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And the winner - of the starter wake-up experiment - is ...

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108 breads

And the winner - of the starter wake-up experiment - is ...

I tried four methods for resuscitating a starter after a three-week dormancy period. No feeding and no peaking. This was definitely worthy of a serious third-grade science fair project.

Here are the results. Who came out ahead? Who lost?

Yes, I think of my starter in anthropomorphic terms.

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rozeboosje

Good to know