I apologize if this has been asked before but I've looked on the site and not quite found an answer. I'm fairly new to baking sourdough, and I'm not sure what it means when the recipe calls for "fed" starter. My starter is nice and active now, I've been following the article on maintaining my sourdough starter. I have been keeping in it the fridge Sunday-Thursday, taking it out Thursday night and then feeding every 12 hours through the weekend (I only have time to bake on the weekends). So at what point in the cycle of feeding it every 12 hours is it considered "fed"? Immediately after feeding it? Or should I let the "yeasts" work for at least a few hours after feeding it? Or is it "fed" all the way up until the next feeding time 12 hours later?

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