May 30, 2007 - 11:15am
Starter question
So I'm in the process of starting a starter from scratch. I made approx. ~120% hydration mix of flour and water (a little WW with the AP) with 200mg of vitamin C tablet. After 24 hours I fed it a cup of 100% hydration food. It's getting kind of bubbly (day 2) and it sort of smells like yogurt (not too sour, but a little) with a little vegetal smell along with it. What do you think? The vegetal smell is worrying me. Any description of what a 'bad' starter smells like? I'm not getting any liquid separation.