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Scientists want to know about your sourdough starter

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    Scientists want to know about your sourdough starter

    The Sourdough Starter Project:

    If you’ve ever tried making a sourdough starter, you know it’s a bit of an experiment. You’re literally capturing wild yeasts, feeding them, and hopin


    A Science of Sourdough Project Capture wild microbes and turn them into bread – for science! To make your own sourdough starter, all you need is flour, water, and a little bit of time. Whether you are here because your favorite bakery is currently closed and you need your bread fix, or


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    Interesting.

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      Neat.

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        Rob Dunn has written an excellent book entitled "The Wild Life of Our Bodies". It's about microbes and/in our bodies. He's also written several others that I haven't read. Neat project he's got going here.

        I wonder if he'd send some flour to those willing to participate? ;«)
        Last edited by Willy; April 25, 2020, 10:23 AM.

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          I might try this. I would do both indoor and outdoor. My area is pretty humid and has a lot of molds, my one attempt several years ago didn't work but I didn't use this method either. My biggest problem with the indoor method is that I'm a home brewer and I bake with both regular yeast and one of 5 commercially purchased sourdough starters that I maintain so my house might be contaminated. I'll set the jar away from the kitchen in the living room or back hallway.

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