Found out my grandma's 50 year old starter is actually younger than me

Was digging through my mom's recipe box last weekend and found a note that my grandma started her 'vintage' sourdough starter in 1998, not the 70s like she always claimed. I was born in 95 so that thing is a total fraud lol. Has anyone else caught family members lying about how old their starter is?

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mark_nguyen951mo ago

Hold on, "decade younger" is a bit generous. 1998 was only 27 years ago, so that makes your starter like 2 years younger than you if you were born in the mid 90s. Still a solid find, but not quite a full decade gap. Did you try baking with it yet to see if the age actually matters?

simoncarr1mo agoMost Upvoted

1998 starter gang. Mines a whole decade younger than me.

thompson.finley19d ago

My buddy Mark got handed a "100 year old starter" from his uncle that turned out to be from a 2004 batch of King Arthur flour he bought at the grocery store. @simoncarr your 1998 starter is basically a teenager compared to some of these family legends people push. The uncle even had a fake handwritten label that looked like it was done with a Sharpie last decade. Mark baked a loaf with it and said it was totally fine, just not some ancient magical heirloom like everyone pretended. I think the whole thing is funny because people just want to feel connected to something older than themselves.