Comments on: Simplify Sourdough Starter Maintenance with the Sourdough Home https://www.theperfectloaf.com/sourdough-starter-the-sourdough-home/ Learn to Bake Sourdough Bread Fri, 08 Mar 2024 04:24:42 +0000 hourly 1 By: Janet Landis https://www.theperfectloaf.com/sourdough-starter-the-sourdough-home/#comment-34939 Fri, 08 Mar 2024 04:24:42 +0000 https://www.theperfectloaf.com/?p=19527#comment-34939 Hi Maurizio: what suggestions do you have for a DIY sourdough starter home until Brod and Taylor’s is back in stock? Thanks!

]]> By: Maurizio Leo https://www.theperfectloaf.com/sourdough-starter-the-sourdough-home/#comment-33806 Fri, 22 Dec 2023 12:13:34 +0000 https://www.theperfectloaf.com/?p=19527#comment-33806 In reply to LarryK.

That’s right, it won’t fit two, sadly. I hate to say it, but I bought two SDH’s to solve this problem (one for my regular starter, one for my panettone starter). The need was there for me!

]]> By: LarryK https://www.theperfectloaf.com/sourdough-starter-the-sourdough-home/#comment-33108 Sat, 11 Nov 2023 14:27:13 +0000 https://www.theperfectloaf.com/?p=19527#comment-33108 Hi Maurizio,
I’m tempted to get one, but I really need two half liter Weck jars to fit, and it’s about an inch too short for that.

]]> By: Cheryl https://www.theperfectloaf.com/sourdough-starter-the-sourdough-home/#comment-32357 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 14:38:36 +0000 https://www.theperfectloaf.com/?p=19527#comment-32357 In reply to Maurizio Leo.

That’s just how I’m using it….feed to a nice active state, then suspend at 50 degrees F for 4 days….I pull it out – bring to room temp….feed and voila! Only takes one round of nourishment to be “bread worthy”. I really hesitated buying another (!) gadget, but I’m loving it!

]]> By: Cheryl https://www.theperfectloaf.com/sourdough-starter-the-sourdough-home/#comment-32356 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 14:34:06 +0000 https://www.theperfectloaf.com/?p=19527#comment-32356 In reply to Susan.

Glass lid is nice – I don’t clamp though

]]> By: Maurizio Leo https://www.theperfectloaf.com/sourdough-starter-the-sourdough-home/#comment-32270 Mon, 14 Aug 2023 16:19:33 +0000 https://www.theperfectloaf.com/?p=19527#comment-32270 In reply to Marina Maicu.

Hey Marina! What you’re seeing is normal. If you set the SDH to a very low temp (like you’ve done) and it’s quite warm outside, it’ll have a hard time cooling that low. You can try setting the temp of the unit lower so it reaches your target, but at the extremes of its cooling capability you’ll run into larger deviations!

]]> By: Maurizio Leo https://www.theperfectloaf.com/sourdough-starter-the-sourdough-home/#comment-32269 Mon, 14 Aug 2023 16:18:05 +0000 https://www.theperfectloaf.com/?p=19527#comment-32269 In reply to Guernsey Baker.

Hey there! For 2 weeks, I would stick my starter in my normal refrigerator at a cold temp of 39F. That’ll keep it cold enough to be just fine for that duration. Check out my guide to this, here:
https://www.theperfectloaf.com/the-best-way-to-store-bread/

The SDH is much more useful for the shorter term!

]]> By: Guernsey Baker https://www.theperfectloaf.com/sourdough-starter-the-sourdough-home/#comment-32265 Sun, 13 Aug 2023 10:24:30 +0000 https://www.theperfectloaf.com/?p=19527#comment-32265 Hi. I’m looking at the Home as I’m going away for two weeks at the beginning of October and am wondering what to do with Freddy (my starter). Would there be any benefit for me getting the Home, Maurizio, please?

]]> By: Marina Maicu https://www.theperfectloaf.com/sourdough-starter-the-sourdough-home/#comment-32264 Sun, 13 Aug 2023 07:34:45 +0000 https://www.theperfectloaf.com/?p=19527#comment-32264 Can you tell me something about it? Do you check the real internal temperature, and if so, and how?It's just a problem of my appliace or it is a standard prolem of it? Thank you very much in advance for your answer, Marina]]> Hi Maurizio! I’ve got the Sourdough Home and I am making some first experiment. For now I am working just with low T. ( 8-10°C) and I am unfortunately quite disappointed because I’ve checked the internal temperature and realised that it is very different from the set temperature (ca. 5°C higher, which is a lot). How can it be? I’ve bought because I want reliably and precisely control the temperature of my starter, and now Iam realising that this is not possible, and I do not need it if I cannot trust it☹️
Can you tell me something about it? Do you check the real internal temperature, and if so, and how?It’s just a problem of my appliace or it is a standard prolem of it?
Thank you very much in advance for your answer,
Marina

]]> By: Maurizio Leo https://www.theperfectloaf.com/sourdough-starter-the-sourdough-home/#comment-31914 Sat, 24 Jun 2023 09:34:51 +0000 https://www.theperfectloaf.com/?p=19527#comment-31914 In reply to Susan.

Glass lid is just fine!

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