I have been trying to get a sourdough starter started. I bought a mix on a road trip and decided to give it a try. I have had no luck at all. I wish I lived near someone who feeds theirs regularly and has cast off starter.
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My mother baked bread when I was a kid. She made her dough and put it in an oiled bowl with a tea towel over it and set it on top of the TV to rise. The tubes that made the TV work always put off a certain amount of heat and she used it. Other times, she would put it in the oven, not turned on but the pilot light made it hold a small amount of heat.
Today, I have none of those options and my house is too cold for the starter to get a bubblin’. I may have killed it by heat when I cooked kind of near it. I was trying to use the pilot lights on the stove top. I actually may have figured that one out. The TV is about 2 inches thick and harbors no heat. So that’s out.
I am going to give it another try starting tomorrow. We’ll see if I have any luck this time.
Be safe and be well.