sourness, or lack thereof
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:22:27 -0500, eclipsme >
wrote:
>On 12/23/2009 7:56 AM, Kenneth wrote:
>> On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:21:47 -0800 (PST), padriac
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> My only issue is I keep a couple
>>> of cultures and use a cup of flour (metric 250 ml) everytime I feed at
>>> least once a day sometimes twice, so consumes a lot of flour.
>>
>> Hi again,
>>
>> Instead of using a cup of flour, use a teaspoon of flour (or
>> less). There are billions of critters in every gram of
>> starter, so it is only necessary to keep tiny amounts
>> active.
>>
>> All the best,
>
>So are you saying only keep a teaspoon of starter and feed it a teaspoon
>flour and a teaspoon water per day?
>
>Harvey
I do that with several of my starters, tossing most of the goop when
refreshing and keeping the total volumn small until I am doing a build
for baking.
Boron
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