By Halves wrote:The only time I had a problem keeping him alive was when I was away for 3 weeks in the summer. The starter I'd left in the jar went very bad indeed but I'd also left some mixed to a stiff dough in a bowl in the fridge and cutting that in half on my return there was still some moist dough in the centre that I could feed up and it was back to normal in a few days.
That was very clever to bring it back using some old dough. You can also freeze it and bring it back to life. Doesn't seem to do it any harm. I would you suggest you try it when you are not going to be away to see it works for you.
By Halves wrote:I've never thrown out any good starter, instead I use the excess for pancakes, pizza dough or even to bind burgers or stuffing. It's very versatile stuff.
Same here. See a recipe I found for sourdough pancakes:
http://www.downthelane.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=50913
