Please talk me through your sourdough routine?

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I've just been given some starter by my BiL, but I'm getting so lost.

I want to bake twice a week, do I leave the starter on the side and feed it every day? Do I need to discard any starter when I feed it?

After using some for baking a loaf do I feed it again straight away? Or do I keep it in the fridge in between 'baking days'?

I've been using a bread maker to make standard bread for a while, but I'd like to try making sourdough. I just need to find a routine that I can keep in my head and follow.

Any tips please?

Bumping for you OP as I’m also looking into making sourdough to see dd can tolerate as we’ve just realised she is intolerant to gluten.

Get the Sourdough Whisperer book. She explains it really simply. You don’t need to ever discard starter. I keep mine in a jar in the fridge and take it out when I use it.

Seriouseats.com did a big thing on it a couple of years ago after shutdown etc.

https://www.seriouseats.com/the-best-flour-for-sourdough-starters-an-investigation

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