That may have happened in the night but as you can probably imagine, with
the excitement of doing this I pretty much kept an eagle eye on it. It just
seems to have never taken of after replenishing.

Richard


"Kenneth" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 20:23:23 GMT, "Richard"
> > wrote:
>
> >Howdy. First time poster here. I watched Alone in the Wilderness on PBS a
> >few too many times and decided to try some sourdough. I got some of
Carl's
> >awhile back and followed the directions very well. (I think) I got it
going
> >good and thought it time to discard half due to the quantity. I dried
some
> >for future use hoping to keep the original from straying into some
Seattle
> >variety.
> >
> >I added more flour and water to the starter that I had going. Nothing
> >happened after that. It's been 3 days of stiring on occassion. Temps in
the
> >mid 70's. Smells sour and tastes really, really sour. No rise or any
bubbles
> >at all.
> >
> >I then started some of the dried that I had saved and it has done nothing
at
> >all either.
> >
> >Is it dead? Can it be saved? I would have tried from scratch but the
point
> >of trying Carl's was the historical factor.
> >
> >Thanks for any help
> >Richard
> >
> >P.S. I crash computers and kill house plants too if that helps with the
> >diagnosis.
> >
>
> Hi Richard,
>
> The fact that it smells and tastes sour causes this
> question:
>
> Had you been watching it over parts of those three days?
> That is, might it have risen up, then fallen back without
> your having noticed?
>
> That might explain your situation...
>
> All the best,
>
> --
> Kenneth
>
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