How to Tell When Your Sourdough Starter Needs Feeding
By Bubba Goodcrumb · · 32 seconds
Is your sourdough starter hungry, weak, or just resting? In this video, Bubba Goodcrumb walks through the simple signs that tell you when your starter needs feeding, so you can stop guessing and start reading your jar with more confidence. You’ll learn how to check for: 1. A rise and fall line on
Video transcript & original script
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Your starter is [music] hungry when it peaks, falls, and smells sharper than usual. Look for the high water mark on the jar. [music] If your starter rose then sank below that line, it has eaten through most of its food. Smell tells you a lot. [music] Mild, yeasty, and tangy as normal. Harsh vinegar or nail polish means it waited too long. Texture changes, [music] too. Fed starter is fluffy and webbby. Hungry starter gets loose, thin, and porable [music] because the gluten has broken down. Save this before your next feeding and [music] let Bubba Goodcrumb help you read your starter with confidence.
Original production script
From the original Bubba Goodcrumb post in Ori. This may include production directions and may differ from the final spoken wording.
1. Sourdough Starter Feeding Schedule: Signs Your Starter Is Hungry
[short · TikTok · Feeding and Maintaining a Sourdough Starter]
HEADLINE: FEED YOUR STARTER WHEN IT ASKS, NOT JUST WHEN THE CLOCK SAYS
RUNTIME: ~39 s · 98 spoken words
HOOK: Your starter is hungry when it peaks, falls, and smells sharper than usual.
BEAT 1: Look for the high-water mark on the jar. If your starter rose, then sank below that line, it has eaten through most of its food. [on-screen: Hungry sign 1: rise then fall] [b-roll: Finger pointing to starter residue line on glass jar]
BEAT 2: Smell tells you a lot. Mild, yeasty, and tangy is normal. Harsh vinegar or nail polish means it waited too long. [on-screen: Hungry sign 2: sharp smell] [b-roll: Opening jar, smelling starter, showing calm reaction]
BEAT 3: Texture changes too. Fed starter is fluffy and webby. Hungry starter gets loose, thin, and pourable because the gluten has broken down. [on-screen: Hungry sign 3: loose texture] [b-roll: Stirring thick starter beside runny starter]
CTA: Save this before your next feeding, and let Bubba Goodcrumb help you read your starter with confidence.
Caption: A hungry starter usually tells you three ways: it rose and fell, smells sharper, and turns looser. Feed based on signals, not panic.
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Thumbnail: Close-up of a glass starter jar with a marked peak line and bold text: HUNGRY?