interesting stuff everyone! This is my first time actually posting. I think... I've been creeping on the permies for a few years now! Lol
I've learned so much.
I've just started growing my starter a couple of weeks ago. I'm following a couple of gf sourdough groups in Facebook and on Reddit. I also work with someone who is an expert so I try to absorb what they have to say. I'm currently using the bakerita method... Although when I started my brown rice flour I did grate a little apple into it the first time... So for the first few days it smelled sweeter than it does right now. According to what I read, it'll take a couple of weeks for it to become who it needs to be, although I've had good bubbling and a healthy look from the beginning. I fed twice a day for the first week, and am now discarding 1:1:1 currently. They're not fully doubling in rise right now. I read that that's normal in the beginning, what is your experience?
My house is colder than many, so I am using a seed mat under and over my starter jars, and I keep a jar of my well water next to the seed mat so that it is room temperature or a little warmer. I change my jars out every couple days, and I wash them in the dishwasher. I don't sterilize them in the oven and all of those things... I figure if 49ers and cowboy cooks kept sourdough alive and healthy it certainly wasn't under sterile conditions.... Lol I've attached a picture of Chubbs, and his little friend Harry... Because Spare... It just had to be.
