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Potato flake sourdough starter7/31/2023 ![]() Throwing out a cup every week (or, using that “discarded” cup of starter to make crumpets - yum!) will make it less sour, as can throwing out the “hooch” (the main source of the sourness) and replacing that liquid with plain water. In that case, I feed it to replace what I’m using. I like mine quite sour, so I keep a batter-style starter, and feed it about 1/4 cup each of water & flour once a week, unless I’m baking with it. If you want to keep the flavor of a particular starter, you’ll need to refresh it with more potato or grapes every few months. (It’s very romantic that people in, say, Iowa, can talk about using a 200-year-old starter from France, but in truth, after a few weeks/months everybody winds up using their local bugs regardless.) The situation’s similar for potato or grape starters - after a few months, the local yeast take over. Even if you start the starter (how Zen…) with a commercial yeast, in a few months (especially with a “pancake” batter 166% starter, versus a doughier 100% version) your local wild yeast will have taken over anyway. –I wouldn’t sweat it too much about using wild yeast for a starter. My five cents (I’ve been making 99% of my bread from scratch, and make at least two loaves of sourdough every month.) : ) : ) You would be going crazy, too, if you had just spent the last four weeks putting 5,000 eyeballs into gingerbread men! : ) : )Īnyway, I hope you enjoy this Potato Flake Sourdough Starter recipe! Now you know I have gone off the deep end. ![]() It was too emotionally exhausting for me. : ) : )Įver since I had to kill my first Herman, I haven’t had many others. When I really couldn’t use him anymore, what was I to do with him? Should I let him die a slow death in the fridge or throw him in the trash to die an even more cruel death. Then, if I didn’t get a chance to bake him I felt so guilty if I had to throw part of him away. ![]() I got quite stressed if I forgot to feed him. I’m afraid I treated mine too much like a family member. (This recipe is in volume 1 of our Dining on a Dime Cookbook.) These starters are fun to start and I have done them off and on over the years but, I must warn you, you must not become emotionally attached to them! ![]() This sourdough starter recipe is similar to the Amish Friendship Bread and is a really yummy starter that you feed like you do other sourdough. Our Favorite Christian Resources – Bible Translations, Christian Speakers And More!. ![]()
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