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[chickadoodles]

I'd always figured you were fried, not half-baked.

 

[chickadoodles]

@dsqard

I was trying to take pictures this Saturday...and thought of you..... Simply because you set up your shots so perfectly, it makes them so pretty.

I was looking at a good view, couldn't figure out how to make it as nice as you would of.... But anyway, had to go camping with the kids, it was pretty, here is a picture.

Very pretty pictures Alaskan nice job!

 

[chickadoodles]

We went to TSC a couple weeks ago and it was trying to storm and we saw this.

I thought it was pretty even though it was with my phone.

 

[hennible]

We went to TSC a couple weeks ago and it was trying to storm and we saw this. I thought it was pretty even though it was with my phone.

Pretty sweet I like the flairs you phone caused. I also like Alaskans second shot best the branches add some interest to the fore ground

 

[ronott1]

I've been tossing it into the compost, seems to do wonders there too. How often do you feed yours in the fridge?

I take it out the night before use, stir in the "hooch" and let it warm up. The old timers would drink the hooch because it has a lot of alcohol. I then replenish and feed it. Some recipes want fed starter so it will be nice and active.

I try to do this once a week but if not then I make sure to feed it at least every two weeks. I have let it sit in the fridge for a month or so and it comes back fine. It requires several days of feeding twice a day though. Once a starter gets going correctly is is very hard to kill it. You can even save them if they turn pink but if yours does now, toss and start over. Pink is bad, gray is good.

 

[vehve]

How do you keep it in the fridge? Glass jar with fabric on top?

 

[Dragonfly216]

I got a Sportsman 280 egg digital cabinet incubator for Christmas last year!  It was the best gift EVER!  My DH gave it to me, isn't that great?  Of course, I picked it out, and ordered it, and had it shipped before Christmas, and never wrapped it, and he was very surprised, but it was my gift from him, none the less!  LOL!  That's what he gets for letting me buy my own present because "it's easier."

Man oh man, I need a Christmas surprise like that! I'm thinking I may just get everyone to get me various parts and try make a small one. If I don't end up finding one that someone is selling to upgrade!

 

[ronott1]

How do you keep it in the fridge? Glass jar with fabric on top?

A glass jar that holds 5 or so cups with a spring lid and a seal. The spring lid allows air to escape but not go back in. I have tried a lot of things but this works best. It also has to be big enough to allow for expansion and hold at least two cups of starter:

 

[vehve]

I suppose if you keep opening it weekly anaerobic bacteria isn't an issue. I've got some of those, even in a few sizes. In fact, that's what I used the last time I tried something similar, just don't leave it in your fridge for half a year, because I tell you, it gets a bit suspicious. It seems I have manage to capture some wild yeast in my starter, the dough I put together 5 hours ago has started rising. I'm going to try and make a rosemary bread in the morning, this time with a bit more rosemary in it. I hope the wild yeast will behave in the same way as dried yeast, because I really like making the no knead bread. It makes virtually no mess compared to the regular stuff that you need a flowered surface for and everything. I still need to up the time I preheat my pot though, because I still haven't gotten it to sizzle when I pour in the dough.

 

[hennible]

Man oh man, I need a Christmas surprise like that! I'm thinking I may just get everyone to get me various parts and try make a small one. If I don't end up finding one that someone is selling to upgrade!

An incubator is officially on my Christmas list.... And sense that's also my b-day I think I've got a chance