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@pms This is fascinating.
You got the idea intuitively?
I feel like people who ferment/pickle, develop some kind of playful discovery instinct and it pays off more often than not.
Thanks so much for sharing this.
@EvilCartyen

@EvilCartyen @pms I see! So you recover all that, add flour and some water, and let things happen?
Life circumstances are not in my favour at the moment to start making apple cider vinegar
It was however quite cool to use the kombucha kindly made by Roach, my SCOBY, to jumpstart Petra, my current sourdough starter. Team work!

@pms
Very well thought answer, I know.
What funkiness do you use to make the starter?

@EvilCartyen

@EvilCartyen Huh. I guess the grapes helped kickstarting the whole thing due to the added sugar???
Considering the questions I just asked and my current headache, I am not sure I am ready to research this at the moment

Also, you are such a nerd, Carsten

@EvilCartyen I was fully following until you mentioned the grape skins and sorry but
Howw. Explainnn.

I am having a brain malfunction and I need you.

When you are going to bake with your #sourdough starter, you need to keep some for the future – so you just take a few grams, add water and flour, and let it do its thing.

… But then you have less of your starter for the recipe. Do you feed your starter before #baking until you reach the necessary grams?

And most recipes ask for “active starter”, which I assume is bubbly and happy, aka fed and let sit for a couple of hours?

#hmmm