On Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:53:09 -0700, Brian Mailman
> wrote:

>Kenneth wrote:
>> On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:18:14 -0700, Brian Mailman
>> > wrote:
>>
>> Please see my comments inline below...
>>
>>
>>>> Hi Corey,
>>>>
>>>> There are many who claim that certain lactobacilli will not
>>>> survive freezing.
>>>
>>>I've asked this question before and never received an answer.
>>>
>>
>> What question?
>
>The question I've asked, obviously.
>
>>>> For that reason, I would not give it a try:
>>>>
>>>> You might find that when you thaw it out you have an active
>>>> starter, but not the one you started with.
>>>
>>>That might be news to the Carl's volunteers.
>
>> I know nothing about how they preserve their starter, but...
>
>You've not read any of Dick Adams' messages regarding this issue?
>
>B/

Hi Brian,

You wrote above "I've asked this question before and never
received an answer."

I did not know the question to which you referred, and so
asked "What question?"

You responded by saying "The question I've asked,
obviously."

It may be obvious to you, but I still have no idea of the
question to which you have "never received an answer."

Then, in the earlier post, I had written of the Carl's folks
that

"I know nothing about how they preserve their starter,
but...

Assuming that they freeze it, and assuming that it survives
perfectly, what might that tell us about the issue of
survival of frozen sourdough lactobacilli generally?"

For some reason, you did not quote, nor did you answer the
question I asked in that last paragraph, but you did respond
to the first part by asking "You've not read any of Dick
Adams' messages regarding this issue?"

Please believe me when I repeat that I know nothing about
how the folks that distribute Carl's starter maintain it, or
preserve it, (and if I did have that knowledge, I believe I
could somehow find the strength to own up to it.)

All the best,
--
Kenneth

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