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When relatives refrigerate your half-fermented pickles without asking
All that waiting for the perfect tang, gone in an instant. Now I have to hide my crocks like a secret stash.
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anthony7921mo ago
Hiding crocks? My cousin once refrigerated my sourdough starter, calling it 'that weird jar'!
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river_foster471mo ago
Refrigerating a sourdough starter is like putting it in a coma! That cousin basically stalled all the fermentation activity overnight. Imagine coming back to a sluggish, cold blob that needs days to wake up again. Total betrayal of the baker's trust, honestly. Specific cultures can even die if they're chilled too abruptly. Just thinking about it makes me cringe for that poor jar.
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thea1291mo ago
Chilling sourdough isn't betrayal; it's smart preservation, @river_foster47.
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