HI All,
I am new to making starter having started my first attempt this week.
My starter is two days old. It was created using 75g Flour and 75g of water and has so far had one feeding after 24hrs.
For the first feeding I left 75g of starter and added 75g flour and 75g of water. The flour was a plain flour because its what I had around (There is a flour shortage here atm).
The starter has starting bubbling and rising but too early for it to be yeast which I am told is quite normal. But the colour is concerning me. I have read that pink or orange is a bad sign and I think mine maybe bordering on that. I have attached a picture.
Am I over thinking it? I am going to feed it again shortly but I am wondering if I am now just wasting flour.
Many Thanks,
Fitz
It looks alright to me.
Those look like little pockets of hooch to me. It just means that the microbes in those areas are hungry; it's fine. I think when people say to watch out for "pink or orange," they are referring to mold.
"When in doubt, throw it out."
Thanks all for the responses. I have decided to continue with it and see how it goes. It hasn't looked that colour again so I am taking that as a positive. Perhaps as suggested it was just some hooch.