I think I may have poisoned my family
 

The bread was a success, well, sort of. Loaf rose and baked perfectly. The
taste was good, slightly sour, but very tangy. Only one problem, the entire
family, who ate the bread, has the squirts today. I am thinking it must be
from the sourdough, as its the only thing we all ate that was the same. Can
sourdough cause the squirts? Should I toss this starter and start again?
It was the grape starter that I used, maybe its poison......

Sour-tummy Cookie

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http://www.geocities.com/bilyun21/pictures/Goofy.jpg

hutchndi

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"hutchndi" > wrote in message
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> http://www.geocities.com/bilyun21/pictures/Goofy.jpg
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> hutchndi
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Lol, thanks.

Cookie

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"CookieChick" > wrote in message
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> The bread was a success, well, sort of. Loaf rose and baked perfectly.
> The taste was good, slightly sour, but very tangy. Only one problem, the
> entire family, who ate the bread, has the squirts today. I am thinking it
> must be from the sourdough, as its the only thing we all ate that was the
> same. Can sourdough cause the squirts? Should I toss this starter and
> start again? It was the grape starter that I used, maybe its poison......
>
> Sour-tummy Cookie
>


Goofy aside, actually, one can have an allergic reaction to anything I
guess. There are warnings that come with starters that this is a food
product, and guidelines concerning allergies and such are to be followed. A
new home starter? From what I gather, the good relationship of organisms in
the mix take a few weeks to establish, and before that there can be battles
going on in there between good and evil, so I wouldnt toss it, let the
battle rage a while. I may well be wrong, perhaps one of the sourdough gods
will excrete some blessed wisdom upon the subject.

hutchndi

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Maybe it was the starter, maybe not. But if it is the starter, you've
stumbled into a major money maker. There's a huge market for
de-toxifiers and such that are predicated on clean bowels <g>.

By-the-buy, you can experience the same "cleansing" if you let some
fresh apple juice bubble a bit. Fermented fruit hasn't changed much in
the last couple of thousand years.

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"Will" > wrote in message
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> By-the-buy, you can experience the same "cleansing" if you let some
> fresh apple juice bubble a bit. Fermented fruit hasn't changed much in
> the last couple of thousand years.
>
I prefer a good Bordeaux:-)
Graham

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The internal temp of bread gets to around 200 degrees when it bakes. I
would think that would kill any and all critters that might be lurking.



"Will" > wrote in message
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> Maybe it was the starter, maybe not. But if it is the starter, you've
> stumbled into a major money maker. There's a huge market for
> de-toxifiers and such that are predicated on clean bowels <g>.
>
> By-the-buy, you can experience the same "cleansing" if you let some
> fresh apple juice bubble a bit. Fermented fruit hasn't changed much in
> the last couple of thousand years.
>

I think I may have poisoned my family
 

Walden Manor, including Chip, Skipper, Sky, Sue wrote:

> The internal temp of bread gets to around 200 degrees when it bakes. I
> would think that would kill any and all critters that might be lurking.

I would think so too.

They also tend to die abruptly when exposed to stomach acid. So either
way it's not a living critter that gets you... it's the metabolic
residuals.