All About Sour Dough .

[Halex]

Toasted with butter & vegemite

[achookwoman]

We have a few gourmet style places to buy bread near us. I used to buy bread from there a few times a month, had I realised how easy bread making was I would have not paid those prices!!

Sour dough withot yeast is a denser loaf, delicious toasted. I dont think you can beat this bread for toast.

Might be toasted sandwiches for dinner tonight  or tomorrow with salad.

Or I might freeze this bread in slices for our return.

Always going to have a couple of starters on the go must feed buddy this morning, he is so good just keeps re-growing wirh food

I agree about the toast.  We always try to keep some for breakfast.

Thoroughly recommend everyone to keep trying.

H

[gertbysea]

I don't use filtered water. I use my boiling water thingy on the sink and leave it in a covered jar over night.

Gert

[gertbysea]

Wowie zowie. This is my second  successful loaf. I made a Farmhouse style again. I started at about 1700 hours and it more than doubled  by 2030. It cooked in 22 minutes.

Now I am more confident I may experiment a bit. I think my success is due to chookie's tip about the shower cap. It seems to create a little atmosphere inside it and you can see the shower cap actually moving .

My starter is awesome.

Keep at it girls.



Gert

[Cornish Cream]

Magnificent Gert

[judydawn]

It looks like a treasure chest Gretchen - worth it's weight in gold 

[Halex]

Fantastic Gert, looks yum

H

[fundj&e]

well done gert

[achookwoman]

Gert,  I knew you could do it.!!!!!   This loaf looks fab.  Hope you enjoy it.  Yes,  now is the time to experiment.   You and your starter have come to an understanding.

[goldfish]

That looks just brilliant, Gert!!  Congratulations!!  Must admit I'd given up but I'll give it another go . . . .

[fundj&e]

GF i can give u some of mine let me know and i will have it ready in a big jar ready  for u to use

[goldfish]

That'd be great Uni - thank you!!  Will pm you in a few days to work out logistics . .

[achookwoman]

Goldfish,  don't give up, you can do it.  Uni's starter is a good one.  Use her generous offer or I can post you some dehydrated starter.
There is Ooddles  of experience here.

[Halex]

GF, dont give up.

Its worth the effort

[gertbysea]

I am so pleaes.  Now to get the timing right. I did not expect it to rise so quickly.  I was going to leave it overnight expecting it to take 6 hours to start to rise like the last one but imthinkmsince I fed it early and made it late made the difference. My starter has got the message. The one in the fridge is a worry now  because the lid is sealed shut due to the overflow!  I am ignoring it.

Gert