🧪 Day 4 of the 1:1:1 No-Discard Starter Experiment (aka Dough-nald Trump’s Symbiote Era) Today’s update is actually kinda exciting 👀 When I opened the jar this morning, it smelled sweet / slightly fruity, not sour, not gross — which is a GREAT sign. I also saw lots of tiny bubbles all throughout, even though last night was the coldest night ever in my house, so everything definitely slowed down a bit. Before feeding, the texture was: Stretchy, slimey, very Venom-coded 😅 If I flipped the jar over it would run out — but that is NORMAL at this stage, especially doing no-discard and small daily feeds. For Day 4 feeding, we stayed consistent with the method: 🥄 Added: 1 tbsp flour 1 tbsp water (straight into the jar — NO DISCARD METHOD) Mixed it up really well, scraped the sides, and right after mixing I could already see new bubbles forming before I even put the lid on 👀🔥 That tells me: ✅ It’s alive ✅ The microbes are active ✅ The culture is building Right now the starter is still: Thin A little gooey Very “science experiment” looking And that’s exactly what early starters do. This stage is more about building the bacterial and yeast population than getting big rises. 💡 Important note: Adding more flour right now does NOT make it go faster. It actually slows things down because you dilute the microbes. The biggest helper right now is warmth + consistency. So the plan stays: ✔️ No discard ✔️ 1 tbsp flour + 1 tbsp water per day ✔️ Same time every day ✔️ Keep it somewhere not freezing Dough-nald Trump is officially in his training arc. Not ready to bake with yet… but he is definitely alive and plotting. More updates tomorrow 😏🍞