Time To Make The Bread

Finally!  The starter is ready and its time to see if I can actually make some real bread!  I had two jars (at 2 cups each) of healthy starter, I just divided it into four jars, feeding all four.   The final disposition will be:

1 for the bread
1 for me to freeze
1 for me to keep at room temperature
1 for Janet (will be delivered frozen)

Here's how they looked just after feeding, and I am keeping an eye on them in case they start to spill over:

Update:  1AM (1 hour after feedings) and all four jars are alive and growing!  you'll note that in the last picture, 1 and 2 are a little more full than 3 and 4, and that is reflected in their growth.  All four have expanded by around 50%, which is what I was expecting.   No danger of spillover yet, but I have at least another hour to go before I can be sure they wont.

Update:  4PM (Sunday) and we are ready to make the dough.

It's kind of hard to see from this photo, but the first two jars are still a little more active than the other two.  To remedy that, I will combine them all together and redistribute them before I hand them out.