YUCK! I'm glad I wasn't eating breakfast when I openend those pics! ===== Tina Brooks VP Marketing, Peppermaster Hot Sauces www.peppermaster.com> Brooks Pepperfire Foods Inc. www.pepperfire.ca> Phone: (514) 393-3430 26 St. Jean Baptiste, East Rigaud, Quebec, Canada J0P 1P0 Network with me on www.gourmetbusinessforum.com> -- The premier online business community for food professionals <em><font color="#ff0000">Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.</font> <font color="#4040ff">Helen Keller</font></em> ----- SNIP ---- My very first attempt at fermenting pepper mash in salt brine: http://www.fototime.com/C0C83C45A45E706/standard.jpg That was Sept '06 Check out this unopened bottle of store-bought hot sauce: http://www.fototime.com/742C90C99B92376/standard.jpg (the bottle was stored horizontally which is why some of the mold is beneath the surface and not exposed to air)