/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Hey friends,

I recently bought a fermentation crock off Amazon that was on sale for $15 bucks. I decided to go ahead and make some sauerkraut since I'm pretty new to fermenting in general.
It's a water seal jar and it's white, inside the lip where the seal is unglazed. I went onto Amazon to make sure it was water seal/see if there any instructions. I came across a lot of comments saying the unglazed part of the lip will breed bacteria.
Personally I think well ceramic wasn't always glazed and we must have used it back then. It does have a little yellow discoloration on the lip that I cleaned with a cleaned paper towel. It's been sitting out for about 2 maybe 3 days now, tasted it, check on it often smells/tastes good.

Any advice/tips? Should I throw the crock out after this? Any fermentation for beginner tips are also appreciate and or fun recipes... Want to start fermenting with miso paste soon