Author Topic: Free Starters! (Read 4116 times)

Mick.Chicago · « **on:** February 20, 2011, 01:02:21 AM »

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We at THE NEW YORK BAKERS believe that what starts out free ought to
be freely shared. So we'll send any or all of our wild yeast cultures to anyone
who asks, free, gratis, no charge.

http://www.nybakers.com/starter.html

Jackie Tran · « **Reply #1 on:** February 20, 2011, 01:10:19 AM »

Great find MC. I'd be interested in trying out the SF starter. I have so many that I don't even use though, so it might be good for just hanging on to.

JConk007 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 20, 2011, 12:02:53 PM »

thanks Catch is you have to order something else to get the free starters

anyway I ordered a few starters and some cake yeast which I have wanting to try. $9.00 shipping from NY to NJ is a touch high for a 1 pound package. Ah what the hell its retail therapy ! Looking forward to trying both the cake yeast and the starters. Back to the threads and thanks in advance for the help with getting the staters going.
John

Guts · « **Reply #3 on:** February 20, 2011, 09:43:07 PM »

I sent them an e-mail saying I was interested in their NYB SoCal Sourdough Starter and gave them my name and address. I guess I'll see what happens... I'll keep you posted if I get a reply. After all, they do say free starter.

From their website

"If you'd like some of our free starter, or if you'd like to share some starters of
your own, email us and tell us which ones you'd like and where to send them.
If you're placing an order and would like us to include some starter, click on
the Add to Cart button."

Mick.Chicago · « **Reply #4 on:** February 21, 2011, 12:04:57 PM »

Quote from: Guts on February 20, 2011, 09:43:07 PM

I sent them an e-mail saying I was interested in their NYB SoCal Sourdough Starter and gave them my name and address. I guess I'll see what happens... I'll keep you posted if I get a reply. After all, they do say free starter.

From their website

"If you'd like some of our free starter, or if you'd like to share some starters of
your own, email us and tell us which ones you'd like and where to send them.
If you're placing an order and would like us to include some starter, click on
the Add to Cart button."

Yeah, that's why I posted it! If there is after all a catch let us know!

JConk007 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 21, 2011, 07:20:23 PM »

I dod want the cake yeast so I dont mind donating to the cause although I have plenty of bajeries who would have given me a chunck , but they probably would not give me any starters
John

Mick.Chicago · « **Reply #6 on:** March 02, 2011, 08:49:47 PM »

Any luck?

Guts · « **Reply #7 on:** March 08, 2011, 12:06:56 PM »

I haven't received anything not even a e-mail from them. But it's only been two weeks.

JConk007 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 09, 2011, 07:20:56 AM »

My cake yeast and 2 starters came last week. Will activate in a few weeks when I can focus on them. Too much going on now!
John

matermark · « **Reply #9 on:** April 05, 2011, 09:00:08 PM »

Did anybody get any FREE without placing an order? I recently got the Carl Griffith starter from somewhere else but think it's what NYB is listing as the Wagon Train starter. I was thinking of asking NYB for the SF starter, curious to see if anybody was successful getting it from NYB since using the add to cart button takes it to your paypal account but gets an error message because it is "zero" (dollars I assume.) Wonder if this was implemented by NYB to cut down on fullfilling to those without ordering anything else.

DNA Dan · « **Reply #10 on:** May 16, 2011, 11:14:59 AM »

Any update on this? Anyone?

This has to be a scam or marketing gimmick. I can't imagine someone would continue to do this for free without even covering their shipping or time costs. It doesn't even state "limited time only".

That aside, how are the starters?

TheTestPizza · « **Reply #11 on:** May 19, 2011, 01:06:43 AM »

Read carefully....
We at THE NEW YORK BAKERS believe that what starts out free ought to
be freely shared. So we'll send any or all of our wild yeast cultures to anyone
who asks, free, gratis, no charge.
If you'd like some of our free starter, or if you'd like to share some starters of
your own, email us and tell us which ones you'd like and where to send them.
If you're placing an order and would like us to include some starter, click on
the Add to Cart button.
Note: Your cart won't accept the starters without another item in it.
Limit one each of no more than three starters, please

Saturday Coffee · « **Reply #12 on:** May 23, 2011, 11:36:02 PM »

Free Sour Dough Starter from Carl's Friends.
I heard about if from my baker friends and it took about month before they got the starter.

http://carlsfriends.net/aboutcarl.html
http://carlsfriends.net/getbrochure.html
http://carlsfriends.net/source.html

Send a self-addressed, stamped (44¢) #10 envelope to:
Oregon Trail Sourdough
P. O. Box 321
Jefferson, MD 21755 USA

Write "request brochure" on the back of your envelope if you want them to send you one, or download the brochure at above link.

nadoj · « **Reply #13 on:** June 03, 2011, 09:35:42 AM »

Quote from: Saturday Coffee on May 23, 2011, 11:36:02 PM

Free Sour Dough Starter from Carl's Friends.
I heard about if from my baker friends and it took about month before they got the starter.

http://carlsfriends.net/aboutcarl.html
http://carlsfriends.net/getbrochure.html
http://carlsfriends.net/source.html

Send a self-addressed, stamped (44¢) #10 envelope to:
Oregon Trail Sourdough
P. O. Box 321
Jefferson, MD 21755 USA

Write "request brochure" on the back of your envelope if you want them to send you one, or download the brochure at above link.

Carls sourdough starter aka Oregon Trail 1847 (I believe) is awesome starter. I have OT1847, SDI San Fransisco, SDI Christy New Zealand Rye and SDI South African Whole Wheat. I use the OT1847 almost exclusively. It is a wonderful thing.

Saturday Coffee · « **Reply #14 on:** June 11, 2011, 05:59:17 PM »

I just received my 1847 Oregon Trail Sourdough Starter from Carl's Friends -- it took less than three (3) weeks for it to arrive.
It was completely free - all I had to do was enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope.

RobynB · « **Reply #15 on:** June 11, 2011, 08:09:20 PM »

I sent away for a Carl's starter a few months ago, and it's been sitting (still dry) in my desk drawer ever since. This thread kicked me in the butt so I started him last night and fed again this morning, and he's already looking fairly perky. I've been using a KA starter that I converted to WWW for a couple years now, so it will be interesting to see the differences between them. I was thinking about ordering an Ischia but thought I'd revive Carl first and see how he works. Fun!

buceriasdon · « **Reply #16 on:** June 11, 2011, 08:19:29 PM »

Robyn, Shouldn't that be a jr but more healthy?

Quote from: RobynB on June 11, 2011, 08:09:20 PM

I sent away for a Carl's starter a few months ago, and it's been sitting (still dry) in my desk drawer ever since. This thread kicked me in the butt so I started him last night and fed again this morning, and he's already looking fairly perky. I've been using a KA starter that I converted to WWW for a couple years now, so it will be interesting to see the differences between them. I was thinking about ordering an Ischia but thought I'd revive Carl first and see how he works. Fun!

RobynB · « **Reply #17 on:** June 12, 2011, 01:32:43 AM »

Oh yeah, you know it's called Carl Jr. My original starter is named Jesus because it multiplies my loaves

[I hope I do not offend anyone with that!]

Guts · « **Reply #18 on:** July 11, 2011, 09:29:41 PM »

Quote from: Mick.Chicago on February 20, 2011, 01:02:21 AM

http://www.nybakers.com/starter.html

it took a long time to receive mine.But I got it about two weeks ago, free of charge. With No purchase...

Guts · « **Reply #19 on:** July 11, 2011, 09:44:56 PM »

I just noticed address on national Avenue. I could walk there in less time it took to get it really I'm not kidding.

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