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Three jars this morning, before breakfast.

DAY 6 - BREAKFAST FOR THE ROOMATES

Our newborn started on the 30th, and look at the top of it. That foam is before I fed it, which is the moment to look, because an hour after a feed every starter looks like pancake batter.

Five days and already this lively. If you started yours with me last week, what does the top of your jar look like this morning?


Give your starter a sniff, as your starter gets stronger you'll be able to smell a change. Become familiar with how it smells so you can tell when it changes to a yeasty pleasant smell.

Have the best day!

Hugs, Tamatha

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Day 5 starter update, and a heads up about what's coming.

My new starter is in the proofer at 75 F and today it rose like it has been doing this for years, nearly keeping pace with Margaux and Jacques. If yours did something similar this week, I know how exciting that is. Here is the honest part: that big early rise is probably not yeast yet. In the first week a bacteria called Leuconostoc moves in first, makes a lot of gas, and then dies back as the jar gets more sour. When that happens, usually somewhere between day 6 and day 10, your starter will go quiet. Less rise, maybe none, and the smell can turn sharp or a little strange. That is not a dead starter. That is the handoff to the real yeast, and the only thing to do is keep feeding on schedule and wait it out. Do not start over.

Two things to check at this stage. Smell: sweet, fruity, almost like nail polish means the early crowd is still in charge. Bready and yogurty means the yeast have arrived. Temperature: mine is warm, so it is running ahead of a jar on a cool counter. If yours is slower, you are not behind. You are on the counter timeline, and it gets to the same place.

Tell me what day you are on and what yours is doing today.

Hugs,
Tamatha ♥️

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HELLO EVERYONE! SOURDOUGH FEEDING DAY 3

Please don't forget to feed your newborn starters.

Discard 60 grams of the starter mixture from the jar. Then add 60 Grams of flour and 60 grams of water. Mix well, scrape down that jar the best you can. Cover and repeat tomorrow.

Day 3. Look at her go.

Past the rubber band, bubbles all the way through, foam on top. She looks ready to bake.

She is not. This is the day three lie. Those bubbles are mostly bacteria, not yeast. Smell her. If it is sharp, a little like nail polish or sour milk, that is the tell.

Tomorrow or the next day she will go flat and quiet. That is not death. That is the handoff. The yeast are moving in.

Do not skip the feed because she looks busy.

How does yours look today?

Hugs, Tamatha ❤️

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Day 2 of the newborn starter, plus the morning feeding for Margaux and Jacques. This is the between lessons check in for everyone who started a starter with me this week. If yours looks quiet today, that is normal. Feed it anyway.

TODAY'S FEEDING (Day 2)

Stir the starter down and discard all but about 60 g (a scant 1/4 cup). The discard can go in the compost or a discard jar in the fridge.
Add 60 g unbleached all purpose flour (about 1/2 cup) and 60 g room temperature water (about 1/4 cup). Use filtered or spring water if your tap water is chlorinated.
Stir very well, scraping the sides and bottom, until no dry flour is left. You want it thick but still able to drop from the spatula. If it is runny, add a spoonful of flour.
Scrape down the sides of the jar, put the rubber band at the level of the starter, lid on loosely.
Leave it on the counter at room temperature. Feed again tomorrow at about the same time.

What you should see today: not much. Maybe a few bubbles, maybe none. Day 3 is the day it looks dead. It is not. Keep feeding.

The baby still needs a name. Francois, Doughmonique, Amy, Alice and Little Dough Peep are in so far. Add yours below and we will vote on the finalists this weekend.

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FOR THE LOVE OF SOURDOUGH | SERIES BOARD

I’ll be posting photos and starter updates here between our Bread Baking 300 sourdough lessons so you can follow along with what is happening in my jars between videos.

Have a question about your starter? Leave it in the comments under the lesson it relates to, or under one of these Series Board updates. Your question may be exactly what someone else in our group needs to know too.

I’ll use these posts to share what I’m seeing, answer common questions, and let you know what to watch for before our next lesson.

My hope is that this becomes our little sourdough classroom between lessons.
Lesson 1 begins with a brand-new starter today. Who is starting one with me?

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Question: I go all in on handmade decor projects for the holidays every year. Should I turn the camera on and share a few?
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A small change to this week's schedule. The Wednesday video will go live tomorrow Thursday 8/6 at 5pm instead of this evening.

My youngest "baby" just turned 17!!

Family comes first around here. I'm in the kitchen making her all her favorites and focusing making her birthday special.

We make a big fuss over birthdays here. Whoever is having a birthday gets to be king or Queen for the day!!!

I'll show you some of what I made for her tomorrow ♥️

Thank you all so much for your understanding. I truly am grateful.

Have the best day ever!!!!!

Hugs,
Tamatha

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Quick note about the early upload this week. I moved the new video up to Tuesday on purpose.

It's the strawberry ginger mint switchel, and a couple of the things I used in the video are on sale right now. I wanted you to have the recipe in hand while that timing was actually useful to you instead of a day late.

We'll be back to our regular posting schedule on Sunday.

For those who may not realize, it's AMAZON PRIME WEEK. If you've been needing something that Amazon sells, you may be able to find it at a better price for the next couple of days and save some money.

Paying full price gives me a rash 🫣 LOL! See you Sunday at 9:15am as usual.

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