Okay to Transfer Starter
After a couple false starts on my first attempt at a sourdough starter, I have me first starter and it's ALIVE!! Maybe too much :-O
On day 6 (today), I was coming downstairs and could smell that nice yeasty smell and to my surprise when I walked into the kitchen I found that the starter had come ALIVE and was spilling out of the top of the jar (when it has always been about 1/4 to 1/3 of the jar). It's growing like crazy now and I just had to stir it down again.
My question is .... can/should I transfer the starter to a larger jar? Is that okay to do? I do plan to take my first pull from the starter this afternoon in preperation to make my first sourdough loaf and I thought that would be a good time to transfer and refresh the starter.
... any help would GREATLY be appreciated. I don't want to loose my first starter-baby!!
The yeasties were growing like crazy and I had to make the transfer to a larger jar. It was like the "Blob" growing out of control. I hope the starter survives the move - they seem to be still going crazy!!
Here are some pictures;
1. Transfer to large jar from small jar.
2. The starter bubbling away in the new jar
3. The first pull of starter to make my first sourdough loaf tomorrow!
I don't think it's going to have any effects as long as your new jars are clean. I've done this every once in a while to make sure that my starter lives in a clean container.
Sue
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