I am currently making my very first mother starter. In the event that I get hooch, do I pour it out or do incorporate it back in the starter? Log in or register to post comments The hooch is not a bad thing at all. You can either pour it off the top or mix it back into your starter when you refresh.Good luck! Log in or register to post comments mainly with the idea of not altering the hydration of my starter. Admittedly I don't know if it would make a meaningful difference if I poured it off. Log in or register to post comments But hooch is often mistaken for separation if too hydrated. If hooch does form then stir back in for more tang or carefully pour off for a more mellow starter. Log in or register to post comments in for a gazillion years when I stored a white liquid starter in the fridge Log in or register to post comments
The hooch is not a bad thing at all. You can either pour it off the top or mix it back into your starter when you refresh.Good luck! Log in or register to post comments
mainly with the idea of not altering the hydration of my starter. Admittedly I don't know if it would make a meaningful difference if I poured it off. Log in or register to post comments
But hooch is often mistaken for separation if too hydrated. If hooch does form then stir back in for more tang or carefully pour off for a more mellow starter. Log in or register to post comments
in for a gazillion years when I stored a white liquid starter in the fridge Log in or register to post comments
The hooch is not a bad thing at all. You can either pour it off the top or mix it back into your starter when you refresh.
Good luck!
mainly with the idea of not altering the hydration of my starter. Admittedly I don't know if it would make a meaningful difference if I poured it off.
But hooch is often mistaken for separation if too hydrated.
If hooch does form then stir back in for more tang or carefully pour off for a more mellow starter.
in for a gazillion years when I stored a white liquid starter in the fridge