robynb

April 29, 2011 at 10:49pm

pcstirn: I'm having a much different result with my starter - it's a KA starter, and for almost a year now, I've fed it pretty much exclusively with KA Organic White Whole Wheat flour, and it's thriving! A few times I neglected it in the fridge for too many weeks unfed, and it got cranky, so I used some KA First Clear flour either with the white whole wheat or by itself for one feeding only. Perked it right up. I also had a "child" of the original KA that I fed with their OG Whole Wheat flour for a while, and it did fine too - I used to have that one and a regular starter, but got tired of maintaining two so I just use the white whole wheat one now. I wonder if something else was the issue with your starters? Thanks so much for the input, Robyn - I'm glad to hear your whole-wheat starter is thriving. I'm wondering if organic has something to do with it - I know yeast prefers organic flours. When I use the organic white wheat, my bread rises higher than when I use non-organic white wheat or red wheat... PJH
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