Whew since it is just the two of us I think my sourdough style is a bit different. I keep a small amount of starter in the fridge all week, then Friday morning I pull it out and let it warm up for a couple of hours on the counter. Then I feed it enough flour/water to make my two loaves of bread (for the recipe I use that’s 100g’s worth). I let that double in size then I mix my loaves around 6pm. At that point I literally just put the starter back in the fridge. I don’t feed it again or fuss with it at all. Just right back in the fridge.
I think that for larger families like yours perhaps more fussing has to happen but for my two loaves that I bake once per week I don’t have any problems feeding once per week and getting nice lofty loaves. I was so scared of sourdough initially because of all the fussing and feedings and discard but my system (thanks to Elaine from Elaine Fodbod) means no discard and no fussing.
Where do I find the notes that include the banana bread recipe?
Whew since it is just the two of us I think my sourdough style is a bit different. I keep a small amount of starter in the fridge all week, then Friday morning I pull it out and let it warm up for a couple of hours on the counter. Then I feed it enough flour/water to make my two loaves of bread (for the recipe I use that’s 100g’s worth). I let that double in size then I mix my loaves around 6pm. At that point I literally just put the starter back in the fridge. I don’t feed it again or fuss with it at all. Just right back in the fridge.
I think that for larger families like yours perhaps more fussing has to happen but for my two loaves that I bake once per week I don’t have any problems feeding once per week and getting nice lofty loaves. I was so scared of sourdough initially because of all the fussing and feedings and discard but my system (thanks to Elaine from Elaine Fodbod) means no discard and no fussing.
I too would like the banana bread recipe! 🙂