Hi everyone- my starter passed away this morning. Can I make a new starter with some of the discard I have in my fridge from this deceased one? Thank you in advance
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PurpleyPineapple
Condolences.
Do NOT attempt to salvage starter from the broken jar. Shards of glass as tiny as a speck of dust could be present in there. Even if it doesn’t cut your hand while kneading or shaping, it can still cut someone’s mouth or insides. Not worth the risk.
You’ll be fine if you have some fresh discard on hand and just start feeding that.
brian_m1982
I don’t play with glass. I’d start from scratch and develop a new starter. Sorry for your loss.
Artistic-Traffic-112
Yes no question. Revive by mixing it thoroughly hooch and all, take 15 g ajd put in a fresh pot/jar feed with your normal feed 1:1:1mark kecel and s crew om lid loosely. Leave out to ferment until peaking. Mix thoroughly, reduce to 15 g and feed 1:1:1. Scrape down inside jar, mark level and replace lid. Popit in the fridge to you want to bake.
Happy baking
coodudo
Definitely use the discard you have on hand like the other people say- this is a good lesson to me to always make sure to save some discard
Happie_Bellie
Yes, you can make a starter from your discard.
An_ggrath
Discard is just lazy starter, feed it like you would feed your starter and it will be fine. You might need a few feedings if it’s older discard.
Do not try to salvage that, it’s not worth the risk, especially if you have discard from earlier.
thackeroid
I disagree with some of these posts. I’m not sure what it means to use discard, because I never have any. So if that’s your starter you can still save it. Take some of it and mix it with a lot of water to make it super liquid. Then strain that through a very fine mesh strainer. Mix that with some flour and see how it grows. Totally salvageable.
chypelyfe
Plastic jars. Think instagram and cook books glamorize the glass jar but I cannot tell you how many times I’ve seen this. Has happened to me to.
I have two of these (one as backup for when I need to wash one I’m using) and get a lid.
Next time you get a healthy starter rolling, I would save about 20g and freeze it. I’ve done this many times to keep a backup in case something goes wrong with my active starter. After thawing, it may take a couple of days to revive on a normal feed schedule. Just this year I revived a 2+ year old frozen backup starter and have been baking with it all summer.
bmslp21
This happened to me too on my very first starter RIP Soozie
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Condolences.
Do NOT attempt to salvage starter from the broken jar. Shards of glass as tiny as a speck of dust could be present in there. Even if it doesn’t cut your hand while kneading or shaping, it can still cut someone’s mouth or insides. Not worth the risk.
You’ll be fine if you have some fresh discard on hand and just start feeding that.
I don’t play with glass. I’d start from scratch and develop a new starter. Sorry for your loss.
Yes no question. Revive by mixing it thoroughly hooch and all, take 15 g ajd put in a fresh pot/jar feed with your normal feed 1:1:1mark kecel and s crew om lid loosely. Leave out to ferment until peaking. Mix thoroughly, reduce to 15 g and feed 1:1:1. Scrape down inside jar, mark level and replace lid. Popit in the fridge to you want to bake.
Happy baking
Definitely use the discard you have on hand like the other people say- this is a good lesson to me to always make sure to save some discard
Yes, you can make a starter from your discard.
Discard is just lazy starter, feed it like you would feed your starter and it will be fine. You might need a few feedings if it’s older discard.
Do not try to salvage that, it’s not worth the risk, especially if you have discard from earlier.
I disagree with some of these posts. I’m not sure what it means to use discard, because I never have any. So if that’s your starter you can still save it. Take some of it and mix it with a lot of water to make it super liquid. Then strain that through a very fine mesh strainer. Mix that with some flour and see how it grows. Totally salvageable.
Plastic jars. Think instagram and cook books glamorize the glass jar but I cannot tell you how many times I’ve seen this. Has happened to me to.
I have two of these (one as backup for when I need to wash one I’m using) and get a lid.
[https://www.cambro.com/Products/food-storage/round-storage-containers/translucent-rounds/RFS2PP190](https://www.cambro.com/Products/food-storage/round-storage-containers/translucent-rounds/RFS2PP190)
Next time you get a healthy starter rolling, I would save about 20g and freeze it. I’ve done this many times to keep a backup in case something goes wrong with my active starter. After thawing, it may take a couple of days to revive on a normal feed schedule. Just this year I revived a 2+ year old frozen backup starter and have been baking with it all summer.
This happened to me too on my very first starter RIP Soozie