"Kenneth" wrote in message
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>"Mike Pearce" wrote:
>
> >
> >I'm curious. How does one "wash" a starter. It is a concept with which
I'm
> >unfamiliar.
> >
>
> "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.
>

Ahh, now what's a concept with which I'm familiar. Just didn't know the term
"wash" was used to describe it.

Thanks,
-Mike