Nicki Sinclair wrote:
> I sent away for Carl's starter a month ago and have received nothing.
> I'm eager to get a starter going again and wondered if anyone has
> another source for me to obtain.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Nicki

I am just curious as to why you don't make your own starter?

I do agree the conversation factor is there when you are theoretically
'making a piece of history', but doesn't the natural wild yeast you feed
the starter by means of the flour you add quickly turn it into
'domestic' sourdough?

Maybe I got lucky, but I didn't have any issues just using warm water
and flour to get a starter going. It took less than a week. I even
took some of it on vacation in a small mason jar so I could make an
unusual bread for my 80 year old mom who makes/made wicked white and
brown, but never sourdough bread. It went over very well. (no
competition either eh.)

I recently made a larger batch of starter and took the crust off with a
fair bit of sponge attached and dried it out to save for emergencies or
to take pieces of camping with me. I am going to make sure a bit of it
will come back active before I wander way off into the bush with it though.

Mike