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Smokin Soon · January 16, 2011, 01:07:11 PM

"Spanky" decided he was being left behind in the conquest of Sonny's starter, so he came out to play! I'll get some finished pics up later.

Smokin Soon · January 16, 2011, 03:38:41 PM

All done! The wife devoured about a half loaf before it cooled. Very good indeed!

Thanks again Sonny!

classicrockgriller · January 16, 2011, 04:53:36 PM

Those cinnamon rolls look great!

You Guys are more than Welcome.

I'm Glad everyone is enjoying the Starter.

Smokin Soon · January 19, 2011, 10:58:24 AM

I know I'm supposed to feed the starter after 10 days, but do you have to wait 10 days to bake more using the 1 cup that was retained? [Impatient wife!]

Sailor · January 19, 2011, 01:11:34 PM

I am by no means a pro at this as I have only done 1 batch. It is my understanding that you need to let it go in the fridge for at least 3 days. I may be totally mistaken on this. The stuff I put back in the fridge on Saturday morning was very lively and went to the top of the rim and is now coming back down. I plan on taking it out tonight and to feed it so I can bake tomorrow.

Good question to ask and maybe Sonny can chime in before I screw up and kill my starter for not letting it go enough. Mine has only been in the fridge for 4 days.

My wife ate all the bread and is screaming for me to make more ;D

FLBentRider · January 19, 2011, 02:24:16 PM

You can feed, then divide the starter and then stagger your batches, if you make three you can make bread every day.

Smokin Soon · January 19, 2011, 05:03:25 PM

Sailor, did you just retain 1 cup of starter and it grew that much? Mine is only a couple of inches over the line since Sunday, but still looks active. I saw in Sonny's post his retained starter grew in 15 minutes. Mine did not. After a couple of days it started growing and developed some gas, so I will assume it is still active.

Sailor · January 19, 2011, 07:03:52 PM

Mine grew past the line in about an hour after I put it back. In 3 days it got almost to the lid and it is on its way back down. I was going to feed it tonight but I have a big day tomorrow so I will feed it tomorrow evening and make bread Friday.

I would say that your starter is still fine. Feed it and see what happens.