Starters & Levains

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

Weak starter

I had to refrigerate my starter when I went out on business for a week. I came back and have been feeding it but it seems weak. I...

Starter size

If you are baking fairly regularly what size should your starter be? I've been using the ratios 4oz starter, 4oz flour, 4oz water...

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Newbie -- just received sweet California starter used for biscuits, want to use for bread

Hello! I just moved to a new town without any good sourdough bread, and so I decided to learn to make my own! I found a local bed...

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Calorie calculation when baking products with sourdough

Leya from Romania has asked... I wanted to ask you a question about calorie calculation when baking products with sourdough. Not...

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Black bits in my starter sos!

Hi, I have made my first starter using a method I found online. It took 11 days and passed the float test. It was going fantastic...

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Very fast fermentation

Hi, this is my first sour dough starter, so I'm very new to this. I started the sour dough on Monday night (with organic rye...

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Start problems

Hi I'm new to this. I just tried to make my first starter. i used equal measures (1/2 cup) of filtered water and strong white...

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Starter Help

I was planning an making some sourdough pancakes so I used some of my sourdough starter that I was going to discard to make the...

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Help!

I have neglected my sourdough starter (regular white all purpose flour and room temperature to cool water according to...

Sourdough starter help

Hello! I am new to sourdough. I was given a starter that takes 1/2 cup of sugar, 3 tbsp of potato flakes, 1 cup of flour, plus 1...

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