Mentioned that I want to bake sourdough to my parents and my mom remembered that they had a frozen starter that my grandma used to use for her rye bread. It has been frozen for at least a decade. I left it to thaw and will feed it tomorrow. Can’t wait to see if it’s still going to come back to life.
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that will be an interesting science experiment! If it gives something very different that you like, then within a couple weeks freeze some for yourself.
Otherwise, within a not-too-long future the local yeast in your environment will take over. That isn’t a bad thing – it just is the way things work.
I’m sure that it will be revived. Remember, it only takes one yeast cell.
Good luck and please let us know the outcome.
Exciting! I can’t wait to see if it survived after all that time!
How cool! Would love an update.
This is A+ Bread Weirdo content. Looking forward to the update.
Keep us updated!!!
That’s so exciting!
definitely going to need an update on this by the end of the weekend.
Not impossible! Good luck
Interesting! Please update us of the outcome!
Was it frozen wet? I can’t quite tell from this photo. If so, that likely killed the yeast, sorry to say. Water expands when frozen, causing cells to burst.
I believe it absolutely will revive. I’m excited for you! Please report back