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My sourdough starter smelled like paint thinner for 2 days, almost dumped it
I was about to trash the whole jar after it turned sour and bubbly in a weird way, but left it one more feeding and now the bread is better than my old recipe. Anyone else almost quit on a starter right before it got good?
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andrew7782mo ago
You ever notice how the first batch of anything always tries to kill your confidence? Like my starter went full vinegar on day 3, zero bubbles, looked like gray soup. I left it alone for a whole week out of pure stubbornness. Came back, scraped off the top, fed it twice, and boom, it turned into this crazy active thing. Now I just laugh when it smells weird because that usually means it's about to do something good. The smell is basically the starter talking trash before it shows off.
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