How Do You Revive A Sourdough Starter Gone Bad?
“I like to use a sourdough starter when bread baking, but it always seems to go bad?” Does this sound familiar? Having a live sourdough starter in your refrigerator is a commitment, just like a pet. You must feed your sourdough starter and take out the waste (if you don’t use it in your bread baking). Be happy! You don’t ever need to throw out and start over again. Just take some time and follow these steps to make your sourdough starter healthy again and revive that sourdough starter gone bad. Effectively, your sourdough starter has organisms like bacteria in it that are causing the overly acidic nature, foul smell, or separation. By following this method, you will replenish your sourdough starter culture by regrowing it until the bad organisms are gone. This method causes an environment that is difficult for other organisms to thrive in, but is just fine for the sourdough bread starter yeast. Mix the sourdough bread starter well. Discard of all but one cup. Mixing oxygenates your sou