Even when it gets a bit grey (because it hasn't been fed for a couple of weeks), my husband knows we'll have sourdough pancakes with applesauce for dinner, made with the discarded starter and enough more flour and water to come up to the amount needed for our go-to recipe. (I usually let the batter get a bit bubbly before adding the other ingredients.) The remains in the crock get fed for new starter.

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