Description says uses discard, recipe says ripe starter

Question

So not sure which I am supposed to use, and no one else commented on this discrepancy. Thanks for clarification!

Lori T. · Answer

I don't see where it says you can use discard- but that's no matter.  Sometimes the terms get confusing.  The recipe assumes you fed your starter the night before, and in the morning you would have a ripe starter.  Ripe for making bread, that is.  You would take away what portion you needed for that, and then have some left over.  Some of that would be removed- discarded, so the name, and the rest would be fed and returned to the storage container to be used again another day.  If you wouldn't be baking a loaf, you could simply use 72 grams of that ripe starter, discard some, and feed and store some.  The point of the recipe is to allow you to use more of the fed and ripe starter, rather than waste any by tossing it away.

Description says uses discard, recipe says ripe starter

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