I was making dinner a couple days ago and I noticed something had spilled on the dish drainer in one sink. So I rinsed it off. I continued about my work and then I noticed the spill again, this time it even looked bigger. I wondered how I missed it, and rinsed it off again. I went back to my dinner preparations once more. Then I saw the same piece of globby stuff on the drainer again! I thought now what the heck IS this??? I looked up, wondering if something horrible was seeping through the ceiling and as my eye passed the cabinet door on the way to looking at the ceiling I remembered that I had put my sourdough starter to ferment in the cabinet above the sink! It had overgrown its jar and was filling the cabinet and dripping down into the sink!!! At least I knew it was alive and ready!!
I think it's amazing that there is yeast already in the flour, and in the air, and in the right conditions you can grow it to make bread with it! This is the way it's been done for thousands of years. Talk about retro! I love every opportunity I can find to make it myself instead of buying it off the shelf at the grocery store. Don't get me wrong - I do appreciate the grocery store! But there is something in doing it yourself that is so satisfying. Usually it's better quality than the grocery store version too!
More later when my bread is bread!!
I've never made bread from scratch. I've done quick breads and baked bread from frozen loaves. Yay for you! I hope your sourdough turns out delicious. And thanks for the chuckle!
ReplyDeleteI went through a bread phase in college and used it to procrastinate doing homework. It is so satisfying to make bread and it tastes WAY better than store bought bread and it is more filling too.
ReplyDeleteWhen I make bread it never goes stale!! So I decided I should just make it a regular part of my routine. Hopefully this sourdough will rise before bedtime. I'm still waiting!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting, you two!!! ♥