On Sat, 22 May 2004 20:48:05 -0500, "Mike Pearce"
> wrote:

>"Ripmarge" wrote in message
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>
>> Sounds like starter #1needs to be washed to revitalize it.
>
>I'm curious. How does one "wash" a starter. It is a concept with which I'm
>unfamiliar.
>
>Also, it is a bit difficult to determine what you are referring to without a
>bit of a quote from the original message.
>
>Take care,
>-Mike
>
>

Howdy,

"Washing" a starter means feeding it a higher proportion than usual.

For example, instead of taking a weight of starter and adding equal
weights of flour and water. To "wash" it, one might take a weight of
starter and add ten times that weight of flour and water.

HTH,

--
Kenneth

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