I like to cook my own bread at home. I had a breadmaker machine that was great at making sourdough bread however that machine broke and the new one I bought requires sourdough starter to make a good sourdough loaf (the old one did not).
I’ve been trying to make sourdough started numerous times before I went on holiday and started back up after I came back but my starter never got to the point where it rises. I watched tons of YouTube videos, tried different ingredients (rye flour vs bread flour) and still couldn’t figure it out.
Finally, I decided to ask AI as it has solved almost all of my other problems and almost instantly. I told it the problem and it gave me a specific recipe to follow. I tried it and didn’t go anywhere so I went back to AI and said its recipe wasn’t working.
This is where the epiphany came it. AI asked what temperature specifically my starter was sitting in. I used a laser thermometer to measure the temperature of the jar and gave that info to AI. It called me stupid and said it wanted the temperature of the starter inside the jar not the jar itself.
I took the temperature of the starter inside the jar and it was too cold at 71F degrees. It turns out the starter will grow at 70ish but it needs warmer temperatures to grow better. I submersed the jar in a sous vide set to 79 degrees Fahrenheit and let it sit for a few hours.
Lo and behold the starter was bubbling and smelling a very nice sourish! I took it out of the sous vide over night and let it sit and when I came in this morning it had risen and was far more bubbly than I’ve ever seen it bubble. I followed the instructions to pull 50g out and add 50g of rye and 50g of water, mix it up and re-submerge it in a sous vide at 79F.
It will take a few days but I’ve now progressed more after using AI than I had in months of trying to get this right. I can’t wait to have an AI robot that just cooks me the best sourdough bread all on its own.
I am also cooking a AI recipe brisket right now.
The next thing I will do is photograph all my spices (I have hundreds) and have AI give me optimal recipes for dishes I love.
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