My daughter in law has given me some starter. I have already made one nice sandwich loaf with it. Now I'm trying to figure out a feeding schedule. I tried putting it in the fridge, but that was a disaster. It got a thick "skin" on the outside and didn't rise at all.
I took it out, got rid of what looked weird, discarded all but 100 gr, then added 100 gr spring water, 100 gr A/P flour. (1:2:2, right?) It doubled in 11 hours (although it did not do anything at all for the first 4 hours).
At 6:30 this morning, I discarded and fed it the same amounts of water and flour. I will be out during the day. I am leaving the house at 11:00. Can I feed it again before I leave, even if it isn't growing yet? I am worried that it will rise and fall before I get to it this evening (after 7:00), and don't understand whether that (the rising and falling) before feeding it again would hurt it? I also do not understand whether feeding it soon after feeding it once is bad for it.
Thanks for your help.
