Just hit 500 sourdough loaves this morning

I keep a tally on my pantry wall and crossed 500 yesterday. It's wild because I started baking during that rough stretch in 2020 and somehow never stopped. Most of those first 50 or so were basically hockey pucks until I figured out my starter's timing. Anyone else keep count of their bakes or am I just weird?

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kim.dylan16d ago

Dude, I've got a whole notebook dedicated to this. Started tracking my bakes in early 2020 too, and I'm somewhere around 430 right now. Those first tries were brutal, mine were basically doorstops until I learned my starter needed a solid 8 hour feed before mixing. I mark each one with a little star if it turned out perfect, and there's a lot of blank spaces from those early months. It's cool to look back and see how much better I got, even if I still screw up shaping sometimes.

the_reese15d ago

430 perfect bakes and you're still messing up shaping, maybe the notebook's bad luck.