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Jul. 28th, 2011 11:38 pmFinally. Not being able to post comments while I could see interesting posts on my friendspage was the most irritating thing ever. ;.;
For the past week, I've kind of been attempting a science experiment in my kitchen. Tonight I should have had some results, but alas, I've got nothing to show for it. I set out to make a sourdough starter, diligently followed all the directions in my bread-book, annnnnd... nothing. The dough hasn't risen one bit. It kind of smells like how sourdough should, but there's been no leavening at all - not even a hint of a rise - after three hours. If I baked it, I'd wind up with one hell of a brick, I think.
Heck, the starter itself never even doubled in size - as far as I saw - when it was in the plain ol' feeding stage. I got some bubbles in the first couple of days, but then it all kind of stopped.
Reading some other tales from sourdough-making-folk, I think I might not have been feeding it quite enough, in this warm weather we're having. Probably made for weak and starved yeasties.
Oh well. Just have to try again and dump more flour down the drain, sort-of-literally. Start it up again next Tuesday, I guess, after the long weekend. I'm glad I'm at least using the giant bag of flour from Costco. This'd be hella expensive otherwise.
For the past week, I've kind of been attempting a science experiment in my kitchen. Tonight I should have had some results, but alas, I've got nothing to show for it. I set out to make a sourdough starter, diligently followed all the directions in my bread-book, annnnnd... nothing. The dough hasn't risen one bit. It kind of smells like how sourdough should, but there's been no leavening at all - not even a hint of a rise - after three hours. If I baked it, I'd wind up with one hell of a brick, I think.
Heck, the starter itself never even doubled in size - as far as I saw - when it was in the plain ol' feeding stage. I got some bubbles in the first couple of days, but then it all kind of stopped.
Reading some other tales from sourdough-making-folk, I think I might not have been feeding it quite enough, in this warm weather we're having. Probably made for weak and starved yeasties.
Oh well. Just have to try again and dump more flour down the drain, sort-of-literally. Start it up again next Tuesday, I guess, after the long weekend. I'm glad I'm at least using the giant bag of flour from Costco. This'd be hella expensive otherwise.