The gift that keeps on giving :-) Friendship starter always brings to mind “The Little Shop of Horrors”. The living plant was always complaining: “Feed Me” “Feed Me” “Feed Me”
The starter gift was enjoyed for a time, but eventually the entire batch was used and never replaced. Years later made my own starter which actually worked out well. Then life interfered and that starter, too, became a poor neglected child. Nothing better on a winter day than fresh bread popping out of the oven.
Somewhere, in some drawer are several pages of Friendship starter recipes which will be found (hopefully).
I’m not sure I could deal with one for long, since I tend to get distracted and move on to other hobbies. It works well for me to keep my sourdough starter in a mason jar in the fridge. If I forget about it for a couple weeks, it can be revived. Keeping it at room temperature would surely lead to its demise!
But if I make some thinking about one or two time use, I can probably handle that :-) it certainly looks very versatile.