Comments on: How to Make Sourdough Starter, and Making Sourdough Grandmother Bread http://chickensintheroad.com/cooking/how-to-make-sourdough-starter-and-making-sourdough-grandmother-bread/ Life in Ordinary Splendor Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:00:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Suzanne McMinn http://chickensintheroad.com/cooking/how-to-make-sourdough-starter-and-making-sourdough-grandmother-bread/#comment-125965 Suzanne McMinn Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:05:29 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=5475#comment-125965 Amanda, no, don't use instant yeast, only regular yeast. If you didn't add any yeast, you're trying to catch wild yeast and that may take a while. Amanda, no, don’t use instant yeast, only regular yeast. If you didn’t add any yeast, you’re trying to catch wild yeast and that may take a while.

]]> By: Amanda http://chickensintheroad.com/cooking/how-to-make-sourdough-starter-and-making-sourdough-grandmother-bread/#comment-125964 Amanda Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:59:51 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=5475#comment-125964 Oh actually, I didn't follow your instructions. I followed those of a different website. I just mixed up a cup of water and a cup of flour and put them in a jar covered with cheese cloth. Would that work, or do I need to follow your instructions? I don't have regular yeast....just instant yeast. Would that work? Oh actually, I didn’t follow your instructions. I followed those of a different website. I just mixed up a cup of water and a cup of flour and put them in a jar covered with cheese cloth. Would that work, or do I need to follow your instructions?

I don’t have regular yeast….just instant yeast. Would that work?

]]> By: Amanda http://chickensintheroad.com/cooking/how-to-make-sourdough-starter-and-making-sourdough-grandmother-bread/#comment-125962 Amanda Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:48:15 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=5475#comment-125962 Hello. I started my sourdough starter yesterday, following your instructions. This morning, I stirred and fed the starter. It smells very strange and kind of nasty. Did I mess it up, or is it supposed to smell that way after the first day? Hello.
I started my sourdough starter yesterday, following your instructions. This morning, I stirred and fed the starter. It smells very strange and kind of nasty. Did I mess it up, or is it supposed to smell that way after the first day?

]]> By: Suzanne McMinn http://chickensintheroad.com/cooking/how-to-make-sourdough-starter-and-making-sourdough-grandmother-bread/#comment-105049 Suzanne McMinn Mon, 13 Dec 2010 02:12:11 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=5475#comment-105049 Mandy, if it's doing fine, then you might not want to worry about it. It's just generally recommended to NOT put sourdough starters in a metal container as it can inhibit growth of the starter. Mandy, if it’s doing fine, then you might not want to worry about it. It’s just generally recommended to NOT put sourdough starters in a metal container as it can inhibit growth of the starter.

]]> By: Mandy http://chickensintheroad.com/cooking/how-to-make-sourdough-starter-and-making-sourdough-grandmother-bread/#comment-105047 Mandy Mon, 13 Dec 2010 02:08:14 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=5475#comment-105047 I just found your blog. I have my own starter going and I'm on day 4 here (4 pots going--hoping to make 8 loaves with starter left over). Thanks for the storage instructions/re-feeding instructions. I do have a question: you said not to use metal. 3 of my starters are in glass and one is in metal...seems just fine, bubbling away. Why do you say not to use metal? Thanks. I just found your blog. I have my own starter going and I’m on day 4 here (4 pots going–hoping to make 8 loaves with starter left over). Thanks for the storage instructions/re-feeding instructions. I do have a question: you said not to use metal. 3 of my starters are in glass and one is in metal…seems just fine, bubbling away. Why do you say not to use metal? Thanks.

]]> By: Belle http://chickensintheroad.com/cooking/how-to-make-sourdough-starter-and-making-sourdough-grandmother-bread/#comment-94482 Belle Sat, 16 Oct 2010 03:48:38 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=5475#comment-94482 Thank you for this simple starter recipe! I have been looking everywhere and all I could find were strange complicated recipes, which often times involved grapes. Thank you for this simple starter recipe! I have been looking everywhere and all I could find were strange complicated recipes, which often times involved grapes.

]]> By: Suzanne McMinn http://chickensintheroad.com/cooking/how-to-make-sourdough-starter-and-making-sourdough-grandmother-bread/#comment-89938 Suzanne McMinn Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:28:47 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=5475#comment-89938 Yes, that sounds like starting over is in order! Yes, that sounds like starting over is in order!

]]> By: happyinorbit http://chickensintheroad.com/cooking/how-to-make-sourdough-starter-and-making-sourdough-grandmother-bread/#comment-89926 happyinorbit Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:30:03 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=5475#comment-89926 i have the same problem as one of the other posters. mystarter bubbled nicely the first day, but after i stirred it it remained flat and pancake batter like..maybe thinner. this is day 8 and its phoenix during the summer. no bubbles....do i need to start over? i have the same problem as one of the other posters. mystarter bubbled nicely the first day, but after i stirred it it remained flat and pancake batter like..maybe thinner. this is day 8 and its phoenix during the summer. no bubbles….do i need to start over?

]]> By: Suzanne McMinn http://chickensintheroad.com/cooking/how-to-make-sourdough-starter-and-making-sourdough-grandmother-bread/#comment-81200 Suzanne McMinn Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:54:47 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=5475#comment-81200 Wild yeast is what is in the air! You capture it by sitting your bowl outside and waiting! Wild yeast is what is in the air! You capture it by sitting your bowl outside and waiting!

]]> By: Dolores Wood http://chickensintheroad.com/cooking/how-to-make-sourdough-starter-and-making-sourdough-grandmother-bread/#comment-81198 Dolores Wood Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:44:51 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=5475#comment-81198 May I ask what is wild yeast? And how is it captured? May I ask what is wild yeast? And how is it captured?

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