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Help! Forgot to save starter

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Doughing It my way

Help! Forgot to save starter

I had three loaves of sourdough in the oven and was upstairs, about to step into the shower, when it suddenly hit me that last night, when I mixed the dough, I forgot to hold back any of my starter - all of it went into the bread.

So I raced downstairs, yanked a loaf out of the oven, broke through the crust that had started to form, and scooped out some of the inside, which was very warm but not hot.  All things being equal, I think it would be no problem to feed this dough and turn it back into starter.  However, it's a pretty salty loaf, 1 T in a kilo of dough, so I'm thinking that may make it more difficult. 

I've been baking sourdough on a regular basis for well over a year, and this is the first time I've failed to reserve some starter.  I really liked that starter, so am hoping for some input/advice on how to coax it back to life.  Thanks in advance!

Joan

 

 

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DanAyo

Sorry to hear that, Joan. If you have whole wheat or whole rye, try feeding that. No more than 1:1:1, maybe even 2:1:1. All you can do is try.

 

Danny

 

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Doughing It my way

Thanks, Danny, both for your kind offer of starter and for valuable advice.

I fed the dough with rye, which I ground just ahead of time, and it doubled!  I appreciate what you said about the feeding ratio, which I wasn't sure about.  I'll keep doing rather small feedings until I'm sure it's out of the woods.  Reassuring to know I won't have to start over from scratch if my starter goes south - thanks again!