Oh my goodness, I just love these April 1st articles! And oh so relevant as just a couple weeks ago I put my own starter in the oven after feeding it... and then turned it on to preheat, forgetting about said starter that was already in the oven. Luckily, I was able to rescue it - the edges were cooked to the bowl, but the middle was still goopy and not too warm. I crossed my fingers, hoped for the best and scooped out the goopy middle and babied it for a few days. It worked! It lives! And just to be on the safe side, instead of discarding when I fed it last, I kept the discard and fed that, so I have 2 containers now, you know, a container of "backup starter" just in case I feel the need to bake my starter again! Ah good times, I can laugh about it now....

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