On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:38:25 -0800, "dan w"
> wrote:

>howdy all,
>
>in reading about sf starter he
>http://www.sourdo.com/original_san_fran.htm, the question came to me- in
>maintaining a starter, is it possible to change the characteristics of that
>starter by the amount of flour used each time to feed that starter?
>
>i ask because, if i were to purchase a sf starter, would the process of
>feeding, thus introducing new organisms (from the flour feeding itself)
>change the starter to something else over time?
>
>if so, is there a way to feed a starter smaller amounts of flour to prevent
>new yeasts or other "beasties" from taking over the original starter?
>
>dan w
>

Hi Dan,

When you add flour you are introducing a vanishingly small
number of critters as compared with the population in the
starter itself.

If the starter is healthy, there is no concern...

All the best,
--
Kenneth

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