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anyone else try make a #sourdough starter? is very weird. i've now got this rubbery thick fluid in a jar, with sort of sweet sour cream or yogurt flavor. odd considering has no dairy. just flour & water.
@magenta wait until it's all bubbly and then add more flour, knead it well, leave the dough there to raise (you'll be amazed by how much it raises) and finally bake :)
@magenta that's because the smell you associate with yoghurt has nothing to do with caseine and/or other dairy products but it's produced by the yeasts and the bacteria that are feeding off the sugar :)