Yes, they did send some instructions on "washing" cultures.


"TG" > wrote in message
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> Ray, what is important is concentration of bacteria and yeast to new
> food. Just as with pH which is about Hydrogen ion concentration rather
> than actual number of ions. Of course it will work if you scale the
> other ingredients accordingly. I have activated all but a couple of
> SDI's cultures. I quickly learned to only use a teaspoon of bought
> starter culture and the appropriate proportion of flour. I also
> quickly learned to throw some of the culture away before feeding with
> another scaled amount of flour and water. Otherwise you end up with
> gallons of starter if you follow the instructions that they used to
> send out with starter. If it didn't work and you told sdi that you
> didn't follow the instructions to the letter of course they'd not
> offer you a replacement. But their instructions are crazy.
>
>
> I hear that they now recommend to follow the 'wash' instructions from
> day one which involves throwing some away. Is that true?
>
> Jim
>
>
> On 14 Sep, 15:07, "Ray" > wrote:
>> Occasionally I order a new culture from SDI, and I always get a packet of
>> dried culture measuring around a third of a cup. The instructions tell me
>> to
>> mix all of this with flour and water, in a quart jar.
>>
>> Wouldn't I get the same result if I just used a teaspoon of dry culture?
>>
>> Then I could save the rest for future use. Mainly I just don't want quart
>> jars clutteirng my refrigerator.
>