Comments on: Reviving a Dried & Live Sourdough Starter http://www.breadtopia.com Bread Baking Instructional Videos and Baking Supplies. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:29:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stammon http://www.breadtopia.com/starter_instructions/comment-page-2/#comment-107358 Stammon Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:27:12 +0000 http://www.breadtopia.com/reviving-a-dried-sourdough-starter/#comment-107358 I just got your starter in the mail. It's now in a bowl with 2 tbs of flour and water. It was very stiff and doughy, I wanted to add more water but didn't. My mom, an old time sourdough baker, says plop the whole thin in a pint of milk with enough flour to thicken it. I didn't. I did start a natural starter in Northern CA when I lived there. Not much rising ability but super sour, we loved it. Unfortunately it was lost when we moved to IN. Here's hoping for the best. I want to use this with my bread maker to make brioches. Wish me luck. I just got your starter in the mail. It’s now in a bowl with 2 tbs of flour and water. It was very stiff and doughy, I wanted to add more water but didn’t. My mom, an old time sourdough baker, says plop the whole thin in a pint of milk with enough flour to thicken it. I didn’t. I did start a natural starter in Northern CA when I lived there. Not much rising ability but super sour, we loved it. Unfortunately it was lost when we moved to IN. Here’s hoping for the best. I want to use this with my bread maker to make brioches. Wish me luck.

]]> By: Breadtopia http://www.breadtopia.com/starter_instructions/comment-page-2/#comment-104539 Breadtopia Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:07:47 +0000 http://www.breadtopia.com/reviving-a-dried-sourdough-starter/#comment-104539 Yes, for sure. The covered bakers are nice for crust development but certainly not necessary. Yes, for sure. The covered bakers are nice for crust development but certainly not necessary.

]]> By: Jamie http://www.breadtopia.com/starter_instructions/comment-page-2/#comment-104535 Jamie Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:50:57 +0000 http://www.breadtopia.com/reviving-a-dried-sourdough-starter/#comment-104535 I received your starter yesterday and have started the process of bringing it to life. I am wanting to make regular size loaves of bread instead of using the special ceramic baker/ Dutch oven. Will that work okay for your no-knead sourdough bread recipe? Thank you!! I received your starter yesterday and have started the process of bringing it to life. I am wanting to make regular size loaves of bread instead of using the special ceramic baker/ Dutch oven. Will that work okay for your no-knead sourdough bread recipe? Thank you!!

]]> By: Amanda http://www.breadtopia.com/starter_instructions/comment-page-2/#comment-93919 Amanda Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:18:29 +0000 http://www.breadtopia.com/reviving-a-dried-sourdough-starter/#comment-93919 About a week ago I revived a dried started that I got a couple months back and had kept in the freezer. The starter is very active (after each feeding I have about a cup of starter, and it always tries to come out of it's quart-jar home after a few hours). I've been keeping it at about 75 degrees or so and feeding it twice a day (as close to 12 hours apart as I can get it) unbleached organic white flour and filtered water. It's very nice looking and apparently happy, but I'm curious about the smell. It smells like alcohol. Well, not the sharp, acrid odor of spirits, but it smells like a very strong beer. There is a yeastyness to it, but no sourness - that I can smell, anyway (I haven't been brave enough to taste it yet). When I smell it, it's like a very strong, concentrated beer smell. I'm wondering if this is a normal "stage" or if something is funky with my starter. Is there a way to fix it (if it needs to be fixed), is it fine, or do I need to toss it? About a week ago I revived a dried started that I got a couple months back and had kept in the freezer. The starter is very active (after each feeding I have about a cup of starter, and it always tries to come out of it’s quart-jar home after a few hours). I’ve been keeping it at about 75 degrees or so and feeding it twice a day (as close to 12 hours apart as I can get it) unbleached organic white flour and filtered water. It’s very nice looking and apparently happy, but I’m curious about the smell. It smells like alcohol. Well, not the sharp, acrid odor of spirits, but it smells like a very strong beer. There is a yeastyness to it, but no sourness – that I can smell, anyway (I haven’t been brave enough to taste it yet). When I smell it, it’s like a very strong, concentrated beer smell. I’m wondering if this is a normal “stage” or if something is funky with my starter. Is there a way to fix it (if it needs to be fixed), is it fine, or do I need to toss it?

]]> By: Art Cordes http://www.breadtopia.com/starter_instructions/comment-page-2/#comment-81403 Art Cordes Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:59:07 +0000 http://www.breadtopia.com/reviving-a-dried-sourdough-starter/#comment-81403 Sorry, senior moment I guess was thinking of Beckworth Pass which is nowhere in the realm of Chilkoot, don't know where that came from. Anyhow have Erics starter going as we speak and it is going gang busters but it would be good to have a different starter to try if you don't mind. Great site here and has been invaluable to me just getting going. Thanks and will email you if you don't mind a little later in the day as were in the 70s and I really need to get at least one more T shirt ride in up to Virginia City on the motorcycle before warm clothes are needed, thanks Dick and you can be assured any supplies needed will be ordered from Eric, very happy with the quick shipment of the starter. Sorry, senior moment I guess was thinking of Beckworth Pass which is nowhere in the realm of Chilkoot, don’t know where that came from. Anyhow have Erics starter going as we speak and it is going gang busters but it would be good to have a different starter to try if you don’t mind. Great site here and has been invaluable to me just getting going. Thanks and will email you if you don’t mind a little later in the day as were in the 70s and I really need to get at least one more T shirt ride in up to Virginia City on the motorcycle before warm clothes are needed, thanks Dick and you can be assured any supplies needed will be ordered from Eric, very happy with the quick shipment of the starter.

]]> By: Dick Eastmure http://www.breadtopia.com/starter_instructions/comment-page-2/#comment-81391 Dick Eastmure Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:08:22 +0000 http://www.breadtopia.com/reviving-a-dried-sourdough-starter/#comment-81391 ooops. Should be reastmure@northwestel.net ooops. Should be reastmure@northwestel.net

]]> By: Dick Eastmure http://www.breadtopia.com/starter_instructions/comment-page-2/#comment-81379 Dick Eastmure Sat, 15 Oct 2011 17:13:30 +0000 http://www.breadtopia.com/reviving-a-dried-sourdough-starter/#comment-81379 Ok, I'm getting confused with the Chilkoot Pass being some where in Nevada?? The one I am refuring to starts out near Skagway, Alaska and goes over a high mountain pass into Canada. This is the trail most gold seekers used to get inland to Dawson City, Yukon during the Klondike gold rush in 1897/98. It is a challanging(still is) hiking trail that takes most people 3 or 4 days to complete. The starter I have dates back to the Klondike event. I can send you some but I don't want to start cutting into Erics business.(especiallay as this is his site!) You'll have to promise to buy something from him (he has great stuff for sale on this site) Email me at eastmure@northwestel.net with an address. Ok, I’m getting confused with the Chilkoot Pass being some where in Nevada?? The one I am refuring to starts out near Skagway, Alaska and goes over a high mountain pass into Canada. This is the trail most gold seekers used to get inland to Dawson City, Yukon during the Klondike gold rush in 1897/98. It is a challanging(still is) hiking trail that takes most people 3 or 4 days to complete.
The starter I have dates back to the Klondike event. I can send you some but I don’t want to start cutting into Erics business.(especiallay as this is his site!) You’ll have to promise to buy something from him (he has great stuff for sale on this site) Email me at eastmure@northwestel.net with an address.

]]> By: Art Cordes http://www.breadtopia.com/starter_instructions/comment-page-2/#comment-81295 Art Cordes Sat, 15 Oct 2011 05:49:11 +0000 http://www.breadtopia.com/reviving-a-dried-sourdough-starter/#comment-81295 Hi Dick, It would be great if you could send some of the Chilcoot Pass starter if you have time time, would be glad to pay for it or send a SASE. We are in Dayton, NV and about 70 miled south of the pass and have been over it many times on the was to Quincy and Portola and have done a little panning in the area. Just getting started and would be great to try our hand at the your starter. Thanks and yes this is a great site and great people to deal with. Hi Dick, It would be great if you could send some of the Chilcoot Pass starter if you have time time, would be glad to pay for it or send a SASE. We are in Dayton, NV and about 70 miled south of the pass and have been over it many times on the was to Quincy and Portola and have done a little panning in the area. Just getting started and would be great to try our hand at the your starter. Thanks and yes this is a great site and great people to deal with.

]]> By: Dick Eastmure http://www.breadtopia.com/starter_instructions/comment-page-2/#comment-77666 Dick Eastmure Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:13:48 +0000 http://www.breadtopia.com/reviving-a-dried-sourdough-starter/#comment-77666 I dried some following the method from the video. Worked fine although I haven't actually tried reviving a dried starter. I sent some to Bud about a week ago. Haven't heard back on the result yet. It was given to me so I don't mind sending you some as long as you, in turn, pass it on. That's the way we do it in the Yukon. DE I dried some following the method from the video. Worked fine although I haven’t actually tried reviving a dried starter. I sent some to Bud about a week ago. Haven’t heard back on the result yet. It was given to me so I don’t mind sending you some as long as you, in turn, pass it on. That’s the way we do it in the Yukon.
DE

]]> By: Tom D http://www.breadtopia.com/starter_instructions/comment-page-2/#comment-77503 Tom D Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:50:56 +0000 http://www.breadtopia.com/reviving-a-dried-sourdough-starter/#comment-77503 I'm interested in obtaining the Chilkoot Pass Starter also. If anyone here can supply me a dry culture of it, I would be interested in purchasing. Thanks, Tom I’m interested in obtaining the Chilkoot Pass Starter also. If anyone here can supply me a dry culture of it, I would be interested in purchasing.

Thanks,

Tom

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