Starters & Levains

<p>Fermenting flour and water to rise bread with</p>

Freezing a starter for safeguarding

Hi all, I was sick last night and all I could think about was what would happen to my starter if I am too unwell to feed it!! I...

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Help in working out starter hydration

Hi, I have been browsing this amazing sites for a couple of months now.. thanks to the useful advice I find on this sites I have...

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Doubting a starter

Hi to everybody i just found this community and i think it's amazing. I'm just growing my live starter since around 15 -20 days...

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Brand new starter smells like vomit

Hi, I have just begun a new starter 50g white and 50g wholemeal flour + 100g water. I left it for 3 days and it separated into a...

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Hyperactive Starter

Hi I have recently moved countries and am finding my starter is now too active. The starter is peaking in under 4 hours here in...

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Making my first Sour Dough starter, Need advice

I started my Sour Dough with one .25 oz packet of yeast, 2 cups of flour, and 2 cups of warm water. I got the usual reaction, and...

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Starter Flour and Air

I've been nurturing my first sourdough starter. It's been about six days and I have enjoyed the process of watching it go from a...

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Another Oblig. First Starter Help

I decided I didn't have much to lose and I'm rather new to baking in general as well as sourdough, but I started a starter...

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Working with two starters

I have gotten into using two different starters when baking, because each brings different qualities. Initially I used a starter...

is this alright?

I started a gluten free sourdough starter a week ago. The flours I used were a mix of millet, maize, chick pea, some rice protein...

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