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The guy at the diner who told me my sourdough starter was dead wrong
I was sitting at a counter in a little diner outside Portland last spring, reading a baking book, and this older fella next to me starts talking. He saw the book and said he'd been baking bread since 1972, and then he told me my sourdough starter was probably dead because I was feeding it white flour only. He insisted I needed to mix in some rye to keep the yeast happy. Has anyone else had a stranger at a random spot give you baking advice that actually turned out to be true?
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jennifer20417d ago
Did that guy also tell you to name your starter and sing to it, because that happened to me last month?
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lunag3017d ago
My grandma's starter has been going strong since the 80s and she only ever feeds it plain white flour, never bothered with rye or whole wheat... That guy probably just wanted to sound important in his little diner world.
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