Which makes sense since only people now in their 30s know what a tamagotchi is
80s baby. I had to make do with the knockoffs (the green cat one was a nano pet clone that worked perfectly and the octopets one was really fun except it was always freezing), because the official ones were sold out forever. I’ve had the two TamaGos on pause since last year haha. Tamagotchi Angel has been rereleased, but it seems kinda boring.
They still make them! I just bought one a few years ago haha
Hope it’s still doing as good as OPs sourdough
And 40s. Sincerely, 42yo elder millennial who had a generic tamagochi knockoff for a while back in olden times.
Sounds fun at first, intense period of initial fascination, actually really laborious, time-consuming, and not all that fun long-term.
Yeah, sounds about right.
Someone recently gave me a culture, and it feels like a curse. I’ve kept them before and managed to escape… Here I am, a slave to bread once again.
I felt the same way with kefir grains
You should read Sourdough.
I really like grocery store kombucha, and I’ve had several opportunities to get a SCOBY from friends who make their own kombucha, but I never have because, well, this.
There’s so such thing as starter “discard”! Add water, oil, sugar, salt, baking soda and you’ve got some vegan sourdough pancakes. Or use any of a number of other recipes — but no sense in wasting it.
Yeah, a lot of the instructions you find about it on the Internet really ought to be a lot more clear that the reason for getting rid of half of it when you feed it each day isn’t because it’s bad or something, but rather just because you don’t want it to outgrow the container.
I’ve been trying no-discard-micro-starters. I keep 8 g in the fridge, and build over a few days to bake. Not sure how viable it is long-term but it seems to be working so far. Would love anyone’s input if they have more information about long-term viability.
I’ve been making a loaf every week +/- since March of 2020 with the wild start I cultivated. I don’t understand the idea of discarding part of the colony. I have maintained the same colony in a little 12oz jar this entire time.
- Pull out ~half of the colony and use it to make bread.
- Add 4 Tbsp flour and 2 Tbsp water into the jar, mix.
- Let it sit for a few hours (Or don’t)
- Put the jar in the fridge until you are ready to make a new loaf.
- If you feel like it, or you skipped step 3, pull the jar out of the fridge and let it sit out for a few hours.
- Go to step 1.
That’s it. So simple, no waste.
Do you build from what’s removed from the fridge, and what portion of your bread does that end up being? Sounds pretty no nonsense, but I was under the impression that the feeding needs to happen somewhere warmer. I guess that’s not true?
The chunk I remove from the jar in step 1 is usually almost the size of a golf ball, and I mix it with 500g flour, 2 tsp sea salt, and ~1.5 to 1.75 cups of water (use about half the water while mixing, then slowly add more until it hits a moist but sticky consistency. If it gets slimy that’s too much, but you can still cook with it.
Kneed it however works best for you, cover it and let it sit for a few hours (or in my case overnight), kneed it again, and after another few hours it should be bubbly and happy and ready to bake.
As for the rest of the colony in the jar - room temperature is fine for feeding it. As long as you give it a few hours to eat the fresh flour/water, it’ll be happy. Once it gets bubbly and expands, you can put it in the fridge and it should be fine for a week or three.
Once again, when you are ready for the next loaf, you pull it out of the fridge, let it get to room temp for an hour or 3, take about half of it for the loaf and repeat.
The important thing to remember is to maintain a routine if you can. It’s a living colony, and even if it doesn’t seem super enthusiastic at first, as you keep going then the yeast cells that survive will be the ones to multiply and eventually the whole colony will be made of a culture literally bred for your care style.
For a while I was just dumping my discard into a hot oiled pan to make a nice little pancake. Some scallions, sesame seeds and teriyaki sauce for toppings. It’s a lot to eat on the regular though.
Oh, I tried that once or twice — I’ll have to try it again!
Wait isn’t all pancake batter vegan?
Pancake traditionally contains egg. Actually, eggs are the main ingredient.
I burnt my baby and now this
or for that matter pickles, kombucha, kefir are all different types of tomagachis
No I haven’t but I bought a Tamagotchi this week, lol.
