Sourdough Starter Showdown: minnakatrina (*FULL* profiling session)

Minna's starter has finally cracked a long-time sourdough mystery... does a starter change when it has been dehydrated and rehydrated? Spoiler alert: NO!

Minna was kind enough to send me both an active starter and a dehydrated version (as a backup). The live starter was in good health so I used that first, but then I decided to rehydrate the dehydrated version as well to compare the growth of the two. After a couple days of bringing it back to life, and then a couple more of feeding it regularly, I then profiled the dehydrated version to compare it to the active starter. It ended up being almost identical!

I am working on a separate post to show this comparison so you don't have to just take my word for it... so keep an eye out for that coming soon!

When I asked Minna for what makes her starter unique she said:

"It's difficult to say 'unique' things when I don't really know the difference between any other."

I couldn't agree more! As bakers we can spend all the time in the world trying to make better bread with our starters. Very often this can involve consuming content from sourdough experts online. But even the best experts out there can only give advice based on the experience they have had with starters that are.... not yours! So having that extra understanding of your own starter (Does it grow faster or slower than others? More or less of a rise? Does it respond better to warmer or colder environments?) can really help you factor these variables in when you take on board any new guidance.

Congrats to Minna and Matilda for taking over 3rd place in the current leaderboard!

To see more details about Minna and "Matilda", check out the full results page here:

https://loafhacker.com/results/minnakatrina

All results from the Sourdough Starter Showdown can be found here:

https://loafhacker.com/showdown

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