Given that Chef Reinhart's starter requires 5 days to build, rather than the 14 required for Chef Silverton's I have started his first. I will start her's tomorrow. A cup of organic whole wheat flour, a tablespoon of diastatic barley malt, teaspoon of honey, a cup of raisin water and poof! Primordial Ooze!
At the end of the first 24 hours there doesn't seem to have been a lot of activity, but he says that's normal. The aroma is certainly present, sour but not unpleasant.
There seem to be 2 distinct layers at the end of Day 1. The top layer is more "solid" and it covers a liquid layer. I have been assured that this is OK and thus...
1 Cup of flour, 1/2 tsp of malt, 1 tsp of honey 3/4 cups of cool water and I press onward!
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The Game's Afoot
Given that Chef Reinhart's starter requires 5 days to build, rather than the 14 required for Chef Silverton's I have started his first. I will start her's tomorrow. A cup of organic whole wheat flour, a tablespoon of diastatic barley malt, teaspoon of honey, a cup of raisin water and poof! Primordial Ooze!
At the end of the first 24 hours there doesn't seem to have been a lot of activity, but he says that's normal. The aroma is certainly present, sour but not unpleasant.
