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Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?

 
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Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
I'm down to a few packets of yeast and trapped in quarantine.

Last night I got a jar, filled it with a packet of yeast, a pinch of sugar, and a cup of warm water. It fizzled a bit. Ten minutes later, I added a cup of flour.

Then, I left it next to the heater so it could stay warm and cozy.

Today, it's got a layer of bubbles on top, so I'm hoping that's a good sign.


But what do I do next?

I know there is some week long process of either ignoring it or feeding it, or something.

What and when do I feed it for the next week while it's starting to form?

Do I need to remove some of it first before adding more food for it, or is that for once it's an established starter?

The internet is giving some rather random and contradictory advice.
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Re: Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
bump

Because I'm tired of some very flat bread.
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Re: Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
Well it’s a microorganism that’s acts almost like a chemical. How warm was it overnight? It likes room temperature, perfect temp

I know a lot about this. Add a bit more sugar and then let it sit a couple days unless you need to make bread, then use half of it.

Yeast + sugar = carbon dioxide and alcohol

It’s not dry, right, plenty of water?
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Re: Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
Do you have baking soda?

Loads of bread you can make with baking soda and either buttermilk or regular milk with lemon juice(or vinegar...but i do not like the taste it leaves).


On your starter....one of the greatest resources when it comes to bread from one of the oldest companies in the USA.

[link to www.kingarthurflour.com (secure)]
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Re: Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
Don't use yeast. Start over.

1/4 cup flour
1/4 cup water

Mix and cover. Let sit for few days until bubbles develop.

Now take 1/4 cup of the mixture and add 1/4 cup water, 14 cup flour to it. Let it sit again until it grows and bubbles. It should be ready to use or you can feed it again.

You can either throw the other 1/4 cup of starter out or cook with it.

When not using store in the refrigerator.

Remove from the fridge about once every two weeks or so and go through the process of feeding it again. As above.

Hope this helps.
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Re: Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
not 14 cup. 1/4 cup. typo.
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Re: Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
Well it’s a microorganism that’s acts almost like a chemical. How warm was it overnight? It likes room temperature, perfect temp

I know a lot about this. Add a bit more sugar and then let it sit a couple days unless you need to make bread, then use half of it.

Yeast + sugar = carbon dioxide and alcohol

It’s not dry, right, plenty of water?
 Quoting: Miss Bunny Swan


I'm going to be making some mead or strong ginger beer soon, there is not yeast available in stores.

Seeing as your the yeast guru, can u tell me how to culture my wild yeast to make it good for high alcohol content like 7% can I use a regular wild yeast and some will survive up to 7% or do I need to elevate the starter culture alcohol content a few times?
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Re: Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
Well it’s a microorganism that’s acts almost like a chemical. How warm was it overnight? It likes room temperature, perfect temp

I know a lot about this. Add a bit more sugar and then let it sit a couple days unless you need to make bread, then use half of it.

Yeast + sugar = carbon dioxide and alcohol

It’s not dry, right, plenty of water?
 Quoting: Miss Bunny Swan


I'm going to be making some mead or strong ginger beer soon, there is not yeast available in stores.

Seeing as your the yeast guru, can u tell me how to culture my wild yeast to make it good for high alcohol content like 7% can I use a regular wild yeast and some will survive up to 7% or do I need to elevate the starter culture alcohol content a few times?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78352734


Depends how much time you have. Wild yeast is a toss up so you might want to grow it in a 7% alcohol to make sure it will. Saccharomyces cerevisiae will grow in over 12% alcohol already, so you may be ok to brew with whatever yeast you have. I’ve made meads up to 18%, brewing yeast.
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Re: Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
If it's anything like mushroom fungus, which it is, you can move it into more jars and feed it again so it has room to grow and more food to fuel it while it does it's replicating
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Re: Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
Ummmm the word yeast gets me all hot and bothered.
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Ummmm the word yeast gets me all hot and bothered.
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It certainly gives me a rise
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Re: Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
you need some dairy too, for the lactobacillus.
a dash of milk, sour cream, or even coffee creamer helps a lot.
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Re: Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
Ummmm the word yeast gets me all hot and bothered.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78319571


It certainly gives me a rise
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75844604


Lol good one.
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Re: Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
Well it’s a microorganism that’s acts almost like a chemical. How warm was it overnight? It likes room temperature, perfect temp

I know a lot about this. Add a bit more sugar and then let it sit a couple days unless you need to make bread, then use half of it.

Yeast + sugar = carbon dioxide and alcohol

It’s not dry, right, plenty of water?
 Quoting: Miss Bunny Swan


It's still got plenty of water.

It's probably 80 degrees F right next to the radiator where it's currently residing (the only guaranteed warm spot in the house).

Will do on the sugar (unless I get yelled for it in the rest of the comments, haven't scrolled down yet chuckle)
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Gunts produce yeast daily...



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Re: Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
you need some dairy too, for the lactobacillus.
a dash of milk, sour cream, or even coffee creamer helps a lot.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 74661623


I have acidophilus pills. Think they'd work? I got them as a "good bacteria" substitute for when there's no yogurt.
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Re: Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
Well it’s a microorganism that’s acts almost like a chemical. How warm was it overnight? It likes room temperature, perfect temp

I know a lot about this. Add a bit more sugar and then let it sit a couple days unless you need to make bread, then use half of it.

Yeast + sugar = carbon dioxide and alcohol

It’s not dry, right, plenty of water?
 Quoting: Miss Bunny Swan


I'm going to be making some mead or strong ginger beer soon, there is not yeast available in stores.

Seeing as your the yeast guru, can u tell me how to culture my wild yeast to make it good for high alcohol content like 7% can I use a regular wild yeast and some will survive up to 7% or do I need to elevate the starter culture alcohol content a few times?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78352734


Depends how much time you have. Wild yeast is a toss up so you might want to grow it in a 7% alcohol to make sure it will. Saccharomyces cerevisiae will grow in over 12% alcohol already, so you may be ok to brew with whatever yeast you have. I’ve made meads up to 18%, brewing yeast.
 Quoting: Miss Bunny Swan




OK thank you,

Is there any way to tell if your starter culture is infected? That's the one thing that always bothered me about home brewing, how do you know your not breeding super bacteria lol.
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Re: Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
Ummmm the word yeast gets me all hot and bothered.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78319571


It certainly gives me a rise
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75844604


Lol good one.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75829959


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Re: Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
If it's anything like mushroom fungus, which it is, you can move it into more jars and feed it again so it has room to grow and more food to fuel it while it does it's replicating
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75844604


Noted. Also a good idea in case one of the jars goes weird.
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Re: Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
Also, is a normal jar lid okay or am I supposed to let it breathe through cloth or?
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Re: Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
Do you have baking soda?

Loads of bread you can make with baking soda and either buttermilk or regular milk with lemon juice(or vinegar...but i do not like the taste it leaves).


On your starter....one of the greatest resources when it comes to bread from one of the oldest companies in the USA.

[link to www.kingarthurflour.com (secure)]
 Quoting: Otherguy2020


I've been doing baking soda biscuits but I want real bread, and baking soda is finite. Yeast multiplies.

Thanks for the link hf

I think it, and most of the sites, are aimed at people pre-quarantine. For example, I probably won't be leaving mine in the fridge. I'm going to be using it too often.

Last Edited by TlvmmCpoft on 04/01/2020 07:07 AM
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Re: Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
If you use a normal lid make sure you dont screw it on tightly leave room for air to escape and either a cloth or lid works.
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Re: Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
Ummmm the word yeast gets me all hot and bothered.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78319571


It certainly gives me a rise
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This is growing on me.
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Re: Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
If you use a normal lid make sure you dont screw it on tightly leave room for air to escape and either a cloth or lid works.
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Thanks :)

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Re: Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
Google friendship bread starter.
Lots of information lots of recipes.
I have some going on table now.
Here to read
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Re: Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
Raisins?
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Re: Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
Google friendship bread starter.
Lots of information lots of recipes.
I have some going on table now.
 Quoting: Here to read


Thanks. Will do. hf
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Re: Okay. How do I feed my new bread yeast starter?
Raisins?
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You can feed it raisins?
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