New sourdough baker here!

Hi everyone, I'm Patryk, nice to meet you :)

I've been an avid baker since I was a teenager, but I never really embarked on the bread journey. Bread was always something you bought in the grocery store, and even though we had a breadmaker, all the recipes for it were bland and boring.

However, a couple months ago I bought a Staub cast iron for my wife as she loves cooking, and I tried my hands at the Bon Appetit's "BA's Best Bread". I was shocked with how amazing it turned out, and even though I injured myself four times while making it, I'm craving more.

So I was quite delighted when I received a sourdough starting kit with a dried, established starter through an internet gift exchange. I quickly bought myself a nice jar and a banneton and today I hope to birth my starter :D I am going to name it Wasabi.

I found this forum through a friend of my wife who has had a sourdough starter for 1.5 years now and she recommended me that this community is just what I need, so here I am!

So thank you for having me!