Can you use Wholemeal flour?
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Can you use Wholemeal flour?
You can use pretty much any flour but some are better than others . If you have to much starter you can just freeze it or use it for pancakes or even for coatings of chicken etc .
The fermentation removes / converts the Gluten so it is able to be used by the Celiacs / gluten intolerant lucky people .:D
No sultanas, raisins or oranges, but chopped up and soaked some dates.
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Added some standard flour for a kick off.
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Bunged on the warm spot on top of my freezer in the office.
Yes you can use wholemeal flour if you want.
Good idea to use dates. That should work fine.
I started one this arvo....using town tap water, not ideal but have done it before and it went ok I just boiled it and left in a big open bowl to cool and evaporate.
Will see what happens, no better time to do this than now.
You can use honey as well in your starter and it is full of natural yeasts. That's how traditional mead starts if fermentation.
Not much going on in there this morning but I think it was too cool inside,topped up flour and water and left covered in the sun for a few hours and its off and racing with plenty of bubbles.
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Good to see the interest in this topic. But be Warned it's as addictive as the black art of reloading.
Here are some links I've found useful.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7e...MdiNYJg/videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJEHsvW2J6M&t=195s
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRK...u44Uzvw/videos
and a couple of my attempts
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Well as the supermarkets have flour but no yeast its going to be the go to bread!
Think I'll have to start again. Had a big drop in temperatures so freezer not having to work much so was warm surface was stone cold.