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wisekris

Drowning in Discard

To start I tried to check the sidebar for dealing with a lot of discard starter. I get normally this wouldn't be an issue when you're feeding weekly or less. But when building a starter I have several days of twice daily discard (about 5 cups) I tried to keep up with baking extra but baking twice a day with two kids is too much.

Are there any recipes for using a lot of discard in one recipe (other then just multiplying it times 5). We love the crackers but that would be a LOT of crackers 😳

TLDR: I have 5 cups (soon 6) of discard starter. How can I use it up in one easy recipe besides multiplying crackers?

Posted Jul 12, 2019, 2:53 PM UTC

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SvengeAnOsloDentist•

You can also keep a smaller starter to have a more manageable amount of discard. I maintain mine with 1-2g of starter, 10g of water, and 10g of flour. It's the ratio that matters, not the scale. All that reducing the size means is you have to build it up more to use it, but even with my 18-19g I could get it up to 8kg in 24 hours with two 1:10:10 feedings.

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MotherfuckingWax•

You might already know about this page, but this is the best resource I know of to recommend

Ninja edit: i really like making the crumpets and frying them like pancakes without a ring mold. You could do a bunch of those and freeze them, maybe.

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wisekrisOP•

Yeah that's been where I've been baking from. They all just use 1cup of discard. I could multiple but thats just a lot of ingredients/time.

I wasn't sure if that's the only option or if there was something out there that could use lots of discard at once.

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MotherfuckingWax•

Just don't make crackers and make something that can go in the freezer.

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Yes_No_What_Ok•

Sourdough discard pancakes are a great way to burn through that discard too!

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bowreality•

Are you building a starter or is it mature? When you build you shouldn't really use that discard. It's not ready.

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bowreality•

Composting is good for this.

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wisekrisOP•

Good to know

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wisekrisOP•

Building. I made cracker and crumpets both were tasty. I just can't keep up at the moment. I'm on day 6 of building. Day 3 started twice daily feedings

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bowreality•

just reduce the quantity like somebody mentioned in another comment. I don't think it's a good idea to eat any discard before the starter is mature.

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shlomotrutta•

How much starter do you keep, and where? I keep 150g in the fridge. I only take it out when I bake with it, or when I need to refresh the starter - either because it's run too low or because it has been a week since the last feeding.

When I need to feed it, I take out 50g into another jar, add 50g flour and 50g water to that to make 150g again.

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wisekrisOP•

Ah I'm building from the king Arthur guide. So 113g flour + 113g water + 113g starter

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Robokomodo•

You can cut that down by half.

Also, feeding with a 50/50 blend of whole wheat and white will make it grow faster. Theres more bioavailable nutrients for the microbes and yeast in whole wheat flour.

Feed it with rye and youll get a different flavor. Same with spelt or buckwheat.

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wisekrisOP•

Fascinating. I'll explore this sub more.

Ive wanted to make bread for a while and just googled a starter recipe. I had some whole wheat king Arthur so KA recipe seemed like the right place to start. I didn't find this sub till I was looking for ways to handle my discard dilemma.

Thanks for the advice!

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