Another big fan of your blog here... :-) I have a question - I have my own starter, which is completing 7 months today! I would like to use it in this recipe on Sunday - my question is, when you say 1 cup of starter - how exactly do you measure? My starter, when it comes time to use, is VERY bubbly and active. Measuring 1 cup is tricky - I can see it would have a huge variation from recipe to recipe. Did I misunderstand something? When you say 1 cup of starter do you mean measuring it BEFORE the final fermentation and just using the whole thing? Thanks for your help Good question, Sally. Stir down the starter before you measure it, to get all the bubbles out. It should look nice and smooth, somewhat shiny. If you have a scale, it will weigh about 8 1/2 ounces. Have fun this weekend! And when you remove that 1 cup before feeding to get the starter ready, this time don't discard it - save it to make the waffles I'm about to post. If you start tonight (as you would if you were baking bread tomorrow), you can have WONDERFUL waffles tomorrow morning. - PJH

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