible!!!!

Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/
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nubidane
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Lisa
Georgetown OH
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Posted - Jan 04 2008 :  1:01:00 PM  Show Profile
We'll take the John Deere tractor.
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KYgurlsrbest
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Jonni
Elsmere Kentucky
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Posted - Jan 04 2008 :  1:02:55 PM  Show Profile
Well, that too, could cause the strangulation and broken neck that poor Isadora suffered when sporting about town--her pretty scarf got tangles in the spokes of the wheel and WHAMMO, snapped her neck right into.

Maybe if we're sitting up high enough, that won't be a problem
So, Jackie O glass, Isadora Scarf and my Hunter Wellingtons on the John Deere. It's a date!

Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/
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KarenP
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Karen
Chippewa Falls Wisconsin
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Posted - Jan 05 2008 :  08:02:55 AM  Show Profile
Here's a link for crocks from Red Wing Pottery
http://www.redwingpottery.com/red_wing_stoneware.htm
KarenP

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nubidane
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Lisa
Georgetown OH
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Posted - Jan 05 2008 :  08:02:59 AM  Show Profile
Well Jonni, I refuse to be outdressed... I will have on my TSC knock off baby blue wellies with goat poop, my Carhartt farm jacket( with goat hoof marks) & hat to match, & to truly set the outfit over the top, my bright blue embroidered apron filled with clothespins to make my already chubby belly appear even fuller. Farm fashion at its finest.
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Bluewrenn
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Erin
Texas
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Posted - Jan 05 2008 :  11:56:43 AM  Show Profile
I'm looking for these myself.

Here's another link to the crock you mentioned above. It's expensive one but it looks really nice.

http://www.celticseasalt.com/Ceramic_Pickling_Crocks_br__C160.cfm

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Edited by - Bluewrenn on Jan 05 2008 11:58:37 AM
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