On 06/21/2011 04:29 AM, George Shirley wrote:

>
> We keep our house at 80F during the air conditioning season, which runs
> about ten months of the year here, and at 70F during the winter, or what
> passes for winter with us. Probably why everything grows a fuzzy
> accompaniment when we try to ferment anything. Good luck with your
> pickles and don't feel bad about deleting the pictures, I've done that a
> time or two myself.

We are lucky to live in a concrete basement (no, really, we're lucky!)
because it stays cool here year-round. Yesterday was our hottest day
this year, and it was 76 in the very hottest part of the house (we don't
have an air conditioner), so I decided to go for it. The pickles are
sitting in the spot that was coolest (74) without putting it in the
storeroom, which is too musty for comfort.

Not saying I won't get mold, of course, because the only experience I
have fermenting stuff in this house is making kombucha, which is
basically dilute vinegar.

Serene
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