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curious2garden

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xtsho

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Thanks. Yeah, that was the starter I posted yesterday. I have 4 starters going so I do have dough rising again. Just can't fall asleep early today lol
Cold proof the dough in the refrigerator and then you won't have to worry about overproofing. You can leave it for a couple days and bake it when it's most convinient for you. The slower rise creates a better flavor. It's also easier to deal with the dough when it's cold if you're trying to do some fancy scoring. You can go straight from the refrigerator to a preheated dutch oven.

I need to get another sourdough starter going myself. I tossed mine that I had in the refrigerator that I neglected and had turned gray. I've been making lots of yeast bread though.
 

DarkWeb

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What's your recipe?
I just go by this.

Cold proof the dough in the refrigerator and then you won't have to worry about overproofing. You can leave it for a couple days and bake it when it's most convinient for you. The slower rise creates a better flavor. It's also easier to deal with the dough when it's cold if you're trying to do some fancy scoring. You can go straight from the refrigerator to a preheated dutch oven.

I need to get another sourdough starter going myself. I tossed mine that I had in the refrigerator that I neglected and had turned gray. I've been making lots of yeast bread though.
That's a good idea. I'm still new to sourdough.
 

Zero_OS

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...I need to get another sourdough starter going myself. I tossed mine that I had in the refrigerator that I neglected and had turned gray. I've been making lots of yeast bread though.
I just let my normal starter sit for 2 days on the counter without feeding it...it goes dormant after a while, and gets quite sour without refrigeration. Just feed again to activate it or use it as is. From that point on, the starter is sour.
 

xtsho

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I just let my normal starter sit for 2 days on the counter without feeding it...it goes dormant after a while, and gets quite sour without refrigeration. Just feed again to activate it or use it as is. From that point on, the starter is sour.
That's what I normally do but slowed down on the bread baking for awhile so I stuck the starter in the refrigerator and then was just making yeast bread. Then I just continued on that path as it was easier to make a loaf in a few hours rahter than waiting for the starter to come back to life.

I'm getting another starter going so I'll be going the sourdough route in a week or so as soon as the starter gets going. Time to go get another 25lb bag of Morbread flour.
 

curious2garden

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That's what I normally do but slowed down on the bread baking for awhile so I stuck the starter in the refrigerator and then was just making yeast bread. Then I just continued on that path as it was easier to make a loaf in a few hours rahter than waiting for the starter to come back to life.

I'm getting another starter going so I'll be going the sourdough route in a week or so as soon as the starter gets going. Time to go get another 25lb bag of Morbread flour.
If you get some time check out this article by Debra Wink a microbiologist. I lost my starter awhile back and just didn't bake bread for a decade, or so. Anyway the starter I just made used unsweetened pineapple juice that got me past the leuconostoc bacterial phase quickly and painlessly

 

xtsho

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If you get some time check out this article by Debra Wink a microbiologist. I lost my starter awhile back and just didn't bake bread for a decade, or so. Anyway the starter I just made used unsweetened pineapple juice that got me past the leuconostoc bacterial phase quickly and painlessly

That's an interesting article. I've haven't had a problem when making a starter. Probably because I use rye flour for the initial starter which has a ph around 5 and is already acidic vs Bread flour which has a pH of between 6-7. Although years ago I remember having some take their sweet time getting going and after some research I came across something that got me started using rye flour when starting a new starter. I don't remember what I read and it didn't mention pH but referenced higher levels of microbes and nutrients. After reading the article you linked the pH makes sense.
 

DarkWeb

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That's an interesting article. I've haven't had a problem when making a starter. Probably because I use rye flour for the initial starter which has a ph around 5 and is already acidic vs Bread flour which has a pH of between 6-7. Although years ago I remember having some take their sweet time getting going and after some research I came across something that got me started using rye flour when starting a new starter. I don't remember what I read and it didn't mention pH but referenced higher levels of microbes and nutrients. After reading the article you linked the pH makes sense.
My great aunt who just passed told me to start with rye because it was stronger. 98 yo Latvian......she was a really good cook, just like my grandmother, her sister. I miss them both.
 
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xtsho

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All this talk about bread. I had to do something.

Just a no knead yeast bread. Just a few stretch and folds over the course of a couple hours and then shaped and baked in a dutch oven. It's not sourdough but it's still fresh baked bread that only took a few hours to make.

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Also made some pepperoni. My plan was to make small snack sticks but the small diameter collagen casings I had were old and didn't smell right so I tossed them in the trash and pulled out some hog casings that are packed in salt from the refrigerator and went with that. It still tastes the same and actually the larger size will work great for pizza. What bothered me more was finding out that I was out of mustard seed when I mixed everything up.

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buckaclark

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All this talk about bread. I had to do something.

Just a no knead yeast bread. Just a few stretch and folds over the course of a couple hours and then shaped and baked in a dutch oven. It's not sourdough but it's still fresh baked bread that only took a few hours to make.

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Also made some pepperoni. My plan was to make small snack sticks but the small diameter collagen casings I had were old and didn't smell right so I tossed them in the trash and pulled out some hog casings that are packed in salt from the refrigerator and went with that. It still tastes the same and actually the larger size will work great for pizza. What bothered me more was finding out that I was out of mustard seed when I mixed everything up.

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IMG_20221217_172857593_3 (1).jpgMy friends venison summer sausage
 
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