What is the mother anyway? In other words. why is it called mother?...where does it come from, how/why does it form..... so many questions :) Having a name like mother sounds important, but if it's not important like you say (and I belive you, I'm just curious about the whole thing) what is it good for?
Talk about thick. The mother I got a few weeks ago was pretty big, kinda rubbery, and slippery. It took some effort to get all of it stuffed into and through the neck of the 5gallon jug I'm keeping it and the 2 gallons of ACV in. I'm using a 5 gallon water jug, the kind that you sit upside down on a water cooler to dispense water out a little tap, except, i'm just using the jug for now.