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This starter was advertised as one of their most sour, and boy does it
behave differently than Carl's starter ... not as sour as expected ...

One good remedy for not-sour-enough is kimchee. I have mentioned this
at r.f.s. in earlier times, as could be determined by means of a Google archive
search. Kimchee is another lactobacillus thing. So you make a sourdough
sandwich and include kimchee. Fried baloney is the piece-d'resistance filling
I recommend most heartily. As pointed out by Billy Bob's Bad Santa character,
when you fry baloney, it tastes like a hot dog. But he is not the first person to
know that. I have known it since I was a mere youth.

If you make the kimchee the way I do, it really does not matter what bread
you use, actually, except for the texture. There is information on how to
make it in the r.f.s. (Google) archive, and at Wikipedia and lots of other places.
And you can use really cheap baloney.

For one thing, the starter odor is really different...almost foul smelling.

With kimchee, you would not notice if the bread smelled bad.

Keep up the good work!

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Dicky