April 20, 2009
My first sourdough starter was named Nellie. Nellie as in Little House On The Prairie Nellie Olsen Nellie. Nellie because she was difficult, ornery, whiny, and just a general pain in the buttinski.
It wasn’t her fault she was that way – I raised her in a [...]
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March 29, 2009
One of the adventurous aspects of using sourdough as leaven instead of monoculture commercial yeast is that sourdough takes a bit longer to rise. And, to make matters slightly more complicated, how long it takes to rise can vary considerably.
When it’s cool, cool for me being, say, 28C/82F, it takes longer for the bread to [...]
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