Sometimes, making your own food from scratch doesn't go exactly the way you'd want it to. Using recipes you've never used before to make baked goods can be daunting - but often worth it, as there's nothing quite like the taste of fresh, homemade products. But one woman was left horrified when she tried to make a sourdough starter, and it seemed to go dramatically wrong.
For those who don't know, a sourdough starter is a living culture of wild yeast and lactic acid bacteria that is used to make bread rise. You make it by combining flour and water, and letting it ferment, and over time, the yeasts and bacteria that occur naturally in the environment and flour will feed on the mixture . 'I made my husband sleep on the sofa after ill-timed joke woke our baby - I can't look at him' Social media user @ravenscimaven took to X, formerly Twitter , however, to explain that her sourdough starter had not gone the way she planned, as she desperately penned: "PLEASE HELP".
She wrote: "So um...
Soooooooooo my sourdough starter exploded out of a sealed jar in a matter of hours what do I do??? It won't stop PLEASE HELP I’m afraid to open it and it's flowing out like crazy." This update came after an initial post on May 12, where she wrote: "I'm about to get into the dough starter game. Any tips are accepted.
" She continued to stress out in the thread, penning: "Can I make the bread with it ????????", "I'm about to call the police", "This is a national security threat", "PLEASE QUICKLY SEND M.
