My nicely golden loaf just came out of the oven and is cooling on the rack; a little disappointed because the middle collapsed. I did finally get a whiff of the pungency that was supposed to fill the house. Starter 1 worked fine in oven with light on: start 2 did well in crockpot water bath (on low for 15 minutes, then off, when I went by if outer surface of crockpot felt coolI turned it on again for 5), so decided to do loaf rise in crockpot also. Loaf pan sat on rim above water (by inches) and held lid up necessitating a draped towel to hold heat. 2 hours into planned 4 hour rise, I removed the towel to check on rise and found that the loaf was fully risen! (Someone covered the crockpot control knob and forgot to turn it off after 15 minutes!). Considered punching down, but decided to bake instead. Thanks for the intriguing recipe, hope it goes over as well as the Blueberry-lemon loaf I made this afternoon!

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