First time making hot sauce, need help.
I have been growing some peppers in my yard and a friend recently gave me some fermentation equipment that looks to be for mason jars and I wanted to try making hot sauce. Thing is, I have no clue what to do, the equipment is unfamiliar to me.
What do I need to know for making hot sauce? I have cayenne and jalapeno peppers that have turned out so far, but I also will have Tabasco and poblano peppers.
I’ve done very minimal research, I’ve seen that I need vinegar and salt but I don’t know what 2% salt means (percent of what?) and I’ve seen that there is a 2-4 week timeframe for lots of stuff.
So what will I need to do to make the hot sauce and, from what I’ve gathered I’m putting the peppers in vinegar in the jar, how do I transfer the stuff into a new bottle for having hot sauce.
Thanks in advance for any help, and the more info the better, I don’t have any experience with fermentation so I don’t know any lingo.