Daniel Bergen

J Davis wrote:I am not familiar with the brine filled bag on top. Can you elaborate on that?

It's my understanding the brine filled plastic bag is meant to keep the turnips under the brine when they bubble up and it is filled with brine in case it leaks into the jar it won't disturb the brine ratio

My first pickling experience I tried to make turnips and followed recipe from home preserving bible. 1 pound shredded turnips 1/3 cup pickling salt with three inches of headroom mashed the turnips under the juice put brine filled bag on top and left jar uncovered for three weeks at 67-74 degrees. There was no bubbling at all. The turnips turned brownish. They tasted crispy and pickled but absurdly salty even when rinsed. What happened?