{{SCREAM}} I love tough, chewy, crispy crust bread... I found out through 'Google search' - "How to make holey bread" ... and your site, what I was looking for is Ciabatta. I bought a loaf at the store to make sure. YES!!! I set out to make this starter yesterday. The starter looked fine. However, when I mixed in the rest of the ingredients I ended up with a 'thick' & sticky wad. Ah! I used 'bread flour' and (silly me misread) and I added extra 'flour' NOT water :-/ ~ I added more water until it looked like the posted pictures. Well... so as to not waste my 1st attempt, I proceeded onward. When trying to 'loaf' it *snicker* it rather poured out onto my floured surface. I continued anyhow. SO, now I have two 'cow patties' laying on my baking sheet. *sigh* Will update after it bakes. OH YES... I will proceed. I will NOT quit until I master this. After all, you did say trial & error. :-D

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