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Pro tip: I was killing my sourdough starter by feeding it with tap water
For about a year, my starter was always sluggish and my bread was dense. I kept it in a warm spot and fed it on a strict schedule, but it never really doubled. The lightbulb moment came when I visited my sister in Portland and used her filtered water for a feeding. That thing exploded overnight, like it was a completely different creature. Turns out the chlorine in my city tap water was holding everything back. Anyone else run into this with their local water supply?
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patricia3215d ago
Right, @derek_lee said "people were just being extra about their water" and that's exactly what I thought too. But honestly, it's a bigger pattern in life where we assume the hard stuff is the answer and ignore the basics. Like people who buy expensive supplements when they just need to drink more water and sleep better. Or folks who spend hours tweaking their workout routine when they're eating fast food every day. It's like our brains want to think the solution is complicated and fancy, not something as simple as the water coming out of the tap. Once you start looking for it, you see it everywhere - the little obvious thing everyone's overlooking while they chase the hard fix.
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derek_lee3mo ago
Used to think people were just being extra about their water, like it couldn't make that big of a difference. My starter was always just okay, never great, and I figured that was my skill level. Tried the filtered water trick on a whim last month and honestly felt like an idiot, the change was instant. Now I just keep a jug of filtered water by the fridge for my starter, it's the easiest fix ever.
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anderson.taylor3mo ago
Right? It's wild how the simplest things we overlook can be the actual problem... I see it all the time with people trying to fix something complicated when the real issue is just the basic stuff they're using.
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