April 30, 2020 - 9:56am
White dots on my starter after 1 week in the fridge
Hello,
I left my starter of one-month-old in the fridge for a week, and these white dots appeared in the surface: 
I know that the liquid is not a problem (should be because of sedimentation) but the white dots look like fungi to me. I've seen other posts of white dots but these ones look different, so I'm wondering if someone knows if they're bad or not.
The smell wasn't bad (just a little acid, but as usual when the starter has days without feeding), and my mom simply mixed it all and added more flour and water. Now I have it in a sunny place and it behaves (looks, smells and form bubbles) like normal, but I don't know if I should throw it and start again or simply use it and see if we don't get sick.
Thanks in advance for your answers! :)
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spots look like flour trails formed from gas bubbles rising up from the bottom of the starter dragging wet flour up with them. Could this be?
Add a little more flour (no water) and thicken up the starter a bit to see if it rises. It looks very watery.
Thank you for your answer! I did that and the starter raised as normal, but now I feel it smells different (not acidic and not lactic, just weird).
Repeated feedings waiting for the starter to peak on the counter top before discarding and feeding again. Let the starter heal itself. After a few feeds with discards between, it should improve.