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Assimilation process
I attended Sandra’s terrific class on Sat and came home with my starter. I thought I’d go through the assimilation process for three days. After day one, the starter doubled as I expected. Because I want to make bread and make pancakes later this week, I didn’t discarded any starter before feeding it on day two. It didn’t double but stayed basically at the rubber band level. It was plenty bubbly so this morning I just added flour (no water) as it seemed a bit soupy. But 12 hrs later, it still hasn’t doubled which puzzles me. Again, plenty of bubbles. What do you recommend I do tomorrow am? Just add more flour or …?
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@Sandra Brenes thanks for the advice! Early this am, before I saw your post, I fed it again leaning more into flour with much less water and it doubled and was glossy by the time I got home early this afternoon. As I wanted a cup of discard for pancakes I’m making (and freezing), I didn’t mind at all having so much starter. I think I’m back on track!
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Becky Benson
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