Tag Archives: Sourdough

I Thought You Said That It Wasn’t Good For Me!

I did say that eating carbs wasn’t good for you. I have said it a thousand times and I always meant it. Bread at the store, even at the health food store, is mostly starch, and starch is mostly glucose. … Continue reading

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Don’t Waste Your Starter

Last weekend we made pancakes for the granddaughters and we used some waste starter to flavor the batter. We made more batter than we needed, because that was what the recipe called for, so I saved the leftover in a … Continue reading

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Getting it Down

I am getting the hang of making bread. This weekend I made my fourth dough, tweaked some things, figured out some places in my workflow that still need some work. To recap, last time I made bread it was from a … Continue reading

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Success, With Comments

After last week’s “trial loaf” that contained monoculture active dry yeast, though no sugar, and a modified recipe that was supposed to contain salt but did not, I have tried again and have it on reliable report that I have … Continue reading

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Nope

My starter culture of wild yeast and bacteria are not strong enough yet to make bread without Reinforcement. I had to add 2 teaspoon of active dry yeast to my leaven this morning, because my leaven tablespoon would not float–wasn’t … Continue reading

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Creative Decay

I have a kitchen scale and I weigh out four ounces of flour. I have a water filter and dispenser that removes chlorine from my tap water and from that I get four ounces of water. I mix the two … Continue reading

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Nothing is Black or White

I am in the midst of another transformation. From time to time as I slog along on my life’s journey I find that something I thought was ‘always’ bad, it not bad always. Some things in life, no–everything–is relative. All … Continue reading

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