All About Sour Dough .

[gertbysea]

Cookie are you going to tell us how to dehydrate  our starter  or are you keeping that one  until,you perfect it?

Gert

[goldfish]

ACW and Hally - thanks for the encouragement  Yes, I will take Uni up on her generous offer -- and ACW - many thanks for your offer, too.  I'll let you know how it goes - especially now I know how to post a photo thanks to Uni's specific instructions this morning!!

[achookwoman]

Gert, I am quite willing to share the knowledge.  I am on to making my third batch now.  It has gone all over   Think I will set up a special thread so members can find it and add their own comments..  Will do when GC have gone to bed ,  tonight.

[Greyhoundmum]

I am way behind you all here, I have been reading with interest and wanted to try a sourdough.  I made the starter about 5 days ago now as per instructions, it is reasonably warm at the moment and although it still smells ok nothing has happened at all not one bubble. The water is separated from the flour.  Do I wait patiently for a bit longer or throw out and start again??

[Delightful Den]

I wold try feeding it and giving it a stir then see if an thing happens before you through it away.

[achookwoman]

I wold try feeding it and giving it a stir then see if an thing happens before you through it away.

Correct DD.  Did you use filtered water GHM ?

[Aussie Brenda]

EXCITEMENT PLUS AT MY PLACE.  GHM just keep feeding it mine took two weeks to start.   On Monday, they (second set of twins in the house) started to have their bubbles, yesterday i decided to make a loaf out of each, halving the recipe but in my excitment I put in the whole amount of the water (using the easy sour dough recipe) after the first rising I added extra flour and kneeded again and left over night, this morning they were out the tins so I punched them down and now they are doing a third rise, It has been one and half hours and they are working beautifully.  I will have bread for lunch.  Chookie I haven't started your pkt you sent me so I'm keeping it in a safe place just in case I have a disaster with mine. Yes Yes Yes dancing around the kitchen....

[judydawn]

 Go Brenda 

[gertbysea]

Your lazy yeasties finally got to work. Happy Dance,

Gert

[Aussie Brenda]

I have tried twice to download photobucket so I can post a photo but it says the site isn't available.  Will try again later, had to cut the warm loaf for lunch, very nice.   YEH  finally done it. 

[achookwoman]

Well done Brenda.  Hope you can post photo before you eat it.

[fundj&e]

i got my starter today ,Grazie bella

[Greyhoundmum]

I wold try feeding it and giving it a stir then see if an thing happens before you through it away.

Correct DD.  Did you use filtered water GHM ?

Thanks Chookie and DD I will keep going!!

[Delightful Den]

First attempt at whole meal and rye sour dough. Very happy with the result. Taste and texture wonderful. Some friends came over and their 16 year old son loved it 

I need a better bread tin. My loaf tins are too small and my cast iron pot is too big. That is why the bread looks a bit flat.

[Aussie Brenda]

I made English breakfast muffins today and put in about 350g of Sour Dough starter in place of some of the water, also added 1/2 a teaspoon of yeast, (just in case) they are really nice, Sorry still can't put on photo's.  Shared them with the neighbours.  I didn't have any polenta so I crushed up some Couscous it was excellent.