abbyd36•12d agoMost Upvoted

My sourdough starter died after I left town for a weekend and my friend forgot to feed it.

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Mine dried out completely last summer. I scraped out the dried crust, kept about a tablespoon of the hard stuff from the bottom, and mixed it with warm water and a little honey. Fed it equal parts flour and water twice a day for about five days. It came back to life and is actually stronger now. The key was using lukewarm water and keeping it in a warm spot.

rivera.jake12d ago

Mine looked totally dead last winter. I put the jar in a bowl of warm water to slowly bring the temperature up, then fed it with whole wheat flour. It took almost a week of regular feeding before I saw bubbles again. The whole wheat seemed to give it a better kickstart than my usual white flour.