Woman’s horror as her baking creation ‘explodes’ and ‘takes over her dwelling’

On May 24, 2024

Fancy yourself a bit of a home baker, do ya?

Well, one lass got more than she bargained for when her attempt at whipping up a sourdough starter turned into an absolute kitchen nightmare. Diving into the world of homemade baked delights can be a right thrill there’s nowt better than the smell of fresh bread, right?

But this poor woman was gobsmacked when her sourdough starter went bonkers and blew its top.

For the uninitiated, a sourdough starter is basically your own little petri dish of wild yeast and friendly bacteria that gets your bread all nice and puffy. You kick it off with some flour and water, let it sit around to ferment, and Bob’s your uncle except when it decides to go rogue, like in this case.

The social media user @ravenscimaven, who’s had to swap over to X from the good ol’ Twitter, shared her baking disaster with the world, begging for help with a frantic: “PLEASE HELP”.

Her plea went like this: “So um…Soooooooooo my sourdough starter exploded out of a sealed jar in a matter of hours what do I do??? It won’t stop PLEASE HELP I’m afraid to open it and it’s flowing out like crazy.”

Talk about a sticky situation! This SOS followed her initial chirpy post back on May 12, where she was all keen beans, saying: “I’m about to get into the dough starter game. Any tips are accepted.”

She continued her fraught journey in the thread, writing: “Can I make the bread with it ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? “, “I’m about to call the police”, “This is a national security threat”, “PLEASE QUICKLY SEND ME YOUR SOURDOUGH RECIPES THIS IS AN EMERGENCY”, expressing the sentiment that perhaps this isn’t the ideal hobby for someone with anxiety, and lastly querying: “Can I feed it to my worm farm? ” After some online research, she found out she could.

Later, she proclaimed, on the verge of opening her project: “I’m about to pop this thing open I feel like I’m about to set off a GRENADE”. In jest, she shared: “Why did I get a phone call from an unknown number and I thought it was my sourdough starter calling me on the phone”, accompanied by weeping emoticons.

In a further comedic twist, she penned: “Me saying ‘daddy chill’ to my sourdough starter to stop it from taking over my home and trespassing on my property”, shortly followed by the update: “It immediately started yelling at me it’s still going”, as visuals showed the starter spilling across her kitchen counter.

Refusing to waste the fruits of her labour, she baked bread “at 1am”, albeit with the fear that by morning “afraid tomorrow the dough is going to fill the entire kitchen.”

Among responses to her hilariously chaotic saga, one commenter gave up their sympathies, quipping: “I’m afraid the kitchen belongs to it now. Just shake hands with it and walk away. Brick up the kitchen door and be happy you have the rest of the house…for now.”

Another labelled it as the “best thread of the week”.