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That Monday my sourdough starter died and I almost quit baking
Last Tuesday started with me finding mold in my 3-year-old starter I'd been feeding every day, and it just went downhill from there with a collapsed cake and burnt cookies by noon. I ended up scrapping the whole batch of dough, losing about 8 hours of work and a bag of fancy flour I'd ordered online. Has anyone else had a day where everything in the kitchen just went wrong at once?
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the_thomas18d ago
Mold in a 3 year old starter is tough but that's a sanitation issue not a baking curse. If your starter was healthy it should have been acidic enough to fight off mold unless you let it dry out or got lazy with feeding. I've had bad days too but losing a whole batch of dough and fancy flour sounds like pushing through when you should have just stopped after the first thing went wrong. A collapsed cake and burnt cookies by noon means you were rushing or distracted. Gotta learn when to walk away and try again tomorrow instead of doubling down and making things worse.
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Oof @skyler43 that dog story hurts, I've been there with a cat knocking a whole jar of Italian flour off the counter and then walking through it. Some days the kitchen just decides to fight you and you gotta accept the L and grab takeout before you burn the house down.
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skyler4318d ago
Forty bucks worth of organic bread flour down the drain after I forgot to put the lid on the mixer. The dog got half of it before I even noticed, and then I kicked the rest across the floor trying to shoo him away. Sometimes you just have to accept that the universe wants you to order pizza.
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joseph_adams6618d ago
Ugh this was me last week. Started the day with my starter bubbling over and making a huge mess on the counter, then my dough came out like a brick after a full bulk ferment. Burned my hand on a hot sheet pan and ended up tossing the whole thing in the trash. Had to take a walk and just breathe for like 10 minutes before I even wanted to look at flour again.
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