By Audrey Gerred (and Doughlene)

As you may know, I am speaking at FabCon with the talented Tanvi Jaikamal about the Realities of AI in Microsoft Fabric and the ways you can leverage it to make your day more efficient. And, I am bringing dehydrated packets of my sourdough starter, Doughlene, to give away to so you can get your sourdough journey started quickly- with a copilot or accelerator. So, if you are reading this because you got some dehydrated Doughlene, here is how to rehydrate her.

Day 1: Find a glass container with a lid (like a mason jar). Weigh the jar and write that number down somewhere (don’t forget that step – it’ll be very handy to know in couple of days and going forward). Empty the packet of Doughlene into the glass container and put it on your kitchen scale, then zero it out. Now, add 30g of warm water to the container and stir together. Let this sit for about an hour or until whenever you see that the dehydrated starter has dissolved. Add the container back to your scale and zero it out. Stir in 30g bread flour (organic or not, bleached or unbleached, AP is fine too). It’ll look thick and clumpy – perfection. Grab a rubber band and place it around the jar and line it up with where the top of the mixture is (if you don’t have a rubber band, a dry erase marker will work). This will allow us to see if there is any growth (you may not have any the first day or two). Now, set the lid on it (doesn’t need to be tightened – you just want it on there so it doesn’t get dried out). Leave it on your counter and come back tomorrow.

Day 2: Is there any growth? If yes – YAY!! If not, no biggie – we still proceed! Put your container on the scale, zero it out. Add 30g of flour. Zero out the scale. Add 30g of warm water. Mix well – thick and clumpy looking is the goal. Line up your rubber band or make marker line, place lid on and leave on counter. See you again tomorrow!

Now, I have to get ready to head to Vegas for the show and finish packaging up Doughlene so I will update with the remaining day(s) when I get back. I’ll also make a video showing the steps. PROMISE!

I can’t wait to meet all of you!