My sourdough starter tried to escape its jar last night

I was in my kitchen around 10 PM, prepping for a morning bake, when I heard a soft pop. My sourdough starter, which I'd fed a huge amount of rye flour and warm water about 6 hours earlier, had blown the lid right off its glass jar. It was bubbling over the counter like some kind of science experiment. I panicked for a second, thinking I'd lost it all. My wife just laughed and said, 'Looks hungry.' I managed to scoop most of it back into a bigger bowl, losing maybe a cup of the overflow. It taught me that a warm kitchen and a hearty feeding really speeds things up. Has anyone else had a starter get this crazy active? What's your go-to container when you know it's going to have a big rise?

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averysullivan27d ago

Feel your pain, my starter did that last week.

matthew86427d ago

Tell me about it, mine just went sour on Tuesday.

ericgonzalez12d ago

Funny how these things seem to happen in waves. It's like sourdough starters have a secret group chat and decide to all quit at once. Makes you wonder what else in life follows that same weird pattern. Plants dying, appliances breaking, it never feels truly random.