When I was away in Nepal for a month, my sourdough starter
sat in the fridge unloved. I had frozen some which you could do according to a
book I have called Wild Sourdough. On my return the starter in the fridge was
rather evil and mouldy looking so it got thrown out immediately. I thought I
had the backup starter in the freezer. I
defrosted the frozen starter and despite trying to feed it into life, nothing
happened. It also ended up being thrown out. So a couple of weeks ago, I tried
making a new starter using the recipe in the book. This one bubbled but had a
strange smell which didn’t seem right. That one got thrown out too.
Eventually I made a new starter from scratch using a recipe from the Sourdough
Companion website http://www.sourdough.com/blog/sourdom/beginners-blog-starter-scratch
which even though I didn’t let it brew for as long as the recipe suggests, does
all the right things….it bubbles, it smells sour and best of all…….the loaf I made
and set to rise overnight actually did rise.
The flavor is really good and it has a great texture which is full of
big holes. 
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