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Sarah
Bainbridge Island
WA
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 Posted - Jun 16 2020 : 1:37:30 PM
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| I'm Sarah; I live on an island in Western Washington. I'm a relatively experienced baker but new to sourdough! I am now on my third mother attempt. I lost the first Kamut one over Christmas due to neglect. It wasn't coming along very well anyway ; ) I lost the second Einkorn one in Feb due to a college visiting trip. My current Einkorn appears to be doing well bubbly, sour and batter & beginner breads mostly rising pretty nicely. However, it utterly failed the double in size test trial last week ; ( I am done in by all the baked goods piling up so after reading a bit on this forum, I packed most of it into freezer cups for some future use in muffins etc fed what was left; let it get bubbly and packed it into the fridge. If I get no rise out of it at next use in a week or 2, do I have to begin all over or just go back to the counter version? Is it ever going to really loft breads without extra help?? What might that "help" be? Thanks! |
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Ashley
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Ashley
MOSCOW
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Jun 16 2020 : 3:23:43 PM
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Hi Sarah,
I wouldn't sweat the failed Refrigerator Mother test too much. It sounds like your mother is progressing nicely. Does it seem like the rise times for breads made with your Counter Mother are consistent, or even taking less time each week? And are you happy with the amount of rise you're getting with your Counter Mother? If the answer to those questions is yes, you can try to convert your Counter Mother to a Refrigerator Mother.
If you're unhappy with the the amount of rise you're getting once you do convert to a Refrigerator Mother, there is no need to start over—you can just take you mother out of the Refrigerator and start feeding it as a Counter Mother again. Your mother should loft bread without any help, it's just a matter of building up the wild yeasts enough to do so. While creating recipe for Wild Bread, we did try using a combination of mother and commercial yeast to make bread, but had mixed results, and decided it was best to wait until the mother was developed enough to give rise to breads all on it's own. At times, it was slow going, but in the end it was worth it. |
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Newbie Question re: Mother to fridge?
