"Crombie" > wrote in message
news:WlQ1c.7272$PY.5025@lakeread05...
> I activated my Carl's Starter on Monday. I followed the basic directions
> except I did not use any type of potato stuff - just water. I used it
last
> night and made my whole grain rolls - they rose nicely overnight (about
> eight hours). I left one cup of starter in my one quart ceramic crock and
> put it in the fridge. When I got home from work tonight I was greeted
with
> a big mess. That one cup of starter flowed over the one quart crock, out
> between the lid and crock and all over my refrigerator shelf. Anyway, I
> would say I have a very active starter
>
Thanks for writing this. I just received my Carl's starter this afternoon.
The volunteers must be busy.

I am going to have to really study the instructions and see where the
"potato stuff" is mentioned and discard that potato information and use just
KArthur white all-purpose unbleached flour; unless someone else has a better
suggestion. I only have on-hand KA white AP, KA bread flour, KA whole wheat
white, and Hodgson's stone ground rye.

Since you have this problem, do you have any suggestion to others about this
overflow, or are you completely baffled? I wonder what would have happened
if you would have done what I would have done -- put it in a Ball jar with a
lid -- would the jar have exploded?

Thanks,
Dee