Ferment Yourself Some Food!: Making Sourgough Starter

Step 7 Day 5: Feeding the ferment...

As the bubbles continue to increase and your mix becomes more pungent the yeast will need to snack every so often.

Add 1/4 cup of flour (I've heard oats or millet work as well, but I didn't want to risk ruining my 5 days work) to your starving yeast prison once a day for 3-4 days.

After adding the flour be sure to mix. In case you haven't noticed by now mixing is vital to this whole process.

If your concoction begins to drift to the DARK SIDE (solidity) you need to add more water. Because of the flour your starter will get thicker and start to rise to the top of the jar because it will hold some of the gas that the yeast releases. Try to pursue integration by rapidly stirring away any signs of solidity via your LIGHT SABER (spoon).

Remember: stir often and try to keep your jar in a warm place.

Comments

[tabbique]

not to be dense here, but what happens now?  How do I use this to make bread?

[ppol]

http://www.instructables.com/id/Sourdough-Bread/

[kalunodragon]

 You can actually feed the yeast both some sugar and some flour. For sour dough you don't want the sugar because it wont be a great sour dough then. I am attending a school to become a Baking and Pastry chef. This was actually a question that I had. Since I see that you are asking the same question I feel that I had to answer. There are actually a few other things you can use to start this starter one that is a lot harder to make but give the bread a really unique taste would be apple cider instead of honey. The only difference is you have to use about a 1/4th of the amount of yeast they used in this instruct-able at the start. The reason for this is because of the fact that your using an ingredient that has the ability to spoil so you just want to watch it. If you choose not to use the yeast you might want to put you starter in a cooler place like a fridge for the night then take it out in the morning and stir it. Leave it out for about 6 hours then you place it back in the fridge for about 3. Then do it again. Thats at least what we have been doing in school or learning in school. I hope this helps. And the apple cider sour dough bread tastes great it is a very good bread to complement a thanksgiving day feast or any other feast that you might have with bird. I haven't tried it with other meat but if someone does please let me know.

[Tararp]

humm... i thought yeast only feeds on sugars..

[squirrelist]

Carbohydrates, I think. Sugars are more quickly digested, but once you have a healthy culture going flour will be enough.