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[–] Mantzy81@aussie.zone 74 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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!

[–] Valthorn@feddit.nu 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can confirm. Am a Swedish worker. Haven't worked in years and my sourdough starter is black.

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping; it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting.
-Richard Nixon

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 1 points 1 month ago

I hope my sourdough starter survives my 36 hour vacation

[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 34 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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!

[–] jim_v@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The Hunger Games

[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

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

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Does the starter get 1 exp for each step you take while it’s in the hotel?

[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Amuletta@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

It's never crawled out of the fridge and come to wake you up for feeding at 5:00 a.m.?

[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

This was during the sourdough fad ten years ago in Södermalm/Stockholm, the epicenter of Swedish hipsterdom.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago
[–] Amuletta@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

So I no longer have to hire a sourdough sitter and give them a house key?

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Peak hipster