I have some pepperoncini from the garden that I decided to lacto-ferment. It was my first time and I'm concerned about them. I did two quart size jars and they've been going for a week and a half. One jar has a plastic lid and the other had a metal lid and band. The plastic jar looks great and the liquid is clear. The metal banded jar has crud on the outside (where the brine ran over) and it's cloudy.
I would really rather not poison my family with my first attempt. Are they OK to eat?
ETA: I opened them up and smelled them. The plastic lidded clear jar smells appetizing. The metal lidded cloudy jar smells like my high school biology class on dissection day and makes me slightly nauseous. I think that probably answers my question, but I'll leave this here in case anyone has advice to give me.
I would really rather not poison my family with my first attempt. Are they OK to eat?
ETA: I opened them up and smelled them. The plastic lidded clear jar smells appetizing. The metal lidded cloudy jar smells like my high school biology class on dissection day and makes me slightly nauseous. I think that probably answers my question, but I'll leave this here in case anyone has advice to give me.
