🫙 Trust the process. I mean it. · Crust & Crumb Academy

Henry Hunter

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10h • 🔬 Science & Innovation

🫙 Trust the process. I mean it.

I let Vitale sit in the refrigerator for a few weeks. No feedings. No attention. Just neglect.

And when I pulled her out, she had a thick layer of hooch sitting right on top.

⚠️ That’s not failure. That’s chemistry doing exactly what it’s supposed to do.

I did this on purpose.

I wanted to show you what a neglected starter actually looks like, because too many bakers panic when they see hooch and think they’ve killed their starter.

You haven’t.

She’s hungry, not dead.

🥣 Here’s what I did:

• Poured off the hooch• Discarded almost everything in the jar except 30 grams of dregs• Built her back up as a stiff starter with:• 30g starter• 100g water• 200g flour

That’s it.

No fancy Rescue. No starting from scratch.

👀 And here’s where it gets interesting.

I’m running two experiments at once.

1️⃣ First, I’m bringing Vitale back to life so you can see exactly how a neglected starter responds.

2️⃣ Second, once she’s showing signs of life, I’m splitting off a portion into a separate jar and treating it like a brand-new sluggish starter.

That one gets fed with pineapple juice, the trick Candy mentioned in our live chat last weekend, to show you how the acid can rescue a starter that just won’t get going.

🧪 Two scenarios.

🫙 One jar of dregs.

🎥 Real footage of what actually happens.

Stay with me on this one. I’ll be posting updates as she comes back to life.

Perfection is not required. Progress is.

~ Henry ⭐🔥

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