Starters & Levains

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

Super Active Starter

Hi Guys, Been reading through your forums and following the excellent beginners guide on the front page... I've now got myself a...

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Alternatives to pushing the starter with dry yeast

With my present home-made/air-collected sourdough starter I've baked maybe 20 loaves and they have all been scrumptious with most...

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Transporting starter

Does anybody have experience in overseas travel and transporting starter? We've been living in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for the past...

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Saving a firm starter?

This is kind of ridiculous. I made way too much of a firm starter, meaning I added bread flour and water to my regular rye...

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Where do you keep your starter?

Where do you keep your starter, in the fridge or at room temperature and why? Lisette

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drying starter

I'm aware that it's possible to dry starter and restore it to life months later by adding water. I've got two great active...

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Help! with Very old unused sourdough in my fridge

Hi, I'm new to this forum. My name is Beka, I'm 15 and I'm mostly a cake decorator but now I'm starting to bake bread too. I...

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Can I use too much sourdough starter (biga) ?

hi all, new user of this forum, but baking the same sourdough bread for years. i store a bit of the starter in the refrigerator...

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Will it survive 2 weeks in the fridge?

We are about to go on a two week holiday and I will put my starter in the fridge. Will it survive this long and do I have to do...

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Loss of flavour in the transition from stiff to liquid sourdough

Hi, I convinced a lot of my friends to convert their stiff sourdoughs from solid to semi-liquid form because of the ease of use,...

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