**Christmas gift pickles** This was a pickle kit that uses the brine method, which is the same as sauerkraut. In the background is the mandolin, nicknamed **Vlad the Impaler**. It has caused much blood. Now, the rule is to not go within 3 ft of it without the cut-proof gloves. These are a cheap ammie thing, with stainless steel threads. Much to the dismay of my cut fingertip, the 'safety' holder is useless.
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Before you all ask, the rubber things are there for one of 3 reasons.
1. So the baby can pick up a jar and chug the brine.
2. Pickling 'Free the Nipple'
3. It's a one-way valve for fermentation, and X razor cut.
