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Check out Day 1, 2 and 3

Well, I haven’t posted for a few days as I have been hanging my head in shame after failing at my sourdough starter and bread. Not sure what went wrong, but if I set out what I did below then maybe one of my kind readers will be about to spot the problem.

I fed the starter just like normal on day 4 and on day 5 I woke up to a bubbly frothy starter. SUCCESS – or so I thought!

Check out Day 2

Just a quick post today to update you with the progress of my sourdough starter, which has started to get a bit of a nasty odour. If this is your first visit here you may find it helpful to read my post Sourdough Starter Day 1.

Here is what my sourdough starter looked like today before I fed it.

And again today I just fed it with:

• ½ Cup Water
• ½ Cup Flour

Then I gave it a good mix before placing it back in the cupboard until tomorrow.

Check out Day 1

Well, I couldn’t wait 24 hours as patience is not a virtue of mine. And plus my sourdough starter looks like it was ready for its first feed.

As you can see there has been a light brown liquid appear on top of the mixture. I did some research on this and it turns out that it is called ‘hooch’. Its basically alcohol, but I wouldn’t fancy drinking it. Apparently, the arrival of the hooch is an indicator that my sourdough starter needs feeding.

Preparing to feed my sourdough starter…

Nothing like a homemade loaf

I was reading the latest copy of The Green Parent this afternoon and was inspired by their article this month on making a sourdough starter to use instead of shop brought yeast for making bread.

I was determined that this was not to be one of those things that I would love to do, but never actually get around to doing. So I took action!

I decided that in order to keep me motivated I would issue myself with a challenge. I will make a blog post each day from the birth (today) of my sourdough starter to my first loaf of bread (hopefully in a week). This way hopefully my readers will be inspired by this approach too.