sourdough bread

[rasbo]

started this yesterday,we love sourdough here.I have never found any good sourdough here in wa state..hoping this will be as good as the sourdough I have had in zoo francisco

http://video.about.com/breadbaking/Sourdough-Bread.htm

[TheHunt]

That looks really good. 

[Todd_ID]

That looks excellent! I have a sourdough that I keep alive that has been kept going at least since the freighter ride up to the Alaska Gold Rush. Before then the origin is unknown. About all I do with it is pancakes,  but I have used it for many different things I've  the years. I do like the look an functionality of that guy's loaf though. The ones I make in the dutch oven are always round and generally fairly tall.

[rasbo]

That looks excellent! I have a sourdough that I keep alive that has been kept going at least since the freighter ride up to the Alaska Gold Rush. Before then the origin is unknown. About all I do with it is pancakes,  but I have used it for many different things I've  the years. I do like the look an functionality of that guy's loaf though. The ones I make in the dutch oven are always round and generally fairly tall.

packed into idaho and at basecamp each morning there was some sourdough pancakes to eat,boy they were good...how to you keep your starter?

[lokidog]

Mmmmm, I haven't had a good sourdough in a long time.

[mtncook]

I"ve messed with SD for 30 years, like most cooking it is no rocket science.  I really like the SD biscuits covered with butter and Orange Marmalade.  That is a combo hard to beat.  They need to be eaten fresh to really appreciate them. Still good later but just not the same.  The quality of SD is region specific, the action is directly related to local air quality.
The starter draws spores out of the air.  My Dad grew up in Virginia and always was disappointed in the SD here in WA.

The picture is a batch out of a Dutch Oven in camp,  those are a real treat.

mtncook

[pianoman9701]

An old friend sent me two starters, one from AK dated 1908, and the other from SF dated 1920. I used them for about 2 or 3 years until I neglected them and they died. Both had such individual characteristics. I really enjoyed them both a lot. Lots of pancakes and biscuits.

[JLS]

It's pretty easy to make starter, it only takes about four or five days to get one going.