The Second Feeding

Not nearly as exciting as the first. Don't get me wrong, my starter still stunk like ripe cheese today, but it didn't really DO anything except develop a layer of stinky water (which is called "hooch" lol). No bubbles or anything.



So I did the same routine as yesterday: weighed out 35g water and 35g flour, mixed it with my fingers, then added it to 20% of the starter from yesterday in a clean container (this time a clear plastic one). I'm trying to be patient, because I'm supposed to be "training" the starter to go through a cycle of rising and falling over a 24 hour period. If my starter were a puppy, today it peed on the carpet and then chewed on the sofa.



Just to show you my method: the big container is the flour I use (it's a 50/50 blend of whole wheat and unbleached white flour, I use King Arthur flour in case you were wondering), the little custard dish on the scale is the food, and to the right of that is the remaining 20% of the starter in the plastic container. Oh, and the pumpkins in the background are going to be turned into pumpkin pie later this month :)

After I got it all mixed up, it didn't smell quite as strong, and in a few hours it should supposedly smell sweeter, start to rise, and then fall again. I have to work today, so I'm going to have my dad check on it to tell me if it's rising or not, because I won't be home until 9:30ish. Hopefully it starts to do SOMETHING, so I know my little friends aren't dead!



Eat, little ones, eat!