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03/25/20-03-03/30/20 Note: this step took 2 extra days because of oven issues and leaven preparation issues The night before I bake my bread I make the leaven. It was composed of 1 table spoon of my mix culture, 1.66 cups of flour mix and 0.5 water. After mixing I added 0.33 cup of water. IContinue reading “Day 19-22”

03/22/20-03/24/20 Repeated the process of adding one tablespoon of the previous mix culture, 2 tablespoons of flour mix, and water. After this was done I did an hourly monitoring of the culture on an hourly basis to see expansion and contraction of the culture mix.

3/20/20 I replaced the culture mix by putting 1 table spoon from the bottom of the previous mix culture along with 2 tables spoons of flour mix. It still has a acidic and wheat odor resonating from it.

03/18/2020 The repetition of day 10 and the continuation of culturing . The smell of the culture is still smells acidic and foul odor. Bubbles are still there on the culture meaning it is safe to move forward.

03/16/2020 The smell of the culture is very musty and of wheat. I repeated the 1 table spoon of culture with two table spoon of mix flour in a new bowl. Bubbles are still appearing giving me an indication that the culture is still alive and that I can proceed as plan.

03/14/2020 As of this point in my Bread making journey I will now check every other day on my bread and will repeat the day 5 step as long as my culture is still alive. It does smell more acidic and has increased the strong wheat odor. I placed 1 tea spoon of culture mixContinue reading “Day 8”

03/12/2020 In this day I repeated the day 5 procedure to continue growing my culture by checking to see if bubbles were still present. I proceeded to adding a table spoon of culture to a new bowl with 2 table spoons of mix flour with warm water if bubbles formed. It had a foul grainyContinue reading “Day 6”

03/11/2020 The culture smells foul and earthy. There is small bubble formation due to water amount added. 1 table spoon of the culture was added to a new clear bowl and 2 tablespoons of mix flour was added. The towel was placed on the new culture and place in the same dark kitchen table cornerContinue reading “Day 5”

03/10/2020 Today the gas bubbles were still present from the night before. A crust formed on top and I peeled it off with my hands and a spoon. After that I transferred 1 tablespoon pf my culture into a new clear “bowl”. In addition I placed 2 table spoon of my flour mix and luke-warmContinue reading “Day 4”

03/08/2020-03/09/2020 Today I observed my culture to see gas bubbles. Gas bubbles were confirmed as I saw small lawns of bubbles and elevated flour all over. The culture smells like hydrogen sulfide and death. There was a bit of discoloration throughout the culture. Me My MIX & I