Sourdough Starter: Day 05

This project has now been going for five days and things are still pretty funky. The slurry that is my culture separates into a liquid phase and a goo phase. The liquid is sort of brownish-purple, but transparent and only lightly tinted. The smell: putrid. It is horrible. But, since I'm keeping it tightly sealed with plastic wrap, it really only stinks when you open it or come really close.

Here's a pic of Tackle Box tasting it.



He nearly refused to try it, but I assured him it doesn't taste nearly as bad as it smells, and in the end, he agreed. There's not really any activity -- no bubbling or anything. It's just rotting.