Starters & Levains

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

Catching commercial yeast?

Maybe a dumb question but I've read that the more you bake, the more yeast there is in your kitchen and the less you need to add...

Sourdough starter in Ecuador

I have been making pizza and bread for one year in Canada with a sourdough starter that I bought at a natural food store. I was...

About bacterias etc in sourdough

Hi, I am new to this community, but I have been baking sourdough breads for about three years. I have a question that may seem a...

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a Sick starter...? Help!

Hello, I've just joined this community out of desperation. I've been making bread from a homemade starter for about 3 years and...

Ken Forkish Overnight White Bread with Poolish

Substituded 25% of bread flour with sprouted wheat... nice chewy crumb and crusty crust

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Newbie question re: spots in starter

Hello, I am brand new at making sourdough, and I just began cultivating my first starter (pictured here) on May 5th -- about four...

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a floating starter?

Does the starter need to float on water? Mine is bubbly, smelly from 50% whole wheat & 50% rye. It's a sinker, even after 5...

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Sourdough / moonshine starter

Has anyone ever used a sourdough starter to start a mash for whiskey or vise versa?

100yr old starter.

Hello I'm fairly new to this. Mainly a brick oven pizza maker. But wanting to experiment with the oldest sourdough starter that I...

Bench flour as food?

Has anyone or does anyone use their used bench flour as food for their starter? today I made a loaf of bread, some English...

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