A person in town gave me a 100 year old San Francisco strain called Bella. I am not new and there is a ton of info here. Can anyone give me a should catch first video on preserving this starter so I don't kill it. Thanks,Don Log in or register to post comments https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+maintain+a+starterFood52, Joshua Weissman, Breadtopia, Cultures For Health, and King Arthur Flour are reputable sources. Log in or register to post comments Dn, I highly recommend dehydrating some of your starter as a backup. That way is something goes wrong during your learning process to can always restore the original from your backup.Danny Log in or register to post comments "... restore the original from your backup." <--- That phrase is a dead give-away of an I.T. guy!-- Don: Dan's advice is wise. See https://breadtopia.com/drying-sourdough-starter-for-long-term-storage/ for a video on dehydrating starter.To revive a dried or dehydrated starter, see: https://breadtopia.com/faq/how-to-reactivate-dehydrated-starter/ for their written instructions, and here: https://breadtopia.com/starter_instructions/ for a video.Welcome to TFL! (Where some of us are half-baked, but no one is crummy.) Log in or register to post comments You are correct! Log in or register to post comments
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+maintain+a+starterFood52, Joshua Weissman, Breadtopia, Cultures For Health, and King Arthur Flour are reputable sources. Log in or register to post comments
Dn, I highly recommend dehydrating some of your starter as a backup. That way is something goes wrong during your learning process to can always restore the original from your backup.Danny Log in or register to post comments
"... restore the original from your backup." <--- That phrase is a dead give-away of an I.T. guy!-- Don: Dan's advice is wise. See https://breadtopia.com/drying-sourdough-starter-for-long-term-storage/ for a video on dehydrating starter.To revive a dried or dehydrated starter, see: https://breadtopia.com/faq/how-to-reactivate-dehydrated-starter/ for their written instructions, and here: https://breadtopia.com/starter_instructions/ for a video.Welcome to TFL! (Where some of us are half-baked, but no one is crummy.) Log in or register to post comments
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+maintain+a+starter
Food52, Joshua Weissman, Breadtopia, Cultures For Health, and King Arthur Flour are reputable sources.
Dn, I highly recommend dehydrating some of your starter as a backup. That way is something goes wrong during your learning process to can always restore the original from your backup.
Danny
"... restore the original from your backup." <--- That phrase is a dead give-away of an I.T. guy!
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Don: Dan's advice is wise. See https://breadtopia.com/drying-sourdough-starter-for-long-term-storage/ for a video on dehydrating starter.
To revive a dried or dehydrated starter, see: https://breadtopia.com/faq/how-to-reactivate-dehydrated-starter/ for their written instructions, and here: https://breadtopia.com/starter_instructions/ for a video.
Welcome to TFL! (Where some of us are half-baked, but no one is crummy.)
You are correct!