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I bake a fair bit and a fair bit of that baking is bread. It's cathartic kneading and pounding the dough. I just think of an old boss and it is so psychologically fulfilling a feeling. That said I had the idea a few years ago to make some sourdough starter from scratch as I remembered I loved the flavour once in a while and remembered one of my sisters had baked sourdough bread for a while. I couldn't find the requisite large glass jar to make it in and figured a large margarine tub would do. No. After a few days at it and it started to outgrow the tub so I gave up.
Imagine my surprise when I happened to hear there is a *INTERNET CRAZE* on sourdough. So of course I had to revisit the idea of a sourdough starter again despite it being labelled "Sourdough is the new Tamagachi for boomers!" or some such by some. This time I used a spare mixing bowl and will eventually move the starter into a jar to store in the fridge. I was also amused to discover through reading an online recipe that many people name their sourdoughs. The woman whose recipe I used named her sourdough after her eldest daughter. Trust me, I know better than to do that. Why anyone would bother to name a starter is beyond me but it was funny hence my new starter has the name "Cassandra"; Because no one would believe you can get yeast from just flour and water.
In any case I am happy to note that it appears "Cassie" after 5 days is beginning to show a bubbly personality and I am looking forward to spending more time with her in the kitchen.
Imagine my surprise when I happened to hear there is a *INTERNET CRAZE* on sourdough. So of course I had to revisit the idea of a sourdough starter again despite it being labelled "Sourdough is the new Tamagachi for boomers!" or some such by some. This time I used a spare mixing bowl and will eventually move the starter into a jar to store in the fridge. I was also amused to discover through reading an online recipe that many people name their sourdoughs. The woman whose recipe I used named her sourdough after her eldest daughter. Trust me, I know better than to do that. Why anyone would bother to name a starter is beyond me but it was funny hence my new starter has the name "Cassandra"; Because no one would believe you can get yeast from just flour and water.
In any case I am happy to note that it appears "Cassie" after 5 days is beginning to show a bubbly personality and I am looking forward to spending more time with her in the kitchen.
