Out of the Fridge at Chez Wells

I have been frustrated by being unable to find pickled daikon that doesn't have sucralose and/or aspartame (and even more bullshit). So decided to make it.

I bought a glass jar with a weight and a lid and used a minimal recipe. Great! But before it had even finished, the fridge started stinking. By day three, the whole house smelled of it. It was very delicious though. The next batch, we tried putting a bowl of baking soda next to it. No luck.

I looked up a ton of fridge deodorizers and was about to buy one when I realized I had charcoal sheets for an air purifier we run in the basement. Maybe I could put the jar in a bigger jar vented through charcoal? Then I realized the solution, replace the jar lid with a 3D printed lid that would hold a couple layers of charcoal. A few of hours of design and printing and TADA!

And it works, though I am planning improvements. I also am considering covering the plastic with food safe epoxy in order to keep it from getting bacteria and gunk.

The recipe involved white and purple daikon, salt, kombu, bonito, mirin, and rice vinegar.