I will take the grizzly bears, black bears and cougars that I run into hunting any day over venomous snakes and spiders! I guess it's all what you grow up with.
I just put up 7 quarts of fermented dills on Monday.
These are the lids I use. The springs are great as you don't need a weight to keep things submerged.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M1YSDIR/?tag=tvwb-20
When I do whole cukes versus spears I do a 4% brine. Just put up 7 quarts 2 days a go.
Also am trying a fermented rhubarb started yesterday. Will give updates.
Ok. Get it now.
I make a rhubarb liquor with diluted Everclear to a 25% ABV. Follow the same procedure as making lemoncello. Its wonderful especially with soda and ice on a hot summer evening!
As a good Ukrainian boy we had fresh grated horseradish on our Ukrainian Catholic Easter dinner. I love horseradish. I just made rhubarb cobbler and stewed rhubarb.
Nakiris are great vegetable knives. They would be ok at slicing softer meat. The edge is to brittle to cut through bone. They truly are designed for cutting and slicing vegetables.
A better all around Japanese knife would be a gyuto or santuko.