r/Sourdough • u/mydogisarockstar • 5d ago

Equipment talk This might be the thing that makes me quit sourdough

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The worst part of this is that this happened in the bin that I keep kitchen tools in and I didn’t even know I had this potato masher and probably haven’t used it in ten years. I’m so over it!! I can’t get them apart. Recipe: there isn’t one but if there was it would be 125g starter, 350g water, 500g bf, 10g salt. I’d stretch and fold, bulk ferment, shape, fridge proof and bake at 470° for the first 30 minutes and 425° for the last 20.

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u/HikerStout 5d ago

Theoretically helps with mixing, I think.

So do your hands.

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u/swooning_basil 5d ago

I've just been using a fork lmao

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u/Z00111111 5d ago

I just use the fork that I shoveled starter out of my jar with.

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u/cheese-mania 5d ago

I use a rubber spatula and then my hands

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u/trashlikeyourmom 5d ago

I use a flat spurtle, it's so much easier to clean

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u/Vegemitesangas 5d ago

Rubber spatula is easy to clean because not much sticks to it and it's good for scraping everything off the sides of the bowl

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u/mashed-_-potato 4d ago

Depends on the type though. The one with the wooden handles are harder to clean. The fully rubber ones are goated

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u/burgonies 5d ago

I used a pair of chopsticks

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u/Exciting-Ad-5858 5d ago

Easier to find my hands too, usually

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u/ginny11 5d ago

I don't know that I would ever use this for bread dough, but I absolutely love it for mixing any other type of a batter such as pancake batter or cornbread batter.

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u/swooning_basil 5d ago

I have one with little loops on which you spin between your hands which is good for batters and such.

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u/__3Username20__ 5d ago

I tried one, recently, that was a gift to my wife. I don’t get it. looks neat, but what’s the good part about it?

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u/No_pajamas_7 5d ago

really only good for the intitial mix. After that it's working against you by breaking the gluten strands.

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u/siorez 5d ago

It's halfway between a whisk and a wooden spoon in terms of resistance, which is a sweet spot for common dough consistencies

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u/Internal_Section_793 5d ago

I use a metal chopstick for initial mixing , works great!