April 9, 2020 - 7:20pm
Does expiration matter.
I am new to the game and have been working on a starter for about 10 days, with an issue on day 4 growing some white mold. I figured it was cross contamination while feeding so I started again and now it's been 5 days and I see bubbles but no rise. I've read that rye can help boost a starter and I have some but its expired recently, will that hurt my starter if I try it? Any help is appreciated.
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You are on the right track, don't worry too much about getting rise now. The bubbles mean the starter is very much alive and you just need to be patient. a decent starter will take you at least 15 days to properly develop so I wouldn't worrytoom uch about not seeing great result after only 5 days . Good luck and happy baking!
P.S. if you want to try the adding the Rye that is fine as long as it is not whole grain flour, the expiration date is only really a big issue with whole grain flours because they will go rancid quite easily.