As someone who just recently got into baking sourdough and was literally discussing earlier today some of the challenges around different starters, conditions, and lots of bad / misleading advice online, this is fun to see.
As a bit of an aside, I've found my starter is a lot more resilient than the internet would have me believe. I managed to bring it back to life from the brink after accidentally pouring boiling water directly on it. Fingers crossed no more near-death experiences for it again!
I also find King Arthur's guides and recipes super helpful; recently, I've started popping them into ChatGPT and requesting modifications (e.g. volume, ingredient alterations based on my learnings or needs, altitude adjustments etc.).
As someone who just recently got into baking sourdough and was literally discussing earlier today some of the challenges around different starters, conditions, and lots of bad / misleading advice online, this is fun to see.
As a bit of an aside, I've found my starter is a lot more resilient than the internet would have me believe. I managed to bring it back to life from the brink after accidentally pouring boiling water directly on it. Fingers crossed no more near-death experiences for it again!
I also find King Arthur's guides and recipes super helpful; recently, I've started popping them into ChatGPT and requesting modifications (e.g. volume, ingredient alterations based on my learnings or needs, altitude adjustments etc.).
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