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RE: Sourdough starter help - 9/1/2008 4:02:59 PM
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Miss Giggles
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Use a glass bowl with plastic wrap on top. It will blow up if you have a tight fitting lid.
I ordered a special crock (well it came with the starter) that has a loose cover from kingarthurflour.com. Don't know if you have a similar baking site in England.
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RE: Sourdough starter help - 9/1/2008 4:29:08 PM
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Use a glass bowl with plastic wrap on top. It will blow up if you have a tight fitting lid. This is what I was thinking, but I followed the recipe. Do you think it's ok to keep the starter that I have (not much escaped and I kept it covered) or should I start over again.
Thanks for the site. I'll check it out.
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RE: Sourdough starter help - 9/1/2008 8:54:32 PM
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agapetos
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The container was small! I didn't think of that. The book said to put it in a warm place. I put it in my airing cupboard, perhaps it would have been better at room temperature.
I ditched the starter in the end, after making my post. I'll get a larger container in the next day or so and try again.
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RE: Sourdough starter help - 9/1/2008 11:38:26 PM
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MrsTracy72
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LOL, if that happens again, it is ok to use because usually you make more starter than you need for just one recipe. I have blown the lid off many different containers. The size doesn't matter. You are better off using the plastic wrap because no matter what size container you use, the lid might blow. I used a huge container and the gases built up so much that eventhough there wasn't alot of starter in there, the lid did blow.
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RE: Sourdough starter help - 9/2/2008 5:25:14 PM
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agapetos
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The recipe itself isn't complicated. You make the starter and leave it for 4 days, then mix it with the flour and other ingredients and leave it to prove overnight. Only complicated thing is using a rye flour over a 'normal' flour.
I will post if you want, or if you'd prefer for me to see how mine turns out!
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RE: Sourdough starter help - 9/2/2008 5:36:47 PM
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agapetos
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LOL! I am too! I just wish that I had a a scanner so that I could copy some over onto the computer easier than entering it all via the keyboard.
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Sourdough starter help - 
I was reading Amy's Breads last year and she describes something similar. The shop was a few degrees warmer then normal and she was still playing around with containers and she ended up with yeast everywhere! 
Eventually she learned to use larger containers and keep them by the basement door where the cool air from the cellar counteracted the warmth from the ovens.
