So, there were bubbles this morning. I think that was the rye flour. Then there was a whole bunch of hooch. I take this to mean that Scott is a failure at being alive, so I dumped him down the drain.
Sadface.
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| Bubbles! |
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| And hooch. The level of the starter itself actually went down. |
The new starter's name is Thor. I picked this name with the same logic as I picked my computer's name: if the name belongs to someone awesome, the thing will be as awesome as that person. My computer's name is Bruce Wayne.
So I chucked my old starter and started up my new one, this time following
Mihl's instructions.
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| Clean jar, all ready for fresh starter. |
Day 5 (11:30): Combined 100 g tap water and 50 g rye flour. Placed lid
on loosely, drew a line to indicate volume, and placed in lit oven for
warmth.
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| The brown color is so promising. |
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I think I finally figured out how to take decent pictures of things in this jar.
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Day 5 (1:30): No bubbles. No change in volume. There's a yeasty smell underneath a fruity smell. I stirred, scraped the sides, and put back in the oven. Thor's gaining that gloopy texture that Scott had on day 2 in the morning. Hopefully this means that Thor is doing normal starter things.
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| No volume change. |
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| No bubbles. Still, the yeasty smell was encouraging. |
Hopefully, there will be bubbles in the morning. I'll try starting over with whole wheat if there's still nothing two days from now.
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