Blue/green mold on sourdough starter - Seasoned Advice
2014年12月8日 · Once your sourdough (or the jar) has developed mold, you have a couple of options. You can either try to save the starter or discard the starter and start over. If you decide to save the starter, please use caution and good judgment as mold may just be infecting the surface of the starter or it may have penetrated the starter.
Is this okay or moldy? Sourdough starter question
Whether a sourdough starter that has developed mold spots needs to be discarded is a widely discussed topic - some count on the desired microorganisms’ power to outcompete the mold, especially if the obviously moldy parts are scooped off, …
mold on sour starter - Sourdough
IX. POLLUTED STARTER. Polluted starter can be revived, even though it may be all dark, super moldy, or whatever. Do not stir polluted starter. If mold exists, carefully scrape or spoon as much off as you can. Remove a couple of tablespoons of the best part of the starter to a clean, scalded container. If you plan to use the original container for
Mouldy starter - Sourdough
I began making sourdough bread perhaps a month ago after many years of seeing it in my bread book. I followed a beginners guide from this site and spent a week making my starter. Then I started making breads (a couple from here so far and one that was made in a bread machine), taking the starter out and adding 100g of water and 100g of flour.
Why did mold develop on the top of my sourdough?
The best way to avoid infection is to have two small covered containers about 1½ to 2 cups in size. To make a new generation of your starter, begin with a clean container, add equal parts by weight of the previous generation of starter, flour and water. So for example, 25 grams of starter, plus 25 grams of flour and 25 of water.
What do I do about mold on my sourdough starter?
If there was quite a lot or you're unsure about it then you could discard most of it then use just a tablespoon or two of the mother to seed another starter. Then if after 1 or 2 'feedings' it smells yeasty and is frothing nicely then it should be perfectly fine to use.
mold - Has my sourdough gone moldy? - Seasoned Advice
2016年10月28日 · You might also try cleaning the walls of the container, so that the not quite sourdough stuff does not then grow and fall down onto the main colony; cleaning the sides or using a new container appears to help the health of the colony I maintain.
What happens if I use my sourdough starter too soon?
2016年4月1日 · I wondered, too, when starting my sourdough starter, how something that sits on the counter for days can be 'safe' to eat, but a sourdough starter needs to do just that. An 'immature' or 'young' starter will probably just have no strength built up in it yet, and yes, you could use it for pancakes, but it might not help them be light and fluffy.
Top of my sourdough starter has gone grey - Seasoned Advice
2020年3月29日 · I started my first sourdough starter about three weeks ago and after one week put it in refrigerator and the next week fed if 3 times in 12hours intervals an then put it back into fridge , but now there is some greyness on its surface which seems part of the starter itself and is not like fungal mould but i'm worried if it's safe to use or not ?
mold - Sourdough Starter Black Spots - Seasoned Advice
2018年6月16日 · Remember that a sourdough means that the desired yeasts and bacteria grew faster than the unwanted ones and that they create an environment where they can outcompete possible intruders. While a mature starter with problems can be salvaged by using just a bit from an unaffected area, this is not true for fresh flour and water mixes.