Hi Monique, if a recipe calls for "ripe" or "fed" starter, this means starter that has been fed at room temperature and allowed to rise to its highest point. It's considered ripe when it's at its peak, or just beginning to fall, and usually it will hover in that range for an hour or more. However, if the starter has fallen significantly, then, yes, you'll want to give the starter another feeding by discarding all but 113g and giving it a regular feeding according to our starter maintenance routine. 

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