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When to fridge the starter?
I have gotten the starter pretty thick. Not pancake batter...but
thicker. Cannot be poured and the jar needs sharply tapped to get the starter to settle semi flat. After mixing (after a feed/rise cycle) it comes off the wooden spoon in stretchy threads. It rises at least double now (only takes about 4-5 hours to double) and I would like to get it to a stage where I don't feed it so often. When would be a good time to put it in the fridge? I am somewhat worried about putting it in there and killing it. :-( How long should it rest after I feed it before putting it into the fridge for the first time? I've put some discarded starter into the fridge ..but it is a batter thickness. I used the discard as an experiment (If I lose it it doesn't matter.). BUT I don't want to put my main starter in without having it tip top first. The amount of starter I keep in the jars (I have two) is quite small. Once fed I end up keeping about 1/3 cup in one and 1/4 in the other for the rise. What do you do with yours? Thanks Cheers Julie |
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When to fridge the starter?
Best to store is at phase 2 or 3:
http://samartha.net/SD/SourdoughDefinition.html#GC I refresh every 2 month (unless I use before), keep in fridge at hydration 100 % (1/2 water & flour by weight) and amount is typically 40 - 60 g. No resting time requires, just put it in when it starts to get active. Not much to worry, it would probably survive freezing, but it may change if it's not used to it, so don't freeze it. Samartha Julie wrote: > > I have gotten the starter pretty thick. Not pancake batter...but > thicker. Cannot be poured and the jar needs sharply tapped to get the > starter to settle semi flat. After mixing (after a feed/rise cycle) it > comes off the wooden spoon in stretchy threads. It rises at least > double now (only takes about 4-5 hours to double) and I would like to > get it to a stage where I don't feed it so often. > > When would be a good time to put it in the fridge? I am somewhat > worried about putting it in there and killing it. :-( > > How long should it rest after I feed it before putting it into the > fridge for the first time? > > I've put some discarded starter into the fridge ..but it is a batter > thickness. I used the discard as an experiment (If I lose it it > doesn't matter.). BUT I don't want to put my main starter in without > having it tip top first. > > The amount of starter I keep in the jars (I have two) is quite small. > Once fed I end up keeping about 1/3 cup in one and 1/4 in the other > for the rise. > > What do you do with yours? > > Thanks > > Cheers > Julie -- remove -nospam from my email address, if there is one SD page is the http://samartha.net/SD/ |
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When to fridge the starter?
"Ignoramus23502" > wrote: > Also it is easier to keep more starter in a big jar without the need > to double it several times prior to each baking -- a very time > consuming task. > Yeah, it's a little bit easier. I used to do it this way and have had far more consistent results since I've switched to growing a small bit of starter so that it's very active before I go into the next stage of my baking. It's time consuming from the time I start growing it until the time it's ready for use, but it takes, at most, five or ten minutes of my time. -Mike |
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"Mike Pearce" > wrote in message news:<Dh%ib.75506$sp2.16297@lakeread04>...
> "Ignoramus23502" > wrote: > > > > Also it is easier to keep more starter in a big jar without the need > > to double it several times prior to each baking -- a very time > > consuming task. Why can't I see any of Ignoramus's original posts...I can only see the snips from others responding to his/her posts. Cheers Julie |
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When to fridge the starter?
you are using google, that's why
In article >, Julie wrote: > "Mike Pearce" > wrote in message news:<Dh%ib.75506$sp2.16297@lakeread04>... >> "Ignoramus23502" > wrote: >> >> >> > Also it is easier to keep more starter in a big jar without the need >> > to double it several times prior to each baking -- a very time >> > consuming task. > > > > Why can't I see any of Ignoramus's original posts...I can only see the > snips from others responding to his/her posts. > > Cheers > Julie |
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On 15 Oct 2003 18:36:14 GMT, Ignoramus4027
> wrote: >> Why can't I see any of Ignoramus's original posts...I can only see the >> snips from others responding to his/her posts. >you are using google, that's why Google doesn't like you? |
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When to fridge the starter?
"Julie" > wrote in message = om... > Why can't I see any of Ignoramus's original posts. Possibly a providential phenomenon. Most of those posts did not reach the Google archive for some reason unknown to me. However, "Bob's" vacuous ramblings all seem to get=20 through. Otherwise one might suspect that Google had learned how to screen totally phony identities and email addresses. > I can only see the snips from others responding to his/her=20 > posts. Most posters do no respond to posters for whom no email address is available. So there won't be too many of those. Until the present avalanche of aggressive ignorance at r.f.s. subsides, you might consider reviewing the archived information http://www.nyx.net/~dgreenw/sourdoughfaqs.html http://www.google.com/advanced_group_search?hl=3Den --=20 Dick Adams <firstname> dot <lastname>at bigfoot dot com |
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