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Eeek my new starter smells like wine!
Help a lady…I searched the message boards and this didn’t come up yet. At day 3 acclimating with Big Mama’s baby starter, it had a strong hootch alcohol smell. So I refrigerated overnight. Day 4 I fed it again instead of baking. Better, more of a wine smell. Day 5 I divided it into 2 quart jars and fed again…now it’s stronger wine smell. I’ll refrigerate overnight but then what? The interwebs say alcohol smell means you need to feed more…so do I do that again?
1 like • May 26
Here’s an update. Did a little science experiment and mixed up 5 jars from more runny to thicker. Survey says….the thicker the mixture, the less wine-y smell. Not a sweet smell yet, but getting better.
1 like • May 26
@Sandra Brenes the thicker = bigger bubbles and faster rise in the starter…and assuming that carries forward into the baked bread but we’ll see!
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Melaina Bjorklund
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A low maintenance mom of a teenager and young adult who needs more play in their life.

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