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This starter is showing some consistent activity now. The texture is of the culture is looser and more like pancake batter and is has easily double in size after feeding last night (maybe more). I’m not sure about you, but I’m keen to try it in a pancake recipe tomorrow and see how it goes. It’s a much shorter post today, …
So yesterday I mentioned I wasn’t going to feed my starter, as it was acting pretty sluggish in the cold weather. Well, just check it out after it hung out under my switched-on airconditioner last night. It’s a sourdough explosion and doubled in size after only an hour! Things are definitely back on track now 
There is obviously a …
There’s not too much change for my starter from yesterday, it seems to have become a bit sluggish. While I’ve still got no hooch to speak of, I do have some funky enormous bubbles on the surface of the culture and some nice bubbly texture visible when looking at the sides of the jar. It’s hasn’t grown much since feeding …
I’m really enjoying this little sourdough journey! I wonder what other projects we could do in progressive installments? I’ve occasionally had US readers ask if I can mail them scobies (but I’m not able to send them overseas). So perhaps we’ll try growing a SCOBY from bought bottle of kombucha? I’m keen if you are! I’ve also been fielding a few …
Yesterday we had some fun with flour and water, and today we’re going to do it all again and build on our own baby sourdough starter! We learnt a little about the differences between sourdough versus commercial breads in the last post and we made our own starter culture that has now been fermenting for 24 hours. It may or …
If thou tastest a crust of bread, thou tastest all the stars and all the heavens. – Robert Browning For me, tangy and chewy sourdough is ‘the taste of the stars and all the heavens’. For many years I bought sourdough every week while also baking with yeast at home; the idea of making my own sourdough going into the …
