March 7, 2024 - 8:45am
Left starter in fridge for 4 months, now what?
I left the starter in the fridge for 4 months without feeding, liquidy top substance I mixed in. Fed it left in oven with light on overnight, I mistakingly left it too close to oven light and part of it baked a bit?it also didn’t rise but did have SOME bubbles. I baked with it and obviously was super dense and flat, didn’t rise but again had SOME air pockets.
I fed it today again now, if it doesn’t rise then what?
also do you really have to remove some discard every time I feed it? I never did and never had issues - just would take it out of fridge feed it 50g water and 50g flour. Worked fine. My friend swears I have to remove some to revive it, thoughts? Also, if so, how much do I remove??