Thanks! I'm vegan so most of the starters use dairy cultures. Funny, some say that once combined, it's a low trace of animal. But for we vegans, that's just not the way we roll. Last year I tried with cucumber slices in a salty brine. But it got covered in mold. Now I come to find out that it just part of the process. Sheesh! To think, all those cukes wasted on fear. Good thing they're easy to grow.
