Your neighbor is 100% right about weighing the salt. Took me three batches of mushy sauerkraut to finally buy a cheap kitchen scale. That "handful" method is a total gamble, especially with how coarse the salt is. Getting the 2% right was the difference between a crisp ferment and a slimy mess.

Mute those channel names on socials.

My neighbor once mentioned the library's tool loan program after I bought a cheap wrench. That casual tip saved me fifty bucks and a trip to the store. Sometimes you just need to hear the obvious thing out loud.

Wow, I was a total skeptic until something just like that happened to me.

My buddy's bar top is bulletproof now with that stuff.