At 07:08 AM 8/28/2004, Dee Randall wrote:
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>is only approx 18
>hours,

.....

with 18 hours and a generation (doubling) time of 1 1/2 hours, you get 12
generations and this multiplies it:

2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 2048 4096 times.

That should do for a decent sourdough started with a teaspoon of starter.

If the baker's yeast critters can do same - probably so, I would think they
are less stable, though and who wants to do that anyway?

Samartha




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