where do you get cheap starter / make your own: My Q: starter is just some acidophillus bacteria, right?
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If you take some from your first batch and just freeze it in an ice cube tray you now have several batches of starter, and when you run out you can repeat the process up to 10 times/generations before it doesnt set up well. I only buy some starter about once a year and i eat yogurt almost every day. I have also found that time to set up increases as you get several generations into the process.
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Good Morning, Could you send us the part numbers off of your old starter? Thanks, Greg
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Wal-Mart had them when I bought mine. Really, all you need to do is measure the battery rack and then find one to fit that's 12v. That's the only real criteria.Also, for what it's worth, if you keep Sta-Bil or some other fuel stabilizer in the gas and start it once a month, you really don't need the electric starter. When I assembled mine, I added the oil, gasoline and followed the starting procedure as spelled out in the manual. I went from dry shipping to running like a top in ONE Pull of the recoil starter. It's that simple.
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No, you don't. It has to be at room temperature. My advise to you is to make sure the yogurt you will use as the starter be at roomtempature as well.
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I just read your question again. This stuff is dirt cheap-buy fresh and be safe.
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Label doesn't list it. I used it, it turned out ok, but I'm now using plain, Greek yogurt as a starter.
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Your bacteria is live, so you can save some and use it make a new batch usually 4 or 5 times depending on the strength of your bacteria. I use starter from cultures for health for everything instead of the stuff from the store since I discovered some companies use milk from cows fed GMO corn to make their yogurt.
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You can use store bought plain yogurt with this as a starter. You will also be able to make a yogurt cheese which is a bit of a chore, but is pretty good.
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R. Neu, I'm not sure as it has been a while since I made the purchase. But, this is a quality starter at a very reasonable price. It's half the price of other starters on Amazon, and is well made. No problems so far. I would buy another tomorrow if I had to. No complaints!
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Hi Jessica, This should be a perfect time to order a starter kit as the weather is cool and Scobies go dormant when they are cold, so it is better shipping weather for them. Just make sure you have all your jars & tea & everything, (as my scoby came in a plastic zip-lock...) Keep the scoby and starter tea refrigerated until you give it away, as at room temperature it will keep fermenting. Your kit will probably come with good instructions but it will help if you read up on it first, especially if the gift recipient is new to Kombucha (which I didn't so I brewed my first batch rather blindly...:-)) My favorite web sight with really clear instructions is royalkombucha.com., I learned a lot there. Hope this helps - what a great gift idea - I LOVE my Kombucha!
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Wal-mart (NH) for around 10 bucks and it comes with a replacement electronic starter. Caution!! be very precise lining up the wick line with the base or you will have to do it over. I Had to do the process 3 times to get it just right. Not hard to do but trying to align a kerosene soaked wick is pretty messy! Love the heater and being very warm while using it. Fuel use is not what it says on the box roughly 4 - 5 hours a gallon not the nine stated on the box.
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It is a dehydrated flour starter, you can make your own starter using the pineapple juice process, visit breadtopia for details.
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I don't use chemical starters! I use one of the cheap chimneys that you put 2 pieces of crumpled up newspaper in the bottom, then charcoal in the top. It is faster, cheaper and non-carcinogenic. Amazon and Lowes both sell the chimney starters for about $7.99 to $15.00. They last forever. I'll never go back to the chemicals.
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You don't feed your sourdough? Interesting. I suppose you could leave it running forever, but I wouldn't. At $150 a pop, that's an expensive way to keep your culture going.. try another method. How did they do it before proofers? :)
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I use any live culture plain yogurt from the store, and make a mother culture with it as well so it lasts longer. Eventually you need new starter again as it loses strength after a few generations.
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I was able to do it, plus this is a great cheap option for a starter. I've been blasting this thing and yet to have a problem.
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Yes. I recommend getting one of the starter kits - it's a bit more cost effective.