Help - Corn flour added to established starter by mistake
Hi everyone, a comedy of errors (entirely my fault) led to my partner adding cornflour to their starter this morning. Is it ruined now or can it be salvaged?
If you're very worried about it, and I honestly dont know what would happen if you used it, you can probably just remove most of it and add flour and water to dilute the amount of corn flour and you'd probably be good to go.
Thanks for the tips, unfortunately my partner threw it away before I could suggest them, as she thought it was a lost cause. We do have a backup which was shared with a friend recently, so hopefully that is still in good shape.
Carbs feed yeast and bacteria. Only difference is it is gluten free so it won't be rising much but if you stretch a rubber glove over it or a deflated sandwich bag and tighten with a rubber band. You may be able to tell when it has made lots of gas. Aroma should indicate it's fermented. Time schedule may be about the same.
A lost cause? Hardly. can also feed other cereals, grains, starches, bread crumbs even. Mashed potatoes...without much damage. I've done it to feed a hungry starter when short on flour. Then go back to the regular flour and no one is the wiser.
Just wait and see how it reacts I think.
If you're very worried about it, and I honestly dont know what would happen if you used it, you can probably just remove most of it and add flour and water to dilute the amount of corn flour and you'd probably be good to go.
Thanks for the tips, unfortunately my partner threw it away before I could suggest them, as she thought it was a lost cause. We do have a backup which was shared with a friend recently, so hopefully that is still in good shape.
Carbs feed yeast and bacteria. Only difference is it is gluten free so it won't be rising much but if you stretch a rubber glove over it or a deflated sandwich bag and tighten with a rubber band. You may be able to tell when it has made lots of gas. Aroma should indicate it's fermented. Time schedule may be about the same.
A lost cause? Hardly. can also feed other cereals, grains, starches, bread crumbs even. Mashed potatoes...without much damage. I've done it to feed a hungry starter when short on flour. Then go back to the regular flour and no one is the wiser.