Looking for sour dough starter

[jliszewski]

I’d like to start making some bread and I was looking for some starter

[John_Marlow]

@HankCowdog

If you want to get some traditional sourdough starter …

Try this post from @HankCowdog and see if that’s still an option.

[jliszewski]

Thanks, I’ll get my SASE in the mail tonight.

[jast]

the quarentiny sourdough (also posted by @HankCowdog ) worked pretty well back when I did it.

What maker wouldn’t like to say “I’m doing a science experiment?”

While you’re stuck at home, why not try making a custom sourdough starter from scratch? This Cook’s Illustrated series walks you through making a starter (called a “levain”). It explains why you repeatedly chuck out 3/4 of each batch and add flour/water to the remainder, what to expect as the levain matures, the science behind the process, etc. This author’s approach is to make a “mini levain” starting with only 10g of flour to minimize waste as it develops and matures. Takes 2-3 weeks, but …

takes a couple weeks, so you could do it NOW, and it’ll likely hit usable about the same time as the Carl’s…compare & contrast.
Plus, it takes daily activity at first, so good way to keep occupied, if that’s what’s needed.

[jliszewski]

My wife has done this, it was one of her covid projects. She got swamped heading back to the classroom and forgot about her starter. It got sick and couldn’t be saved.

Now that it’s getting colder and Thanksgiving is coming up I’d like to start making bread again. I’m impatient and didn’t want to make a new starter.

[CaryF300]

Facebook Marketplace has a number of local-ish listings for sourdough starter.

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[HankCowdog]

@jliszewski, I have some of my starter dried (in case of a catastrophe with the starter in my fridge). I could mail some to you.

This is a starter I’ve kept going since a friend gave me some of hers in the Summer of 2020. Very hardy - it has survived multiple consecutive weeks of neglect (including two evacuations due to forest fires) and bounces back every time.

PM me your mailing address if your interested.

[mdredmond]

I bought some refrigerated starter on clearance at a health food store in Denton. Happy to share once I wake it up. Not sure what strains of yeast and/or bacteria are in it.