Any Home Bakers Here?

[BigBlueHen53]

How long can starter be kept frozen?

Good question. @ronott1?

I’m guessing you would return the recently fed starter to the freezer rather than the refrigerator, in this case.

That's what I plan to do, in the morning. I expect it to have bubbled up overnight.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Whoa. Is BYC okay? I usually have 12 - 20 alerts when I log in every morning; today I have zero. Hard to believe there has been NO activity on the entire site overnight. Hello, is anybody there?

 

[rjohns39]

Good morning

 

[Ladies-Eight]

They may block bacteria but that is not proof that they block viruses.

It all depends on how many layers your mask has as well as what kind of filter it has.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Bakers good morning one and all!

What's on the docket today for baking and/or cooking.

Have a great day!

 

[Aria]

Bakers good morning one and all!

What's on the docket today for baking and/or cooking.

Have a great day!

I have German Rolls Rising. Will be mixing soon
Multigrain Seeded Bread 3 Loaves. Baking to mail
to my family. Thousand of miles...checking out to see how the mailing goes. Will keep you posted.
Aria

 

[jnicholes]

Bakers good morning one and all!

What's on the docket today for baking and/or cooking.

Have a great day!

Baking sourdough this morning.

 

[ronott1]

Good question. @ronott1?

That's what I plan to do, in the morning. I expect it to have bubbled up overnight.

You can freeze starter for many years if not forever.

I dehydrate starter as my backup.

 

[ronott1]

Whoa. Is BYC okay? I usually have 12 - 20 alerts when I log in every morning; today I have zero. Hard to believe there has been NO activity on the entire site overnight. Hello, is anybody there?

I checked on the problems forum and there are a couple of threads about alerts.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/what-something-wrong-here.1500126/

 

[jnicholes]

@ronott1 same problem. Don’t know what happened. Bread rose BEAUTIFULLY, but not turning out as sour as I would like. I did everything you said. I have no idea what is going on.

I have a hypothesis, though. Maybe the original yeast died and was replaced with a different type of yeast, and that is affecting the sour flavor.

I have no idea. Maybe my microscope will reveal something.

Next time I try to make sourdough bread, I will document EXACTLY what I do, and post it. Maybe I am doing something wrong.