So I no longer have to hire a sourdough sitter and give them a house key?
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This was during the sourdough fad ten years ago in Södermalm/Stockholm, the epicenter of Swedish hipsterdom.
I keep my starter in the fridge. It’s gone 9 months between feedings. After that long it usually takes 2 rounds of feedings to get going again, but she’s always come back, bubbling and lively as ever, going on 8 years now or so.
It's never crawled out of the fridge and come to wake you up for feeding at 5:00 a.m.?
Sourdough starter can be left for at least 2-3 weeks between feeds and it'll perk right up again with a little love.
I blame the need for this on the Swedes and their worker-centric culture allowing for months off. USians would never have this problem with their maximum 2 weeks off. Take that Sweden!
Can confirm. Am a Swedish worker. Haven't worked in years and my sourdough starter is black.
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I would take a little bit of each of their clients starters, mix 'em together in a new jar, and make the ultimate sourdough starter of all time! Muahahahaha!
I just started making starters a few weeks ago and thats basically what i do XD
I made 3 with different flours because at least one should survive and i can test more
On the second day i noticed i could make a shared battlefield and added a fourth glass
The strongest yeast variety would eventually take over the jar. Not before eating all the other, weaker yeastie boys and learning their secrets. Kinda like Kirby.
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Does the starter get 1 exp for each step you take while it’s in the hotel?