Starter, day 3 almost blowing the lid off!
One of the things I (and everyone else) love about food blogs is the photography. Blogs seem to be full of gorgeous pictures of artfully accessorized morsels arranged in a perfect composition by the golden ratio. It all inspires lust and envy. And hunger. Alas, I am a novice when it comes to photography, but one thing I do know is to use natural light. Yes! Great! Natural light is free and requires no special equipment! What to do when you live in the fog end of San Francisco? Rats.
This is all to explain the picture of my baby sourdough starter sitting on the rail of my back stairs. There is one tiny patch of natural light that enters my kitchen. Sure, I can place my target in that brave little puddle of light, but my kitchen is yellow: the walls are yellow, the counter is yellow. Everything looks like it has jaundice. Not sexy for food photography. Natural light comes from outside, so outside I went. Thankfully the air was still and didn't knock the starter down onto the yard below... I would cry.
This is all to explain the picture of my baby sourdough starter sitting on the rail of my back stairs. There is one tiny patch of natural light that enters my kitchen. Sure, I can place my target in that brave little puddle of light, but my kitchen is yellow: the walls are yellow, the counter is yellow. Everything looks like it has jaundice. Not sexy for food photography. Natural light comes from outside, so outside I went. Thankfully the air was still and didn't knock the starter down onto the yard below... I would cry.
Starter, day 3 showing a tiny bit of activity.
On a happier note, it's been three days and the pineapple juice part of the yeast cultivation is over; which is great because now I can drink the juice myself. The sourdough starter is starting to perk up and produce gas. It seems to want to blow the lid off the container. Inside, you can see a few bubbles. It now smells like it is fermenting. I'm going to keep stirring it up, and tomorrow I will feed it again. Whee! I'm so excited!
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