# Where do I get sourdough starter?

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**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [March 23, 2019, 3:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-do-i-get-sourdough-starter/19362 "2019-03-23T03:05:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cynicus26](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/cynicus26/32/4998_2.png) [@Cynicus26](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Cynicus26)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 3:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-do-i-get-sourdough-starter/19362/1 "2019-03-23T03:05:07Z")

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Exactly as it says on the can. 100% Grade A question, no byproducts.

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**Author:** ![Esther](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/esther/32/5743_2.png) [@Esther](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Esther)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 4:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-do-i-get-sourdough-starter/19362/2 "2019-03-23T04:11:58Z")

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You need cooking 5 and you’ll autolearn the recipe for juvenile sourdough starter, which turns into normal sourdough starter after a week. You need some water, some flour, and I think either a glass jar or a glass flask.

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**Author:** ![Erk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/erk/32/3871_2.png) [@Erk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Erk)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-do-i-get-sourdough-starter/19362/3 "2019-03-23T05:49:00Z")

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Technically you get the yeasts and bacteria from the air.

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**Author:** ![Mantar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mantar/32/42_2.png) [@Mantar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mantar)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-do-i-get-sourdough-starter/19362/4 "2019-03-23T17:11:02Z")

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Seems like it should spawn in grocery stores and bakeries, too, but it doesn’t.

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**Author:** ![Erk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/erk/32/3871_2.png) [@Erk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Erk)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-do-i-get-sourdough-starter/19362/5 "2019-03-24T15:00:47Z")

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That probably wouldn’t be active liquid starter, rather the powdered kind that you need to mix and reactivate. When I added starter I didn’t do that kind, mostly because I was speeding native starter up to the point that it’s almost as fast as using a powdered starter anyway.

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**Author:** ![Mantar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mantar/32/42_2.png) [@Mantar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mantar)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-do-i-get-sourdough-starter/19362/6 "2019-03-24T18:34:35Z")

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Oh, I didn’t realize the starter was a liquid in-game. It didn’t leave an empty container when I would use it, instead vanishing entirely like a powder. Which is actually weird now I think about it.

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**Author:** ![Erk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/erk/32/3871_2.png) [@Erk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Erk)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 1:41am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-do-i-get-sourdough-starter/19362/7 "2019-03-25T01:41:58Z")

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It shouldn’t behave like a liquid nor a solid, it behaves like a jar of goop. When you use the starter you should get an empty jar back.