Onions garlic dill bay leaf and asparagus getting bubbles and red pink floating bits looks like mold
See pic attached thanks
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Hi there,
That does look like some kind of unwelcome pink microbial growth. The good news is that you have a great deal of brine and your veggies are anaerobic and safe under the weights.
Skim off the top layer catching all of these bits.
I wouldn’t get into the ferment until it smells good and pickle-y. When it is time make sure that none of this has grown back. If it has skim it off again.
Once you get into your ferment if it smells and looks good it then it is. If it smells off then it is likely off and you will want to send it to the compost.
I hope that helps,
Kirsten
Fermenting asparagus is wonderful. In this post, we walk through a simple pickled asparagus recipe. In this post, it looks like an even bigger amount of asparagus was being fermented.
Pickling vegetables like asparagus and onions is really pretty easy, as you saw from the video above. If you feel that you need more help making your first batch you can pick up a copy of our Fermented Vegetables and we will be happy to sign a copy to you or your friend and ship it out tomorrow. If you would rather see it, really see it, how about a personal online class? Here are a couple of good choices.
