Pickling kits comprising components, namely, glass weights, silicon airlocks and vegetable tampers, all adapted for use with mason jars for use in fermenting foods; fermenting kits comprising components, namely, glass weights, silicon airlocks and vegetable tampers, all adapted for use with mason jars for use in fermenting foods; fermenting glass weights for use with mason jars for use in fermenting foods; jars for food storage and jars for fermentation in the nature of food preserving jars of glass; mason jars; mason jar lids; plastic lids; fermentation lids being plastic lids for mason jars; airlock lids being plastic lids for mason jars; lids with an integrated airlock valve for purposes of facilitating fermentation being plastics lids for mason jars; mason jar modular utility lids being plastics lids for mason jars; pestles for kitchen use; wood pestle for kitchen use, namely, for use with mason jars for fermenting; kombucha making kits comprised of mason jars with attachable breathing lid components; non-electric kombucha brewers; kefir making kits comprised of mason jars with attachable breathing lid components; kefir pots