It's so sad. My sourdough starter looked fermented, smelled sour, but just didn't produce "sour" bread. First, I don't think I had the right equipment to make the bread, I didn't have a loaf pan, so I used a Pyrex bowl, thinking it would be virtually the same. Let me tell you, it was not.
What ended up happening was that the bread got very brown to the point of burnt on top and then didn't cook all the way through. I took it out thinking it was done only to find a disgusting gluey mess stuck to the bottom of the bowl.
I cut off the uncooked bits to see how it would have some out if it had cooked all the way. The bread just didn't have a good crumb to it. It was doughy and didn't have that zing you want in sourdough.
Needless to say, I'm pretty disappointed. I'm trying not to let it discourage my bread baking endeavors. Next time, I'll use better equipment (hopefully I'll get a Dutch oven for my upcoming birthday (this always makes the bf snicker..."are you sure you want that?")).
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