tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239521152553433086.post3482406851588691707..comments2024-03-14T12:27:50.058-06:00Comments on Cookistry: Sourdough starter, three waysDonna Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12833303767775886944noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239521152553433086.post-54861184217474239922010-09-14T09:06:10.442-06:002010-09-14T09:06:10.442-06:00I just read Bread Matters recently, so I can't...I just read Bread Matters recently, so I can't say it was influential. Interesting, yes, but I haven't had it long enough for it to have soaked in.<br /><br />Ed Wood's books are interesting. His descriptions of what he went through to collect some of his starters was fascinating. He had a hard time killing the critters in his native flour to create a clean environment to gather the foreign ones, and that's a pretty good testament to how easy it should be to get a starter going. What you do with it afterward makes a difference, of course. But he got me thinking a lot about foreign starters as opposed to just catching what's local.Donna Curriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12833303767775886944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239521152553433086.post-82487229138746446122010-09-14T08:50:33.873-06:002010-09-14T08:50:33.873-06:00Out of curiosity, which books/websites have you fo...Out of curiosity, which books/websites have you found the most useful in thinking about starters?<br /><br />I have a handful of bread books on my shelves and tend to mix and match from all of them and find myself creating more robust and lively starters, with minimal effort.<br /><br />My favorite, for home simplicity of late, has been Andrew Whitley's Bread Matters, although I love Maggie Glezer's Artisan Baking.<br /><br />Curious cook. Thanks.Wayne Surberhttp://www.angrywayne.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239521152553433086.post-86865617709206576362010-09-14T01:32:42.852-06:002010-09-14T01:32:42.852-06:00I have been dabbling with the idea of sourdough. ...I have been dabbling with the idea of sourdough. You experiment gave me great insight into the project. Now I just need to do it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239521152553433086.post-88572592437192550212010-09-13T16:49:49.059-06:002010-09-13T16:49:49.059-06:00db-I have some pictures of my resent starter exper...db-I have some pictures of my resent starter experiment which are exactly the same as your's, thick bottom, layer of hooch and a foamy, bubbly thin top layer. I'm just dong ap flour and water(always use filtered), but I have feed a couple of cultures differently but haven't noticed any remarkable differences in the two. Once it's active and healthy, it think it's almost impossible to harm it as long as you feed it occasionally.dmcavanaghnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239521152553433086.post-4399090359177079232010-09-13T16:09:57.406-06:002010-09-13T16:09:57.406-06:00Oh, man. I wish you would have posted this *before...Oh, man. I wish you would have posted this *before* I started my own starter! I'll watch your experiments and glean tips from them. I'm hopeful for my own starter but am worried I won't have done something right.Adam Kubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12177745694745992055noreply@blogger.com