January 26, 2007 - 9:48am
What happened to my starter?
When I went to bed last night, my white starter was almost ready. This morning :-( it was flat, half of what it was last night. What do you think happened?
Steph
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When I went to bed last night, my white starter was almost ready. This morning :-( it was flat, half of what it was last night. What do you think happened?
Steph
Does rye starter double like white or wheat or am I just having fits and starts like I did with the others.
Steph
I agree tess, you have a active starter that simply ate through all the "food" you fed it. There are two things that might help you out. Keep your starter at a cooler temp after feeding or I like to fridge it 1 or 2 hours after feeding. It will be good to use the next day. The other thing is throw out all but a small portion of your starter and feed it more flour. I pour out all my starter and what remains on the sides of the container, which is not much, is what I feed. Now since I am a lazy sod I give it equal parts flour and water 1 cup of each by "volume" so I don't have to weigh out anything. Hope this helps.
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