u/Ayimee

Hey,

So my starter is about a month and a half old, and has been active and ready for baking since week 2.

I don't usually have time to bake during the week and since I heard putting it in the fridge makes it acidic, I keep it on my counter and feed it every evening once a day.

I usually feed it 1:5:5 to make it take longer to rise and fall. When I wake up in the morning it's usually barely doubled and when I get back from work it would have doubled and sunk some already. But never more than double.

On the weekend when I have time, I bake in the morning so in the evening before I feed it around 1:2:2 so it'll be at peak and ready when I wake up. Once I use my starter to make dough and eyeball feed it after that ( I try to aim for around 1:1:1 or 1:2:2 since I'll want to feed it in the evening again to reset to usual feeding time) it triples!! Sometimes even more! It somehow knows I'm cooking with it and it becomes happy or something.

Is this normal? Why is it so sleepy during the week and excited on the weekends?

500g flour

230g water

100g starter (2.5 weeks old)

12g salt

Mixed them all up in a bowl.

I did my first set of stretch and fold after half an hour.

I did 4 stretch and folds total with half an hour in between.

Then I let it bulk ferment for about 5 hrs.

During this shaping phase I added garlic powder and olives within all the folds.

I did the push and pull method to tighten it

Then I stuck it in the fridge for about 26 hrs.

Pre-heat my Dutch over to 240 degrees Celsius and stuck it in there for 30 mins covered and another 15 mins uncovered.

And the let it cool for an hour and a half