The two containers that were begun with the 35 year old packet of
dried starter from the Sourdough Jack cookbook are way ahead of the
control (flour and water).

The control, though showing some definite activity, is way, way behind
the SJ starter containers. Today the control should have been as foamy
as the SJ containers were yesterday morning. It isn't. The SJs have a
very good odor with each container smelling the same, the Control
still smells pasty.

Same type of containers. Same water. Same Hecker's Unbleached flour.
Stirring implements kept separate, refreshments done one by one with
tidy up in between to keep cross contamination to a minimum.

Grated, the SJ has not proved itself in use, yet, and I like my
starters to mature before I use them. That is for a later report.

I am jazzed, but still a tad skeptical.

Boron