William R. Watt wrote:

> Brian Mailman ) writes:
>
>> Anyway, on the two cukes that had risen above brine and slightly dried
>> there's some whitish-grey spots and on the brine surface itself some
>> blue-grey.
>
> if the mold is on and above the surface it probably needs oxygen to
> survive. what's below the surface is probably okay. I'd scoop the mould
> off the surface and either clean or discard the spotted cukes and see what
> happens. mabye also add more salt or vinegar to the solution.

I'd have to add vinegar before more vinegar ... anyway, what I did
was what you said, scoop of the mold and see if it regrew. It didn't.
Brine tastes fine, cukes are not slimy/slippery.

Emergency over, I think. Was just weird.

B/