Mold growing in pickle pot

I would like to comment on the use of ‘distilled’ water from
appliances. In my younger day I enjoyed making ‘sour dough’ bread
like the early miners when I was following the footsteps of the
’49ers’–(and others, of course.) The ‘wild’ yeast cultured from
what was in air borne particles was the route one took to brew of a
batch of yeast when no ‘cultured yeast’ was available–One had to
experiment to get a yeast that made a good bread.

For what it’s worth–and if you like roughing it out in the wilds,
this is something to try.

Joyce

Just a few words I would like to interject here --- The vast
majority (I can't really guarantee "all") of the "Distilled" water
you buy in stores and from dealers is not really distilled -- it is
just deionized.

If it’s sold as distilled, it is required to be distilled. If you
check your local Wal-mart, you’ll probably find that they sell at
least three varieties of water in gallon jugs - distilled,
deionized, and (reverse osmosis) filtered.

Al Balmer
Sun City, AZ

FWIW, I have slime in my pickle pot right now and it doesn’t bother
me or my jewelry.

Yeah, it looks gross, but other than that it doesn’t bother me. (I
don’t have a mirror in my shop for much the same reason.)