Hello folks,

I said  would venture into sourdough bread next year after almost a year of making soft rolls, loaves and sweet breads with yeast in 2009.  I am now graduating into sourdough as part of my education.  I planned to start after the new year, but i just can't wait.  So I started tonite and used the tutorial by gaarp.  I am mentally prepared to have all kinds of oohhs and ahhhs and aha and OMG, what went wrong type of reactions.

I'll take it one step at a time, starting with gaarp's tutorial.  If after a week I can't sustain the culture, I'll try the pineapple juice method.  My first and only question for now is:  do you cover your container tightly with saran wrap or cover it lightly without the wrap hugging and sealed to the container?  The picture on gaarp looks like it's a loose wrap.

Anyone care to comment?  My glass container is a large pyrex measuring bowl with a rubber lid but I did not use the rubber lid.

Thanks all.