Starters & Levains

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

New Starter not increasing much in Volume

I just used a technique to make a starter using pineapple juice and bread flower. After 5 days of small feedings and waiting...

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starter at the peak after 7 days

have killed my starter?

Hi I've just followed the Dan Lepard 7 day sourdough starter recipe. I had tried once before but nothing was happening and I...

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Hydrations hydrations

Hello; A simple question/confirmation, must have been asked many times before, I think I did a lousy search. Sorry! :) I keep my...

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Starters in a hot and humid climate

Hi everyone, I'm a newbie in the field of sourdough (making not eating) and I'm wondering what to look out for in a humid and hot...

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Rye versus wheat starter...

So I made a rye starter and got an OK loaf of pumpernickel at about the 6th day - it wasn't perfect but that's the subject for...

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Unripe leaven

Yesterday I put about 60g rye starter, from a jar of rye starter I store in the fridge. I added 1/2 cup of w/meal wheat flour and...

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A utopia gone bad - My Starter smells like ......poo

Hi, I've been using a starter I brought into this world in august and it made some goregous bread. stuff that made you go back...

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discarding part of starter

Hi. I just discovered this wonderful blog yesterday as I have just started to experiment with sourdough. I made my first ever...

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CAN I MAKE A SOURDOUGH STARTER USING SWEET POTATOES

Does anyone know if I can make a sourdough starter using sweet potatoes? I have made a potato starter using white potatoes and...

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millers

Further to 'resurrecting starter'....

Hi, thanks for all help....here are a few shots of a rye (from resurected starter) and a millers boule with a little rye, and...

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