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sourdough starter

900ss

900ss

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Donkey's years ago, when I had a Zojirushi bread machine, I made my own sourdough starter. Unfortunately I allowed it to go the way of the Dodo bird and dinosaurs. I am about to commit to starting one again, but being lazy, I have to ask if anyone wants to donate a starter?

This has been a cool website forever..... http://carlsfriends.net/source.html

Thanks, I am in San Jose and will take a drive for starter.
 
byke said:
I bought some on etsy a while ago. It was cheap and good, but obviously not regulated, so maybe it had boogers and cum in it I dunno.
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Yeah, thanks for that; that's why I will cultivating my own again. Urgh.... Perhaps, once it is started, I will park it in some bushes in Alviso for a bit. I imagine there might be some interesting yeast strains out there.
 
900ss said:
Yeah, thanks for that; that's why I will cultivating my own again. Urgh.... Perhaps, once it is started, I will park it in some bushes in Alviso for a bit. I imagine there might be some interesting yeast strains out there.
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My wife makes great sourdough. If you ever make it to Oakland during the week, she would probably hand off some discard to get you started. :)

Sorry I don't have any resources closer to you.
 
900ss said:
Yeah, thanks for that; that's why I will cultivating my own again. Urgh.... Perhaps, once it is started, I will park it in some bushes in Alviso for a bit. I imagine there might be some interesting yeast strains out there.
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Thank you, I actually need to drive to Berkeley sometime soon to have a concert violinist play a violin I had restored a few years ago, An odd segue I know, but there it is. Thank you again for the kind and generous offer for discard, Awesome!
 
900ss said:
Thank you, I actually need to drive to Berkeley sometime soon to have a concert violinist play a violin I had restored a few years ago, An odd segue I know, but there it is. Thank you again for the kind and generous offer for discard, Awesome!
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Lemme chat with my wife - she doesn't know I volunteered her discard - and we'll figure it out. :thumbup
 
Finding "real" sourdough is a lost art. For decades, the sour "isn't". No tart bite of God given traditional sour flavor- the kind our dads would bring home when they went to San Francisco.

A few exceptions exist, but take a lot of ferreting to find.
  • Ad Astra in downtown Monterey & new one in Carmel Valley
  • Acme in the Ferry Building
  • Tartine in EssEff
 
900ss said:
Donkey's years ago, when I had a Zojirushi bread machine, I made my own sourdough starter. Unfortunately I allowed it to go the way of the Dodo bird and dinosaurs. I am about to commit to starting one again, but being lazy, I have to ask if anyone wants to donate a starter?

This has been a cool website forever..... http://carlsfriends.net/source.html

Thanks, I am in San Jose and will take a drive for starter.
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My girlfriend has some in Santa Cruz if you want to make the trip. Its been making good bread 🍞.
 
Bubba Mack said:
My girlfriend has some in Santa Cruz if you want to make the trip. Its been making good bread 🍞.
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Thank you very much for the generous offer; I just started my own today, and if it doesn't work out (it will), I will take you up on it. Thanks again!
 
This thread reminded me I've been neglecting my starter. I pulled it out of the fridge during the week and started feeding it, decided to make a couple of loaves. If anyone needs starter in or around SF, lmk - this is one of the many neighborhood starters shared during the early days of the pandemic.

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Momo-san said:
This thread reminded me I've been neglecting my starter. I pulled it out of the fridge during the week and started feeding it, decided to make a couple of loaves. If anyone needs starter in or around SF, lmk - this is one of the many neighborhood starters shared during the early days of the pandemic.

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That is a beautiful looking loaf! Hopefully mine come out resembling it. How long had your started been unloved in the fridge?
 
900ss said:
That is a beautiful looking loaf! Hopefully mine come out resembling it. How long had your started been unloved in the fridge?
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Thanks! I think it was close to a month and a half. It's been longer and still come back after feeding - these starters are pretty resilient. Good luck with your loaves, I have my second one in the oven now.
 
Sourghhdough discard pancake thingies with lingonberry jam tonight for a snack. Will report back if I wake up alive tomorrow. Yummy stuff anyway. Be sure to brush your teeth well, wow this is some gummy stuff. Arble garble farble woosh....

So far, so good.
 
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900ss said:
Sourghhdough discard pancake thingies with lingonberry jam tonight for a snack. Will report back if I wake up alive tomorrow. Yummy stuff anyway. Be sure to brush your teeth well, wow this is some gummy stuff. Arble garble farble woosh....

So far, so good.
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we've done a few rounds of the discard pancakes (overnight rise with the buttermilk)....good stuff :D
 
Good stuff indeed, and I woke up on this side of the grass this morning. Lingonberry jam is wonderful stuff.
 
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