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Happy 3rd birthday, Crock of Time! While this isn’t the New Years Resolution post, it’s a good point in the year to take stock of how things have been going this year. I lamented about how I had lost my sourdough habit and wouldn’t be able to do the Sourdough Guide I’ve been wanting to do for years, but the folks in the Discord renewed…
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Hello patrons! The first post on my Patreon page might seem a little out-of-place: it’s from 2020, and I didn’t launch my campaign until 2023. I knew I wanted to try to build something without advertising or sponsors, but I wasn’t sure how to do it then. I’m still figuring it out, of course. That first post was about my efforts to develop a sourdough…
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Big Sourdough wants you to believe that it’s too hard to do yourself. And if you’re doing it anyways, you’ve probably been working harder than you need to, but it’s not your fault. Ok, so I don’t really think there is a Big Sourdough conspiracy, but I do blame the internet. The world’s most accessible font of human knowledge is prone to many errors, and…
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It’s been only two days since my starter caught an infection, and it looks better than ever! Fantastic 3x rise within 8 hours at a cool 68°F room temperature while I was at work. This doesn’t mean I’m done with my rehabilitation process, but I like to celebrate the little successes. I’ve been “feeding” at a 1:1:1 ratio (34g each, I keep about 100g starter)…
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I haven’t baked with my sourdough for 2 weeks now, as I was working on a non-sourdough Hokkaido milk bread recipe. I did feed it a few times, but I didn’t realize there was a problem until today. You see, the photo above is of the starter after a full 24 hours. There are some tiny bubbles, however there are no telltale streaks on the…
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