The oldest starter?
by ScottC · More by this author { 2009 July 3 } Hi Everyone!Just for a bit of fun, and out of interest.... who here thinks they have the oldest (or knows about the oldest, somewhere else) continuously subcultured starter?
Scott.
Just for a bit of fun, and out of interest.... who here thinks they have the oldest (or knows about the oldest, somewhere else) continuously subcultured starter?
Scott.
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Oh, and 'Hi' by the way!
by ScottC · More by this author { 2009 July 3 } Also, I forgot to mention that this thread is my first post! I'm pretty new to this bread making business, so thanks to everyone for the great posts and great forum!Hi and Welcome, Scott!
by TeckPoh · More by this author { 2009 July 3 }An interesting thread, indeed.
My starter has been well-travelled...Simpson's Ranch in Sierra Nevada foothills --> a former librarian of Sutter's Fort --> Cambridge, UK --> Me in Malaysia. There could be some missing links along the line, but, it possibly dates back to the prospecting days.
Cheers
Mine is supposedy 'about 70
by ScottC · More by this author { 2009 July 3 } Mine is supposedy 'about 70 years old', but I can't actually vouch for that for certain! It's just what I was told!My starter is a week and a
by PeteInAz. · More by this author { 2009 July 16 }My starter is a week and a half old.
That's the oldest starter I've ever had...
So far... So good. I've gotten three loaves and 4 dozen muffins out of it.
The muffins have been pretty good, the loaves... I'm working on them.
Well I hope my
by ScottC · More by this author { 2009 July 16 } Well I hope my potentially-70-year-old starter hasn't died after all this... in winter, our house is pretty cold, since we're out all day at work. I normally leave it in our pantry rather than in the fridge, since there's not too much difference! But my in-laws visited last week and they're from a much warmer part of the country. They were at home the whole time, with the heater on! I didn't think of it until it was too late, and my starter had gone crazy and overflowed everywhere! It might need a bit of extra TLC to bring it back!