Nope! In fact basically never, and I've never tried sourdough before. But I don't seem to have had any problem catching yeast - the instructions said to expect sourdough tea and significant rising in your starter by maybe the third day, and I had them after barely more than twelve hours. I *do* frequently forget and leave glasses of milk out overnight or longer, though, and I've noticed our house tends to have a fairly healthy microbiome in general (not sarcastic - milk left out turns into beautiful curds and whey, and I can make raisins in the fridge. Which probably also helps with the yeast!) It's three days old as of last night and was trying to rise out of its jar.
The biscuits came out edible and not super-dense, but I was using a recipe that said it was for using up the discard in a wild starter before it is ready to use for bread, and there was no rising time or anything, so honestly I'm impressed they weren't hockey pucks! And they tasted vaguely sourdough and fine. We'll see what happens when I try real bread.
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Date: 2020-03-23 01:21 pm (UTC)The biscuits came out edible and not super-dense, but I was using a recipe that said it was for using up the discard in a wild starter before it is ready to use for bread, and there was no rising time or anything, so honestly I'm impressed they weren't hockey pucks! And they tasted vaguely sourdough and fine. We'll see what happens when I try real bread.