in article , Robert at
wrote on 25/10/03 10:13 pm:


I'm still new to this whole sourdough thing, and was reading at
sourdoughhome.com about what to do with the extra starter. I kind of feel
awkward about dumping so much starter down the drain every 8-12 hours when
I feed my starter. At that website there are two recipes dealing with what
to do with the extra starter.

One is making pizza crusts (I tried this and thought it turned out pretty
good). I do like my beer crust pizza dough better though....perhaps I can
combine the two.....

The second was English Muffins. I haven't tried this one yet, but will
soon.

What else can you do with your extra starter? I threw some at the dog when
she was barking at the mailman, but that just made a big mess for me to
clean up later.

I'm Just kidding, I didn't really do that! :P

What about breadsticks? any recipes for breadsticks? Bisquits? Pancakes?
Hell, I don't know....

Ummmmm....If you've read my previous posts I suppose I could just make
bread with it and sell it to NASA and let them build space shuttles out of
the *indestructable* crust.

I guess I'm just looking for unique ideas here. I don't want to make 20
pizza shells because then I'll be WAAAAAAY to tempted to make TWENTY
pizzas!

Why not try a way of using and refreshing your starter that doesn't have you
getting rid of lots of it. I think that I, and many people, take what we
need and then simply refresh with equal parts ( in my case, weights) of
flour and water. Or if you are using a number of starters, keep them in
very small quantities and simply build what you need with a tiny bit over to
save.