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Cooking & Baking

alfredo

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5. I have my scale. It came in handy when making mushroom soup.

Reply to Auggie (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 2, 2019, 08:45 PM

Mar 2019

In my reading they recommend using some whole wheat flour when starting a new starter.

I tried to make starter, but my SO hated the smell and had to dump it.

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I'm beginning to dip into the mad world of Sourdough. [View all] alfredo Mar 2019 OP

Been itching to get on the sourdough bandwagon MontanaMama Mar 2019 #1

I'm going to check around town to see if any bakeries carry a WW sourdough. alfredo Mar 2019 #10

I don't claim to be an expert dpibel Mar 2019 #2

I need to find a simple straightforward recipe. alfredo Mar 2019 #7

what's in the starter? dweller Mar 2019 #3

I love white artisan breads, but since my illness I can't handle white bread. alfredo Mar 2019 #6

thanks for the reply dweller Mar 2019 #8

Whn I was into Linux, I remember a saying, "there's more than one way to do it." alfredo Mar 2019 #9

My recipes call for a pre-ferment, or levain, which is made from a mother starter Auggie Mar 2019 #4

I have my scale. It came in handy when making mushroom soup. alfredo Mar 2019 #5

I give you Cowboy Kent Rollins' "Quick and Easy Sourdough Starter". trof Mar 2019 #11

Thanks alfredo Mar 2019 #12