Delbchaem after second feeding

Delbchaem after second feeding

This is Delbchaem after the second feeding, the smell seems appropriate, but I have no idea if it is or not. I also slightly upped the % of white flour this time, about a 25/75 mixture now.

Delbchaem before second feeding

Delbchaem before second feeding

This is after only about 12 hours. Delbchaem certainly seems to be more active than the previous starters! Must be the difference is using rye flour? I also have been letting the water sit out to allow lingering chlorine to evaporate. This is at least a doubling if not more.

Delbchaem after first feeding

Delbchaem after first feeding

Looks like I didn't quite get rid of half of Delbchaem when feeding it, oh well. Fed at the same ratio as the original mix, let us hope it does well.

Delbchaem before first feeding

Delbchaem before first feeding

Well, Delbchaem seems to be doing quite well. This is after about 28 hours. Lots of bubbles and quite a bit of rise. Smell is hard to place, but with yeast elements, so far, so good.

Delbchaem just made

Delbchaem just made

This is sourdough starter #4, Delbchaem , just after I finished mixing it.

I sadly was not able to get of Rionach's progress. However it seemed to loose all activity, then I was gone from wednesday to sunday and had asked someone to feed it if it did anything, dump if it didn't.

They didn't dump it, so I expected it would smell really bad and tried to avoid smelling it as I dumped it. When there was only a little bit left I noticed it was smelling very yeasty and fruity and alcoholy... Oh well.

Anyway, Delbchaem is made from about 90% organic rye flour. And 10% bread flour. We'll see how she does.