SC - Sourdough starter
Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net
Fri Oct 20 23:53:22 PDT 2000
Marsaili asked:
> I am coming out of lurkdom once again for some assistance. Sunday night I
> whipped up some sourdough starter. The directions said to let it sit for
> 10-12 days. Two days later, it was frothy and bubbly and smelled a little
> sour, but since the recipe said to wait 10-12 days, I didn't do anything
> with it. Now it is 4 days later and it is flat and no longer bubbly. Is
> it ruined? Should I feed it or is it supposed to be like this? It
> definitely smells sour, it just looks dead.
>From earlier comments here, I suspect your yeast has either died of
starvation or gone to "sleep". I'm not sure if it can be roused or
not. You might try feeding it and see.
For a bunch more info on sourdough and sourdough starters, take a look
at this file in the BOOD-BREADS section of my Florilegium:
brd-mk-sour-msg (36K) 1/14/00 Breadmaking -Period sourdough bread recipes.
And maybe:
yeasts-msg (72K) 7/ 6/00 Medieval use of yeast. Using it in
the CMA.
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Lord Stefan li Rous Barony of Bryn Gwlad Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mark S. Harris Austin, Texas stefan at texas.net
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