Honestly, my sourdough starter disaster last Tuesday was a blessing in disguise

Ngl, I thought my starter was dead after I forgot to feed it for 3 days, but I dumped in some whole wheat flour and water anyway, and it somehow came back stronger than ever. Has anyone else had a total fail turn into a win like that?

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taylor_moore2d ago

Honestly I used to be one of those people who thought if your starter went even a day past feeding it was basically compost material. But then I had a similar thing happen where I left mine in the back of the fridge for like two weeks during a move, came back to this weird grey liquid on top and the whole thing smelled like acetone. I almost threw it out but figured why not try, fed it a few times and it bounced back with this amazing fruity tang. Totally changed my view on how resilient these things actually are.

josephs262d ago

Bet that grey liquid is hooch and it's actually a flavor booster.