TIL my grandma's pickle crock in Cleveland was missing a key step for 30 years

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Maybe the missing step was the point, like @reed.eva's grandma knew.

What step was it missing, like not weighing the veggies down? That's wild it still worked for so long.

Maybe it worked because she skipped that step. Sometimes old methods have reasons we don't get. The weight could have messed up the ferment.