News Stopmotion Stopmotion Trailer Gives You Your Daily Dose of Terrifying‚ Murderous Puppets Never think of stopmotion animation the same way again after you watch this incredibly disturbing trailer. By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on January 24‚ 2024 icon-comment 0 Share New Share Twitter Facebook Pinterest RSS Feed Pause Play More From horror movies See All Posts News Eternal Eternal Trailer Gives Us A Climate Change-Infused Sliding Doors Story By Vanessa Armstrong January 24‚ 2024 News Academy Awards Here Are the Genre Films That Scored 2024 Oscar Nominations By Vanessa Armstrong January 23‚ 2024 News Constellation Traveling to Outer Space Will Mess Up Your Mind‚ According to Constellation Trailer By Vanessa Armstrong January 22‚ 2024 News Jurassic Park Welcome to Even More Jurassic Park: New Jurassic World Movie in the Works at Universal By Vanessa Armstrong January 22‚ 2024 icon-left-caret Caret See All Posts Want to have nightmares tonight? If so‚ check out this trailer for the upcoming horror flick from IFC Films‚ Stopmotion‚ which makes the art of stop-motion animation completely and utterly terrifying. Here’s the movie’s official synopsis: Ella Blake is a stop-motion animator who is struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother. Suddenly alone in the world‚ she embarks upon the creation of a macabre new puppet film‚ which soon becomes the battleground for her sanity. As Ella’s mind starts to fracture‚ the characters in her animated film take on a terrifying life of their own‚ and the unleashed power of her imagination threatens to destroy her. If the movie is as grotesquely disturbing as this trailer‚ I think this might be one of the scariest films of the year. It also makes me look at all stop-motion animation projects I’ve seen in a new light. What malice is secretly churning behind Gumby’s eyes? And would Rudolph from that old Christmas Special be a welcome visitor if I woke up one night and saw his glowing nose inches away from my face? The movie has it’s own terrifying puppets‚ of course‚ whose melted‚ half-formed features only add to the overall creepiness. Stopmotion comes from director Robert Morgan‚ who wrote the script with Robin King. Aisling Franciosi‚ Stella Gonet‚ and Tom York star in the production. You can witness the horrors of this lauded artform when the film releases in theaters on February 23‚ 2024. [end-mark] The post <;i>;Stopmotion<;/i>; Trailer Gives You Your Daily Dose of Terrifying‚ Murderous Puppets appeared first on Reactor.

Palworld blends a ton of elements from other RPGs we’ve seen over the years‚ and whether it’s the Zelda music tones when we discover a new location or the flying Pals we see throughout the world‚ there’s a ton here. Speaking of flying‚ you’re going to want to obtain one of these flying mounts and we’re going to run over all of them below. Palworld: How to get a flying mount Level 15 is when you’ll unlock the option to research the Nitewing Saddle‚ which can be crafted at the Pal workbench. Once this is made‚ you’ll be able to deploy Nitewing‚ and there now should be a ride button for players to hop on. Screenshot: PC Invasion Now‚ you’re not going to be able to hop on Nitewing and soar off into the distance‚ as you’re going to need a few items beforehand. First‚ you’ll want to have a Pal Workbench‚ where you’ll be able to craft all the items for your Pal’s abilities. This wil...

To get the most out of Diablo 4 Season 3‚ you need to have the best Seneschal Construct build. Here‚ I’ll detail what the best Governing Stones and Tuning Stones are in Diablo 4 Season of the Construct so you can create the best Seneschal Construct build for your class. What is the best Seneschal Construct build in Diablo 4? The beauty of Diablo 4 is there are hundreds of builds and they’re all fun and useful in their own ways. The best Seneschal Construct build comes down to your class and your build with that class. That said‚ there are hundreds of best Seneschal Construct build combinations‚ but here is what I think are the best builds available for each class: Barbarian Governing Stone 1 – Reconstruct Tuning Stone 1 – Genesis Tuning Stone 2 – Tactical Support Tuning Stone 3 – Duration Support Governing Stone 2 – Flash of Adrenaline Tuning Stone 1 – Evernight Tuning Stone 2 – Fortify Support Tuning Stone 3 – Safe...

Palworld has come into early access with meteoric speed‚ smashing through the million-player mark within hours of release. Now‚ as the game continues with undreamt of funds‚ the roadmap for Palworld is all that more important. What do we have in store for this huge indie success? Palworld roadmap We have all been wondering just what is in store for us as Palworld fans‚ and Twitter has provided. A roadmap was promised‚ and so far‚ a Tweet is what we have to work with. Screenshot: PC Invasion Quality of life settings Of course‚ the main thing that needs to be constantly tweaked in every early access and final release game‚ I think‚ is the quality of life. The roadmap addresses issues with Pal functionality in the base and some issues with key configurations. Along with the main issues players have noted are several bug fixes that have arisen over the millions of hours of playtesting the early access of Palworld has resulted in. ...

The military consistently has some of the finest gadgets known to mankind‚ and that definitely counts when we’re talking about their vehicles. Those commercial passenger planes that you take from Detroit to LA are about to seem incredibly small after you see just how big these military planes can get. From double-decker layouts to wingspans longer than football fields to six-engine rigs — it’s... Source

The year has hardly begun‚ and the pro-Biden media are already in a full-blown panic. They’re upset many polls show Donald Trump ahead of President Joe Biden. When Democrats are losing‚ they warn that democracy is dying and disinformation is thriving. In this spirit of dread‚ NBCNews.com posted a story with the headline “Disinformation poses an unprecedented threat in 2024—and the U.S. is less ready than ever.” The reporter is Brandy Zadrozny‚ whose specialty is “misinformation‚ extremism and the internet.” Reader beware‚ since every reporter who professes to expose “misinformation” and “extremism” is a dedicated warrior against those “far-right” Republicans. Here’s the problem for the “misinformation” reporters: Are they willing to acknowledge that the Democrats are guilty of it? Are they willing to admit that the media elites can get the facts wrong? Or is there an automatic assumption that every argument Trump and his “MAGA media” forward against the Democrats has to be false? At the base of leftist panic over “misinformation” is a long-simmering anger that partisan Democratic journalists are not trusted by the Republican half of the country. Journalists cannot stand that Trump remains popular despite all their attempts to destroy him as a political figure. Parker Thayer of the conservative Capital Research Center posted an informative thread on X (formerly Twitter) noting how Zadrozny’s stable of experts turned out to be misinformation deniers whenever the Republicans had a factual point to press. He started with Claire Wardle‚ founder of First Draft News and researcher at Brown University. She lamented that after a pandemic‚ an “insurrection” and congressional investigations into leftists working to censor conservative speech‚ 2024 is worse than 2020. Thayer pointed out Wardle’s First Draft News disparaged both the Hunter Biden laptop (Russian disinformation) and the COVID-19 lab leak theory (racist). Arguments that turned out to be real didn’t cause any media introspection. Zadrozny also turned to A.J. Bauer‚ assistant journalism professor at the University of Alabama‚ who studies conservative media. “Right-wing media see a demand for content that is pro-Trump and leaning into conspiracy theories‚” he pronounced. Bauer dismissed the Hunter laptop as irrelevant after it was verified by pro-Biden media outlets. He also shared the fake story of Israel bombing al-Shifa hospital in Gaza. Doesn’t this shake his credibility as an “expert?” Not at NBC News. Naturally‚ the list also included Joan Donovan‚ a “misinformation” scholar at Boston University honored in all the leftist outlets. Thayer noted Donovan called Hunter’s laptop one of Steve Bannon’s “three biggest disinfo campaigns of 2020.” After the liberal papers acknowledged the laptop was real‚ Donovan still tweeted the laptop was “the most popular straw man question at #Disinfo2022‚” a conference hosted by The Atlantic magazine‚ which has endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton and Biden for president. Thayer closed by noting Zadrozny herself wrote a “gem of an article claiming that Boston Children’s Hospital doesn’t perform ‘gender-affirming’ surgeries on minors. (BCH openly admitted they do.)” Other experts in the NBC story were presented as nonideological. Christina Baal-Owens works for the “nonpartisan voting rights organization” Public Wise‚ but her LinkedIn page is titled “Social Justice Warrior” and lists her time in Hillary Rodham Clinton’s 2016 campaign. Until recently‚ Laura Edelson was the “chief technologist” for Biden’s Justice Department. So‚ what we’ve learned from NBC is that it assembled a unanimous cast of Democrats who share the opinion that Republicans shouldn’t be allowed to use information they identify as highly unfavorable to their hold on power. Looking back at the COVID-19 lab leak or the suppression of the Hunter Biden scandals? NBC calls that an “unprecedented threat.” Apparently‚ democracy can’t survive these topics. COPYRIGHT 2024 CREATORS.COM The Daily Signal publishes a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Heritage Foundation. Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state.  The post NBC’s ‘Misinformation’ Reporter Assembles Team of Deniers of Leftist Misinformation appeared first on The Daily Signal.

The Ohio Senate voted to override Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of House Bill 68‚ which will protect minors from experimental transgender treatments euphemistically referred to as “gender-affirming care” and safeguard fairness in women’s sports. The override passed the Senate 24-8 Wednesday‚ after passing the House of Representatives‚ 65-28‚ on Jan. 10. The clerk initially read the wrong number for the votes‚ 23-9. ?Good news!!!? Ohio Senate successfully voted 23-9 to override Gov DeWine's veto ?????? The bill will become law in 90 days. Ohio's most vulnerable are protected. pic.twitter.com/RnzkA1aMMe— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) January 24‚ 2024 HB 68‚ the Enact Ohio Saving Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act‚ will bar physicians from performing gender-reassignment surgery on a minor and from prescribing cross-sex hormones or drugs to block puberty for the purpose of gender transition. It also will enable students to sue if they are deprived of a fair playing field in sports due to gender activism and protect parents’ rights to raise their children according to their biological sex. DeWine‚ a Republican‚ vetoed the bill on Dec. 29 after it passed both houses by veto-proof majorities. DeWine framed his veto as an effort to bring consensus on a divisive issue and to avoid having the government decide what medical decisions are best for children. He insisted that a bureaucratic rulemaking process would be more likely to produce rules that would survive legal challenges. Similar laws restricting experimental gender interventions have faced court challenges‚ although many have survived legal scrutiny. The governor echoed pro-transgender activists who claim that minors with gender dysphoria (the painful and persistent condition of identifying with the gender other than their biological sex) will commit suicide if they can’t take hormones or undergo other “treatments” to make their bodies resemble those of the opposite sex. DeWine signed an “emergency” executive order one week after vetoing the bill. His order only banned sex-reassignment surgeries for minors‚ while the bill also bans cross-sex hormones and so-called puberty blockers for children. DeWine’s order also did not address males competing in women’s sports. “The Ohio Senate deserves to be commended today for its commitment to protecting women and children by overriding the governor’s veto of House Bill 68‚” Rep. Gary Click‚ a Republican and the bill’s lead sponsor‚ said in a statement Wednesday. “The SAFE Act and Save Women’s Sports Act are the civil rights issues of our day‚ ensuring that children have the right to grow up intact and that women are no longer subject to men invading their spaces.” Official statement on the Ohio Senate’s Veto Override of #HB68 #SAFEAct #SaveWomensSports pic.twitter.com/15TKy3Y30U— Rep Gary Click ? (@clickforohio) January 24‚ 2024 Ryan Walker‚ executive vice president of Heritage Action for America‚ praised the veto override. (Heritage Action for America is an independent‚ nonprofit organization affiliated with The Heritage Foundation‚ which is The Daily Signal’s parent organization.) “HB 68 reflects the values of a bipartisan majority of Americans who know that biological males do not belong in girls’ sports—and that dangerous cross-sex hormones and experimental surgeries have no business being administered to children‚” Walker said. The pro-transgender group Human Rights Campaign condemned the override. “These politicians think they know trans youth better than their parents and doctors‚” the organization posted on X‚ formerly known as Twitter. “This is not the end of the fight. We will not stop until trans youth in Ohio and across the country have their rights protected and respected.” This is not the end of the fight. We will not stop until trans youth in Ohio and across the country have their rights protected and respected. https://t.co/YNkc10MFLG— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) January 24‚ 2024 Aaron Baer‚ president of the Center for Christian Virtue‚ praised the Ohio Legislature for overriding the veto. “Up until the very last floor speech‚ opponents of HB 68 lied about the mutilation and sterilization that is happening to children in Ohio‚” Baer told The Daily Signal in a statement Wednesday. “But Ohio lawmakers did what Gov DeWine couldn’t do: see through manipulation and stand up for kids.” As Brent Scher reported for The Daily Wire‚ the Cincinnati hospital’s Transgender Health Center revealed a strategy to hide minors’ gender transitions from parents who might not support them. Dr. Lee Ann Conard‚ the center’s director‚ lays out ways to progress a child toward “gender affirmation” without parental support. She suggests finding a therapist for a child without telling parents‚ and even putting young girls on “menstrual suppression” to stop their periods. “We see kids 3‚ 4‚ all the way up to the 25th birthday‚” Conard says in the video. “We can refer a child for therapy without telling parents.” She also acknowledged‚ “We have a large number of patients who have dual diagnoses of eating disorders‚ autism spectrum disorder.” “Ohio legislators should be commended today for acting to protect children and families in their state from the awful consequences of gender ideology‚” Terry Schilling‚ president of American Principles Project‚ said in a statement. “Most Americans agree that it is wrong to push children into permanent‚ bodily destructive procedures to ‘treat’ their mental distress. And they agree it is wrong to force women and girl athletes to compete against biological males in sports. The safeguards in this legislation are simple‚ common sense.” “There are only two sexes—male and female—and denying this basic truth only hurts the most vulnerable‚ our precious children‚” Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Sharp said in a statement on the override. “Now and always‚ young people deserve the loving embrace of family members who guide them toward this truth rather than be subjected to risky‚ often irreversible‚ and life-altering experimentation and drugs.” “These approaches are dangerous‚ as they block healthy puberty‚ alter hormonal balance‚ and remove healthy organs and body parts‚” he added. “No one has the right to harm children‚ and‚ thankfully‚ states have the power—and duty—to protect them.” This is a breaking story and may be updated. Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state.  The post BREAKING: Ohio Senate Overrides DeWine Veto of Bill Protecting Kids From ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Is your sourdough starter acting sluggish? Let’s fix that! Come learn how to make sourdough starter more active. From flour type to feeding schedules‚ this article explores nine ways to build a stronger sourdough starter – one that rises faster and taller than before. I’ve been baking sourdough for nearly a decade‚ and these tips can help strengthen a sourdough starter that isn’t rising‚ or one that simply isn’t as active as you’d hope. If you’re working with a severely neglected sourdough starter‚ one that hasn’t been fed in many months or longer‚ please also refer to this guide: Is My Starter Dead? How to Revive an Old Inactive Starter. The revival process is slightly different from strengthening a maintained starter. Starter Rise vs. Leavening Power It’s important to note that starter rise doesn’t always directly correlate to bread rise. Meaning‚ just because a starter isn’t overflowing from its jar‚ doesn’t mean it lacks leavening power in the dough! Of course‚ a healthy active starter should rise some‚ but a taller starter doesn’t always mean a stronger culture or better loaf of bread.  Also‚ a sourdough starter that rises slowly isn’t necessarily bad either. Sure‚ it can be frustrating to wait forever when you’re trying to bake… but a starter that is slow to rise usually stays at peak activity for a longer time too. This gives you a longer window to use it‚ and added flexibility in your baking schedule.   Understanding the Science: Why Does Sourdough Starter Rise and Fall? Before we dive into how to make sourdough starter more active and bubbly‚ it’s important to understand WHY it rises first. Then you’ll have a better idea of how to manipulate the factors that influence sourdough starter strength and activity!  A sourdough starter is made up of flour‚ wild yeasts‚ and beneficial bacteria. When those yeasts and bacteria are dormant (such as while it’s stored in the refrigerator‚ or when a starter hasn’t been fed in a while) the starter is said to be “inactive”. It’s likely still alive‚ but not rising or bubbling at this time.  To make an inactive starter rise‚ it must be fed fresh flour and water. The flour provides new “food” for the yeast and bacteria to consume‚ which increases their activity and population. Carbon dioxide is produced in this fermentation process‚ making the sourdough starter bubble and rise – reaching peak activity. Once the colony of yeast and bacteria run out of available food‚ their activity decreases and the starter deflates or falls back down once again. Typically‚ it’s best to “discard” a portion of the inactive starter before feeding it – both to make more room in the jar for the rise‚ and to get the desired ratio of starter-to-flour and water. Related: How to Feed‚ Store‚ and Maintain Your Sourdough Starter The Science of Sourdough via Students Discover How to Make Sourdough More Active There are a number of factors that influence sourdough starter activity and rise – including temperature‚ feeding schedule‚ the type of flour and water used‚ hydration ratio‚ and more. Let’s discuss! 1) Keep Starter Warm Sourdough starter is most active and happy when it’s about 75 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit after feeding. If you aren’t sure how warm your starter is‚ use a simple stick-on thermometer to easily monitor the temperature. Colder temperatures will result in a slower‚ sluggish ferment for both sourdough starter and dough. This can make baking a challenge during the cool winter months. Warm conditions make starter rise faster‚ taller‚ and be more flavorful. However‚ a warm starter also stays in peak activity for less time (starts to deflate more quickly) so be ready to use it! Here are 6 ways to keep sourdough starter warm: Find a warm spot in your house‚ such as next to or on top of a warm appliance. For example‚ our kitchen has under-cabinet lights that put off heat when they’re on‚ making the cabinets above quite warm and cozy. Use a starter heating pad. Consider using a specialized heating pad to keep your sourdough starter warm‚ such as this wrap-around heat mat (thermometer included). It has precise temperature controls to keep the starter at the ideal temperature. My gardener friends use seedling heat mats too – just be sure it doesn’t get TOO hot! You may need to keep a towel or plate between the heat mat and starter jar. Oven light trick. Most oven light bulbs emit warmth‚ so turning on the oven light (but keeping the oven itself OFF) can create a nice warm spot in the back of the oven for your starter or proofing dough. However‚ I’ve heard dozens of horror stories when folks forget and accidentally pre-heat or bake their starter! So if you try this‚ be sure to create some sort of system to remember it’s in there – including for other members of the household.  Proofing box. If you’re a regular baker with a chronically cool home‚ it may be worth investing in a proofing box – which can keep both your sourdough starter warm and your proofing bread dough at the perfect temperature! Use warm water. One easy way to quickly warm up your sourdough starter and get it moving in the right direction is to use warm water (not hot) when you feed it.  Let it warm up before feeding. If you store your sourdough starter in the fridge‚ it’s best to let it warm to room temperature before feeding if your schedule allows. We usually take ours out of the fridge in the evening‚ let it sit out overnight‚ then feed it the following morning A warm proofing box can help keep both starter and bread dough at the perfect warm temperature. 2) Feed Starter with Different Flour If your starter isn’t rising well‚ try feeding it with different flour. Various types of flours make sourdough starter more or less active depending on their nutritional value.  For instance‚ bread flour contains more gluten protein (12-14%) compared to unbleached all purpose flour (9-12%)‚ which can help strengthen sourdough starter. The added gluten content in bread flour enables the starter to stretch and rise even taller‚ and trap more air and gas inside. Rye and whole wheat flour offer even more nutrients‚ acting like superfood for the bacteria and yeast to help the sourdough starter ferment and rise more vigorously.  It’s important to note that using too much whole wheat or rye could impact the results of your finished sourdough bread. So‚ you could also experiment using a blend of flours such as half all-purpose and half whole wheat‚ or ¾ bread flour and ¼ rye flour.  In addition to feeding our starter different flours‚ we also like to use a small amount of whole wheat and rye in our simple sourdough bread recipe. 3) Thicken it Up (Lower Hydration) Making your starter more thick and stiff (using a lower hydration ratio) can make it more strong. A thin‚ runny sourdough starter may be active but not rise well. In fact‚ if it’s too watery‚ it may not rise AT ALL! That’s because it lacks the thickness and structure to hold itself up. The gasses and bubbles will simply travel up through and out of the starter‚ rather than being trapped inside of it. So‚ if you see bubbles form after feeding but little-to-no rise‚ try to add more flour to thicken it up.  A regular starter is typically kept at 100% hydration‚ where it is fed using a 1:1:1 ratio‚ or equal parts starter‚ flour‚ and water by weight – such as 100 grams of each. To make a stiff starter‚ use only about half to 60% of the water instead‚ or a 2:2:1 ratio of starter‚ flour‚ and water by weight (e.g. 100 grams starter‚ 100 grams flour‚ and 50 or 60 grams water). This is known as a 50% or 60% hydration starter.  You can also thicken up an already-fed starter by adding more flour‚ slowly mixing in one tablespoon at a time until it reaches the desired thickness.  A stiff starter should still be fairly smooth and easy to mix (similar to a wet bread dough) but not runny and pourable like pancake batter. Note that a stiff starter will sometimes take longer to rise‚ but will be strong and stay at peak activity longer (up to several hours)‚ leading to more flexibility in your baking schedule. I often like to make a semi-stiff starter‚ using a 75 to 80% hydration ratio instead. It rises faster than a super-stiff starter‚ but still stays strong in peak ripeness for a good while. A nice stiff starter 4) Add Oxygen Yeast loves oxygen! So adding air to your sourdough starter can make it more active. One easy way to add oxygen is to stir your starter occasionally between feedings‚ especially if you store your starter in the refrigerator and go several weeks between feeding it. Also‚ try stirring the starter vigorously to introduce more oxygen at the time of feeding. Finally‚ try covering the starter jar only loosely after feeding‚ rather than using an air-tight lid. 5) Feed Several Times Before Baking  When sourdough starter has been stored in the refrigerator‚ it tends to be pretty sluggish on the first feed out of the fridge (especially if it’s been a few weeks since it was last fed). Therefore‚ it can be a good idea to feed the starter several times to get it nice and active before baking with it. We typically do at least two feedings‚ sometimes three if it’s been more than a month since we fed it. However‚ don’t repeatedly feed your starter too quickly! Once fed‚ it is important to let the starter fully rise and even start to deflate before feeding it again. If you feed and discard too many times back-to-back‚ it’s not allowing the colony of bacteria and yeast to properly grow in number each time. Instead‚ you’d actually be diluting your starter culture with too much flour and water (making it weaker) before the colony has a chance to repopulate. 6) Feed It More Often When life gets busy and we aren’t baking regularly‚ we often go several months between feeding our starter‚ contrary to “best practice”. Over time‚ infrequent feedings can lead to a weak starter. Ours always perks back up after a few feedings‚ but that also means we have to plan a couple days in advance when we do want to bake.  Feeding a starter on a regular basis will help keep the culture nice and strong‚ making it rise faster and taller when it does come time to feed and bake. To maintain a readily-active starter‚ it’s best to feed it at least once per week if stored in the refrigerator and daily (if not 2 or 3 times daily) if stored at room temperature. 7) Store Starter At Room Temperature It’s a known fact that sourdough starter regularly stored at room temperature is more readily active and bubbly than starter stored in the refrigerator. It will reach peak activity very quickly‚ often rising more than halfway (tripling in size instead of doubling). That’s because the bacteria and yeast are maintained in a constant state of activity‚ rather than going through cycles of dormancy in the fridge.  Yet this option takes commitment! You’ll need to feed a room temp starter every day‚ if not two or three times per day. That also generates a lot of discard or waste‚ so be sure to visit our top 15 sourdough discard recipes or 7 ways to use sourdough discard – besides baking. Don’t miss our favorite discard recipes‚ including delicious sourdough granola‚ cookies‚ healthy zucchini bread‚ crackers‚ and more! 8) Use Filtered Water‚ Not Distilled Filtered water is the best to maintain a healthy active sourdough starter. Most sourdough experts say to avoid chlorinated tap water to feed sourdough starter‚ as chlorine may kill or stifle the colony of bacteria and yeast. A basic carbon water filter will remove almost all chlorine‚ including a built-in refrigerator filter‚ pitcher filter‚ or countertop filter. However‚ don’t be tempted to reach for distilled water instead! It turns out distilled water isn’t great for sourdough starter health either. It’s “too pure”‚ lacking important minerals and electrolytes that help keep a sourdough starter active.  Use code “deannacat” to save 10% off this awesome stainless steel countertop water filter (or their under sink filters). It removes chlorine‚ PFOAs‚ heavy metals‚ pesticides and more. 9) Start Fresh  If you’ve tried all of these suggestions to make your sourdough starter more active and it still isn’t rising well‚ perhaps it’s time to try a new starter culture altogether! It is possible for a starter to simply lose its vigor over time. One of our friends (an experienced sourdough baker) recently couldn’t get her old trusty starter to rise well‚ no matter what she tried. She bought a new organic sourdough starter from our shop and was absolutely raving excited at how bubbly and active it was! Our starter comes dehydrated‚ lasts for over a year dry‚ and is easy to reactivate in just a few simple steps. It’s vigorous‚ hardy‚ and foolproof. See our 5-star reviews and customer testimonials here. Here’s the organic starter we sell just 5 days after reactivation – and more than doubling in size! Just wait‚ you’ll have an impressively bubbly starter in no time! I hope these tips help you to build and strengthen a more active sourdough starter than ever before. Please let me know if you have any questions in the comments below. If you found this post useful‚ please also consider pinning or sharing this post – and leave a review below‚ Happy baking! You may also enjoy: Simple Sourdough Focaccia Bread Recipe Sourdough Granola Recipe (Discard or Active Starter) with Fermented Option Healthy Sourdough Pumpkin Spice Bread Recipe (or Muffins) Best Sourdough Starter Names: 60 Punny Ideas 20 Best Sourdough Add-Ins and Topping Ideas Did you enjoy this article? Want to hear more? Stay in touch! Sign up below to receive weekly updates on new posts from Homestead and Chill. Print How to Make Sourdough Starter More Active (Strengthen and Rise) Come learn 9 ways to strengthen sourdough starter‚ make it more active‚ and rise better – including temperature‚ the best type of flour and water to use‚ feeding schedules‚ and more. Course SourdoughKeyword dehydrate sourdough starter‚ make sourdough starter rise‚ sourdough stater more active‚ strengthen sourdough starter Cook Time 10 minutes minutes Equipmentheating pad or proofing box (optional) Ingredientsexisting sourdough starterwhole wheat flour‚ bread flour‚ or rye flour InstructionsKeep sourdough starter warm. Starter is most active at 75-85F. Find a warm location in your kitchen/house‚ use warm water during feeding‚ consider using a heating pad or proofing box‚ and monitor the temperature with a thermometer. If your schedule allows‚ let refrigerated starter warm up to room temp before feeding.Feed with different flour. Flour with more protein and nutrients make sourdough starter more active‚ so consider feeding your starter with bread flour‚ whole wheat flour‚ rye flour (or a combination of these) to increase fermentation activity and rise.Thicken the starter (lower hydration ratio). A very runny starter may bubble but not rise at all. Try adding more flour‚ stirring in one tablespoon or two at a time until the desired thicker consistency is reached. (It should be smooth and easy to stir like a wet dough‚ but not runny and pourable like pancake batter). Or‚ make a proper "stiff starter" by feeding with a 2:2:1 ratio of flour‚ starter and water (e.g. 100 grams flour‚ 100 grams stater‚ 50-60 grams water) – which is a 50 to 60% hydration. Standard starter is usually fed a 1:1:1 ratio (100 grams of each) and is 100% hydration. Add oxygen. Occasionally stir refrigerated starter between feedings‚ and stir more vigorously during feeding/mixing to introduce air. Loosely cover the starter container after feeding rather than using an air-tight lid. Feed several times before baking. If your starter has been in the fridge‚ try feeding it at least 2 or 3 times before baking with it. However‚ allow it to fully rise and start to deflate again between feedings. Feed more often. To maintain a readily-active starter‚ it’s best to feed it at least once per week if stored in the refrigerator and daily (if not 2 or 3 times daily) if stored at room temperature.7) Store starter at room temperature. Room temp starter is often more active than refrigerated starter‚ but it must be fed daily. Use filtered water (unchlorinated water) to feed your sourdough starter‚ but also avoid distilled water.Start fresh. If all else fails‚ start with a new‚ healthy‚ established starter culture – like the 5-star organic sourdough starter we offer here! The post 9 Ways to Make Sourdough Starter More Active (Strengthen Starter) appeared first on Homestead and Chill.

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