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February 25, 2007 - 9:56am
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Question about my Starter

Hello:

I'm very new to breadmaking. I've never been much of a fan of direct method baked breads and the breads that I like, I didn't think were possible to make. Purely by accident, I found Julia Child's PBS series online and I was hooked. I bought a ton of books, read them, then went online in search of more info.  

I decided to start a sourdough starter using SourdoLady's directions. Currently, it's on Day 9 and because it was very liquid, I decided to add more flour to my feeding to see if it would show more activity. I did and the starter rose all the way out of my container. I had to transfer it to a larger container. You can imagine, I was quite happy that my first attempt was a success.

 Anyway, I decided to keep the starter a little more like thick pancake batter, but it doesn't seem to be doing much since I transferred everything to the larger container. Is that typical? It still has bubbles, but no froth.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. I think it's ok, but I'm just not sure due to my inexperience.


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