Sourdough starter on holiday...

[Frances]

Re: Sourdough starter on holiday...

Hey Wlodek are you bored by any chance? I never would have guessed. Its raining here, too.

Btw, did you just add that proverb, or did I just never notice it before? Mingit... hang on, hmmm... minge? Don't minge against the wind? Very sound advice that.

[Frances]

Re: Sourdough starter on holiday...

I am on day two of making my sourdough starter. I LOVE baking sourdough bread during the autumn and winter months here. Hopefully I can post some pics this fall.

Krosskraft, is it your first homemade sourdough starter, or do you make a new one each autumn? And why not in Summer or Spring? Anyway, I hope it all works out. May your yeast be strong.

[carioca]

Re: Sourdough starter on holiday...

Hello Frances,

after about two weeks in the fridge (in a covered glass bowl) my rye sourdough gets a thick grey-ish cover - I have usually peeled it off and thrown put, but the other day just used it as part of the starter for a couple of whole-wheat breads in the Forno del gallo: no discernible difference in fermentation or taste...

I'm fairly sure Dutchoven's got it right even with three weeks!

Re Brittany: a school friend and I set out from Paris on bicycles for a holiday trip to the Bretagne in the late 'fifties and pedalled as far as Brest, taking our time and loving every bit of the coast. When we realised we wouldn't make it back to school in time, we asked a local transport tycoon to arrange a lift back to Paris on one of his camions. The guy, Louis Le Calvez (I'll never forget his name) had no trucks going there at the time but shouted us the train fare instead!

Bonne route,

LMH