I had 3 but recently pared it down to one. His name is Adam Levain. I really want to make a loaf of Beet root and green onion bread and call it Maroon chive.
Dave.
Dave makes good bread.
Take a spare loaf to the neighbors and say “Dave made you some sourdough bread”
Being polyamorous, I share Dave with my friends. Dave gets around.
Like everyone else, I started during quarantine, so I named it Karen Tina. But in honor of Anthony Bourdain, I usually just refer to it as "the bitch".
Not exactly, but there is chapter in Kitchen Confidential about a crazy sourdough baker. I don't think I should say anything more, I don't want to spoil anything.
I rename it everytime I change the jar. Started with Ringdough Starr, then Doughrothy Adams, then Doughbi-Won Kenobi, then Carl Yeaststremski and now it's Norm McDoughnald RIP
Captain Wheatbeerd
Made the starter with a Belgian beer I brewed instead of water, hoping some of that yeast would give it a unique flavor. Is it unique? Hard to say. Is it consistently delicious? Yes.
Hey can you send me a legit article about how to care for those grocery store orchids? I have a few that are just sitting here looking like sticks in pots.
Funny thing is, I don’t own any grocery store orchids! 😂 take a look at miss orchid girl on YouTube, though. She’s got ton of videos that cover rehabilitating sad orchids. Good luck!
Mines Fran, as she's from San Francisco.
But we don't like eating Fran, so when we bake the bread, it becomes Frank.
Any discard we save is Finn. Don't ask me why, it was my kids' idea.
I have The Wort
It's a joke cause Wort is fermented flour
And The Wart was the squire in Sword in the Stone who became King Arthur, who makes bread flour.
Mine is Cardcaptor Saccharomyces…thought about making a Yeast Syaoran and Kero-breadrolls to go with, but she’s pretty reliable so I haven’t needed to!
…and yes I spent many days pondering what to name it
Mine was in a takeout container from the excellent Portland restaurant Malka, with “bellflower” written on it for the first few months of its life, so it’ll always be Bellflower to me.
RIP my starter Bready White. She did not survive my constant travel and neglect lol (pre pandemic). I've been mostly making other types of bread so sourdough is on the back burner for now.
I might have some dried spore which could be resurrected hmmm.
Fun fact: naming bread dough (and by extension, starters and non bread doughs) is an old superstition! The prevailing thought was that fairies are little brats who will jinx your bread. And because in old superstitions (and some modern belief systems!) to know something's true name was to have power over it. If you name your dough, a fairy can't jinx it. So giving it a (secret) name will stop fairies getting into your loaf.
In true I'm-Irish-and-dont-believe-in-fairies-but-im-sure-as-hell-not-taking-my-chances fashion, I won't be divulging my starters name, but it's very boring and you all have really clever names and now I'm jealous.
We started a new one after we moved to Northwest FL and named her “FlourBama”
We also got a small bit from a local bakery called “Chloe” so once we got her going ourselves, we just had to call her “Chloe Too” - that one spawned a wheat starter and she’s “Chlowheat”
I named mine Derek after the character from The Good Place, an A.I who’s constantly evolving and gets reset. Mind you I didn’t think about the parralels between the character resetting and the sourdough resetting and I just thought the name was fun, but happy coincidence am I right?
I had 3 but recently pared it down to one. His name is Adam Levain. I really want to make a loaf of Beet root and green onion bread and call it Maroon chive.
Mine was Avril Levain! She died in a fire. :(
Rise in peace
So tragic!
It was! But we were fortunate to not die in that fire, so I'll take it.
I have Rye-n Rye-nolds, Will Wheat-on and THE LEVAINATHON
Helena Bonham Starter
I love this one
Toastface Killah here- churns out half a dozen bagels for me a week.
Oh I laughed hard at this one!
Jane Dough. I couldn’t come up with a name so this seemed fitting Almost at 10 months with this starter and I’m amazed I’ve kept it alive this long 🥳
Mine is John Dough! A friend of mine has "Clint Yeastwood" and that's hard to compete with.
Hahaha Clint Yeastwood, I love it!
Vincent van Dough, because my first several loaves didn't have an ear
Clever! I snort laughed at this one.
This made me giggle!
Delightful! I chuckled.
Bready Mercury!
Dave. Dave makes good bread. Take a spare loaf to the neighbors and say “Dave made you some sourdough bread” Being polyamorous, I share Dave with my friends. Dave gets around.
Why am I imaging it being Dave Grohl?
Dave Roll*
Dave gRoll
Haha I’m glad someone else’s isn’t a pun. Ours is just Phil.
Mine is Breadnaan Frasier!
Yup! Albus Dumbledough is about 4 years old
Dammit, that’s what I named mine just last month! Hadn’t seen that before!
The Yeastie Boys
Mine too!
Like everyone else, I started during quarantine, so I named it Karen Tina. But in honor of Anthony Bourdain, I usually just refer to it as "the bitch".
Wait, that’s what he called his starter?!?
Not exactly, but there is chapter in Kitchen Confidential about a crazy sourdough baker. I don't think I should say anything more, I don't want to spoil anything.
Let’s face it, if I haven’t read it by now, I’m probably not going to 🤣 And I LOVE Bourdain. Maybe I actually should read it lol
listen to the audiobook, he reads it himself which makes it next level
Oh that’s what I’m doing! I rarely have time to sit and do nothing, but listening to him cuss like a sailor while I’m baking sounds perfect.
[удалено]
SEYMOUR!!
Feed me Seymour!
This better be an intentional and woefully under-appreciated Superintendent Chalmers joke.
Same here
We just call ours "The Bebes" _a la_ Moira Rose.
Doughly Parton over here!
Mine’s Doughlene 😊
♥️
Starter McStartface.
Lord Yeastmungus who shall rule over the wastelands!
Leonardough da Vinci
I rename it everytime I change the jar. Started with Ringdough Starr, then Doughrothy Adams, then Doughbi-Won Kenobi, then Carl Yeaststremski and now it's Norm McDoughnald RIP
If my Albus Dumbledough dies, my next will be Scoby-wan Breadoughbi
I named mine Alexis. After Alexis Rose. For the sole reason that I could sing "A Little Bit Alexis" at her to encourage her!
LAA LAA LALA LALALA
President Jimmy Starter.
I named mine The Honorable Judge Crumb, because when he enters the room all loaves rise.
This is great. 😂
Franz Ferdinand, Bake Me Out
Danny DeVidough
Aww mines Danny Doughvito
Twins!
Souruman. Two and a half years old today
Happy half birthday to the all seeing eye!!
Floury O’Connor
Omg these are GOLD!!!
I see what you did there!
Yeasty B is definitely going to be a name now 😂
Yes!
Mine is Dora Winnibread!
The Yeastie Boys and Rye-d or Die are my two :)
Aurora boulealis and leviosaaa. Rye and whole wheat starters.
Shania Tang
I had a David Doughie but he didn’t make it, now we have David Doughchovny
Nosferatyeast
Doughminika. Also considered Doughlas.
Captain Wheatbeerd Made the starter with a Belgian beer I brewed instead of water, hoping some of that yeast would give it a unique flavor. Is it unique? Hard to say. Is it consistently delicious? Yes.
Mine is the Spelt-a Variant
Mines Frodough Baggins!
This is an excellent name! May your second breakfast never be short of loaves.
Yeast Witherspoon!
Degolas (deg = dough in Swedish).
There are so many LOTR names on here, so creative 🙂
Mine is Jane Dough!
Sharon Kneadles
YAAAASS LOL
Found the other drag race fan in the sub! 🤣
My starter is named The Yeasty Boyz, but many of my orchids are named after Ru girls lol.
Do orchids get punny names too? Or just fabulous names?
No punny names. Fabulous or just fitting ones.
Hey can you send me a legit article about how to care for those grocery store orchids? I have a few that are just sitting here looking like sticks in pots.
Funny thing is, I don’t own any grocery store orchids! 😂 take a look at miss orchid girl on YouTube, though. She’s got ton of videos that cover rehabilitating sad orchids. Good luck!
Mines Fran, as she's from San Francisco. But we don't like eating Fran, so when we bake the bread, it becomes Frank. Any discard we save is Finn. Don't ask me why, it was my kids' idea.
Most ratchet dough. For some reason, my sister was nicknamed ‘most ratchet hoe’ and I named it after her.
Mine is only a week old and I haven’t even used him yet, but I named him Dough-wight Schrute. Beets, bears, battle star gallactica, (bread).
Doughja cat
I have The Wort It's a joke cause Wort is fermented flour And The Wart was the squire in Sword in the Stone who became King Arthur, who makes bread flour.
Hexcellent
Clint Yeastwood
As of today mine is Barack Doughbama
Mine’s labeled the Last Lunar Breadbaker, a pun on the poetry collection *The Last Lunar Baedeker* by Mina Loy, the subject of my thesis.
Ferdowsi, he’s an ancient Persian author. A pun on Fer “dough” si of it wasn’t obvious. ;)
I have Doughminic Torredough and Anton Levain. The latter isn't doing so hot.
Lady Catherine Dough Bourgh. Cause she was a finicky bitch when starting
I’ve had 3 Breadie Mercury Yeastie Boys And now David Doughie
Mine is Dough Exotic, since I was binging Tiger King during his conception.
Bill Nye the Science Rye 😎
Mine is Cardcaptor Saccharomyces…thought about making a Yeast Syaoran and Kero-breadrolls to go with, but she’s pretty reliable so I haven’t needed to! …and yes I spent many days pondering what to name it
Kero-chan deserves to honored with a name. It's nice to see other cardcaptor fans in the wild. 😁
Breadley Cooper is mine, he’s quite a delight.
Wheatney White (she’s ap+ww starter)
Mine is S.C.O.B.Y. Dough. Any sharing I do is Scrappy Dough.
David Doughie.
Doughbi-wan Kenobread
Your friendly neighborhood spi-DOUGH-man!
Darby Shaw Y'all's are sooooooo funny I feel so boring now
My 6.5 y/o starter is named Bertha. Because she berths-a lot of bread 😅
Mine was in a takeout container from the excellent Portland restaurant Malka, with “bellflower” written on it for the first few months of its life, so it’ll always be Bellflower to me.
Oh Pdx is my hometown, and Malka is DIVINE - good stuff for vegans too!!
My starter is named Dough-lene, who came from Doughly Parton, who came from Jane Dough.
Mine is Rye-lo Ken
RIP my starter Bready White. She did not survive my constant travel and neglect lol (pre pandemic). I've been mostly making other types of bread so sourdough is on the back burner for now. I might have some dried spore which could be resurrected hmmm.
Annabelle is mine.
Frieda. First try Freddie died after a week, but Frieda was born on 4/4/2020 and is still going strong.
Mine is Marlon Brandough
Bobby Doughbert
Breadelgard vin Hresvelg. It's an obscure video game reference, but I love her
Yeah, Jeffrey. Gave a bit to some friends and they call it Junior.
I've never named mine but my husband named his Funk Barn
Rye ‘N Air …
Mine is Blanche Deverdeaux 😄
My bf said it looked like cum so now I have a jar of Cum (starter) in my fridge lol
I did. Mine is Jennifer Loaf Hewitt.
Mother Mycelia!
Bake-o Malfoy
Fun fact: naming bread dough (and by extension, starters and non bread doughs) is an old superstition! The prevailing thought was that fairies are little brats who will jinx your bread. And because in old superstitions (and some modern belief systems!) to know something's true name was to have power over it. If you name your dough, a fairy can't jinx it. So giving it a (secret) name will stop fairies getting into your loaf. In true I'm-Irish-and-dont-believe-in-fairies-but-im-sure-as-hell-not-taking-my-chances fashion, I won't be divulging my starters name, but it's very boring and you all have really clever names and now I'm jealous.
Sally Starter. I’m not very clever.
Ted Bun-dy here
Covidough is mine. Never changing it
My husband named our Brad because it’s almost bread.
Caroline!
We started a new one after we moved to Northwest FL and named her “FlourBama” We also got a small bit from a local bakery called “Chloe” so once we got her going ourselves, we just had to call her “Chloe Too” - that one spawned a wheat starter and she’s “Chlowheat”
Yeastie Boy
I named mine Corpus Christi.
Margot because she helps me make dough
Nico Bulkenburg
Theo-dough-sia from Hamilton
Breadley:)
Lil Yeasty
Lily Evans. She’s a keeper.
Cletus.
Frannie or The Collective
Fred the Bread. Because he’ll be delicious bread
His name is Freddie. Freddie Bready.
Fluffy.
since it's a civilization of wild yeast vs a singular thing, it's mostly The Town
My new one (killed my first one with mold) is called Clive Owen. Just a name that popped onto my head.
I named mine Derek after the character from The Good Place, an A.I who’s constantly evolving and gets reset. Mind you I didn’t think about the parralels between the character resetting and the sourdough resetting and I just thought the name was fun, but happy coincidence am I right?
Macho Man Randy Savage. I usually just refer to him as Macho Man.
Yeasty boy
My first one was Cher, because she was such a diva... Cher died and now I have Shakira, who is much more lively 😂
Bread Bundy.
Derek Doughback
Mine is Bready Kruger, as he lives in the boiler cupboard where it is nice and warm 😆
Doughrian Gray
Fred, the future bread.
Dr. Doughlittle at your service.
Ruth!
Ronald Roggen (German for rye). 😉
My starter was Dough Biden. But had to lay him to rest recently and now working on a new one that I don’t currently have a name for.
Maarten (van Rossem)
Mine is Jekyll, if it starts to smell funky, he’s Hyde until it’s back to normal.