Sourdough Myths and Folklore
Clearing up some common mythconceptions
2020-03-04 Feeding the neglected starter Part 2, Frigid and Scruffy Meet The Big Bang Theory Hello Bread Heads! In the previous issue of the Mike’s (more or less) Weekly Baking Tips I talked at some length about feeding two neglected starters. One starter, which I called “Scruffy”, had been at room temperature without feeding for …
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2020-02-27 Feeding the neglected starter Have I been too careful? Too obsessive? Hello Bread Heads! In the previous issue of the Mike’s (more or less) Weekly Baking Tips I talked about a seriously neglected starter. One starter had been left alone and unloved on my counter for well over a month. Until my wife could …
2019-08-30 POP! Goes The Starter! A quick apology. Friend of the newsletter, Dennis McCanna had some trouble replying to the last email I sent out. But, he persevered and together we unraveled a long standing issue. When we changed ISP’s we had to change our email addresses from mail.otherwhen.com to just otherwhen.com. We thought we’d …
Many recipes at Sourdoughhome call for Active Sourdough Starter – so, what do we mean when we call for an active sourdough starter? An active starter is one that has been fed within the past 12 hours, and that is active enough that it was able to double in size after that feeding. Further, unless …
August 12, 2019 A No Discard Way Of Feeding Sourdough Starter! Sourdough starter can be a real pain. If it isn’t healthy, you can’t make good bread. Feeding it every day seems like a total waste of time and flour if you’re not going to bake any time soon. And then, there are the discards. …
2018-10-06 A tale of forgetfulness, carelessness, death, and in the end redemption. Death is not always forever! I was going to send another story based on my experiences at the Mockmill “Grain to Bread” class, But I’m on the road, and the notes for those emails are on my computer at home. And, really, this …
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