Restore from backup

[madbaker]

An unpleasant discovery today when I pulled out my starter: it had gone off.

By which I mean there was an orange-colored coating on the top, and what looked like mold around the edge of the crock. Maybe it's not toxic, but it's clearly gotten contaminated and I'm not trusting it. I dumped the whole thing and the crock is getting thoroughly sterilized several times before re-use.

This is why you always have a backup. A few years back I dried out some starter, vacuum-sealed it, and stuck the resulting white powder in the freezer. Helpfully labelled "Not Anthrax".

Comments

[gormflaith.livejournal.com]

Keep us up to date on your re-boot. I've been thinking about your back up strategy but thus far have not managed to do anything about it.