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And no, I'm not talking about how it is likely to END friendships... I did some experimenting and the results were quite favorable. I got to "Day 10" aka The Baking Day. Knowing I did not plan to "bless" my friends with bags of starter I couldn't bring myself to add all the ingredients to the bag, then divide and then make my batch of bread with what was left. So I added nothing to my bag but poured a bit (I didn't measure; maybe 1/2 cup??) in a bowl, added the wet ingredients to it and then added that mixture to the dry ingredients and baked. Voila! Tastes great! It worked so well that I made a second batch of bread later in the day (cinnamon the first time,cranberry orange the second time). If I was really ambitious (which I'm not) I could make at least one more batch, maybe 2. But I'll just the bless the weeds behind my house with the rest of my starter. AFB doesn't top my list of favorite things to bake. Nutritionally it really has nothing going for it. I prefer baking things in which I sneak healthy stuff that my kids won't recognize. But I hope somebody out there has some starter they'll share because, you know, "The Amish are the ONLY ones who know how to make the starter!" Oh give me a break! -- note: originally posted on Facebook.