Grace Lee’s gorgeously vivid kimchi.

February has drawn to a close and so it’s time to wrap up the second round of the Food in Jars Mastery Challenge. I continue to be so honored and delighted that so many of you are going along with me on this crazy journey!

This month, we focused on preserving with salt and so many of you spent your time exploring the many options. There were 325 of you that submitted projects to the spreadsheet (down from last month’s 600-ish number, but still great). I think it’s safe to say that even more of you attempted preserved citrus, gravlax, cured eggs, soup base, herbes salées, sauerkraut, and more than reported it.

I loved seeing the positive trend in feelings about salt preserving. We only scratched the surface of a very deep food preservation tradition and I do hope that some of you keep exploring this area.

Dried Herb Salt, Herbes Salées, & Soup Base

• A trio of garlic herb salts – Les Campagnonades
• Szechuan peppercorn salt – wlmich
• Salt preserved dill – A Forager’s Home
• Cilantro salt – The Scholarly Redneck
• Preserved salmon with nettles – Just Another Day on the Farm
• Lemon herb garlic salt – She’s Almost Always Hungry
• Lemon garlic salt – Southern With a Twist
• Orange coriander salt – The Pit Stop BBQ
• Citrus, shiitake, and parsley, lemon and garlic salt – My Savory Spoon
• Southeast asian herb salt – A Plateful of Happiness
• Herbes salées in Weck – blytheandpark
• Homemade vegetable stock concentrate – Cookin Mum
• Layered citrus salt – East of Eden Cooking
• Finally dry herb salt – he4lthybody
• Cilantro lime salt – genaboehme
• Herb salts and preserved lemons – breezycukale
• Stock base – First Things First
• Herb salt and preserved lemons – subculturalfarmgirl
• Herb salt and preserved citrus – Mindy Friedmann Duff

Sauerkraut & Kimchi

Chopping collards from Brit in the South

• Klakdugi – graves_will
• Kraut, yolks, and more – Elaine Meep
• Kraut, preserved lemons, and more – Canarella
• Vivid kimchi – knitatnite
• Carrot and cabbage kraut – Destination Unknown
• Kraut and preserved lemons – roguewrld
• Sauerkraut and preserved lemons – Miles Away Farm Blog
• Rosy kraut – Dona Gomez
• Collard kimchi – Brit in the South
• Bacon kimchi – mnhappyhappy
• Polish salted mushrooms – Yarnivorous
• Purple kraut – lisakjimenez
• Colorful kimchi – gdlee9270
• Pineapple daikon mak kimchi – Gin’s Kitchen
• Lemon curtido and more – Food Swap Silicone Valley

Preserved Citrus

Photo from Cheese and Cracker Jacks

• Preserved lemon chunks – jmagooza
• Preserved lemons and limes – Tiffany Mitchell-Brewer
• Moroccan preserved lemons – GraversParadise
• Preserved lemons for days – Maura Sharp
• Early morning preserved lemons – Amy Weltner Realtor
• Salt preserved blood oranges – Sandra Guillory
• Sunny salt preserved lemons – LeAnn Locher
• Salt cured lemons – The Basket
• A Moroccan preserved lemon video – Leslie-Ann Miller
• Two quarts of preserved lemons – Spinstah
• Spiced preserved lemons – muffinlady01
• Preserved lemons, before and after – carololsen14
• Preserved citrus in a fabulous vintage jar – Cheese and Cracker Jacks
• Homemade preserved lemons – Sidewalk Shoes
• Preserved meyer lemons with Corfiot bay leaves and Kampot pink peppercorns – Victory Canning
• Preserved lemons in blue jars – rachelegger
• Preserved lemons – sam8371
• Salt preserved limes – tatertate85
• Historical recipes for preserved lemons – Turnspit & Table
• Salt preserved Meyer lemons – msroest
• Pretty preserved lemon – Feast in Thyme
• Preserved lemons and limes – Bubble Tea for Dinner
• Preserved lemons with bay and black pepper – Beth Sternheimer
• Preserved lemons – snowmonkeyplum
• Preserved grapefruits and oranges – Boudreaux Hund
• Limes in salt – tameyourheart
• Salt preserved lemons – Shades of Bliss
• Salty oranges – Jams and Chutney
• Gochugaru preserved lemons – 215kate
• Salt preserved lemons and oranges – Gone Walkabout 2
• Sweet preserved kumquats – Prospect the Pantry
• Salt preserved grapefruit – heartstenciled
• Preserved lemon how-to and history – Love & Wild Honey
• A row of preserved lemons – Cathy Samko

Gravlax & Cured Egg Yolks

Laurie Kane’s gorgeous beet gravlax

• Gravlax – isabellangevin
• Gravlax on toast – icewerks
• America’s Test Kitchen gravlax – Mauka Girl Creates
• Cured egg yolks – Start Now Wellness
• Grated cured egg yolks – Anna Knapp
• Muffin tin cured yolks – brooklesprouts
• Gravlax and more – Thoughts and Reflections
• Dreamy gravlax – Laura Shellaburger
• Beet cured gravlax – lauriehkane
• Egg yolks and preserved lemons – Sustainable ME
• Gravlax on a bagel – Jen Carr