A sour day

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A sour day
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brenda	Feb 7 2016, 08:59 AM Post #26
.............. Posts: 37,054 Group: Members Member #721 Joined: August 28, 2008	Jolly Feb 7 2016, 08:21 AM brenda Feb 7 2016, 07:59 AM Jolly Feb 7 2016, 07:55 AM Then do a micro-bakery....maybe you sell to only clients on a preferred list. Or maybe you provide bread for a single restaraunt... I already have a job that I love. My kitchen is not set up to be a commercial kitchen, and I don't want to change it. I likes it just the way it is. Ya gotta have something to do in retirement. It needs to be enough to keep you semi-busy, but not enough to drive you nuts. My current job could still be that type of job. It's super flexible and not physically demanding. If I want to, I could do this for a very long time, well past typical retirement age.
	“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” ~A.A. Milne


Catseye	Feb 7 2016, 10:05 AM Post #27
Pisa-Carp Posts: 5,135 Group: Members Member #1,390 Joined: March 5, 2015	Brenda, your pics are beautiful. About your sourdough: Do you get reliable results? Do you make fresh starter each time, or do you have starter you've fed since the fourth grade? What do you use for leaven? If it's not a secret. I too love sourdough, but I can never count on its rising consistently. I finally gave up. Edited by Catseye, Feb 7 2016, 10:07 AM.
	"How awful a knowledge of the truth can be." -- Sophocles, Oedipus Rex


brenda	Feb 7 2016, 10:31 AM Post #28
.............. Posts: 37,054 Group: Members Member #721 Joined: August 28, 2008	Catseye Feb 7 2016, 10:05 AM Brenda, your pics are beautiful. About your sourdough: Do you get reliable results? Do you make fresh starter each time, or do you have starter you've fed since the fourth grade? What do you use for leaven? If it's not a secret. I too love sourdough, but I can never count on its rising consistently. I finally gave up. Yes, I get very reliable results, and most of that is due to the recipe. It's not just the sourdough providing the rise, it's also some yeast, and I use a very reliable brand of yeast called SAF Instant. I also use only King Arthur Flour for all my breads. My starter lives in a food safe Cambro container in my fridge. I feed it about once a month, and when I am ready to make a batch of bread. It's very low maintenance. If you want to get started making sourdough, get some of the starter from King Arthur Flour, as well as the yeast and flour. You can also make a more sour version using just the sourdough starter, but it takes longer to do that. The KAF website has recipes for that, too. We like the rustic sourdough bread recipe that uses some yeast, and is a more mild flavor. If you want the assertive sourdough taste, that's doable with the same starter. You can have both.
	“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” ~A.A. Milne


Catseye	Feb 7 2016, 11:34 AM Post #29
Pisa-Carp Posts: 5,135 Group: Members Member #1,390 Joined: March 5, 2015	Quote: We like the rustic sourdough bread recipe that uses some yeast, and is a more mild flavor. If you want the assertive sourdough taste, that's doable with the same starter. You can have both. Thanks!
	"How awful a knowledge of the truth can be." -- Sophocles, Oedipus Rex


Horace	Feb 7 2016, 01:59 PM Post #30
HOLY CARP!!! Posts: 17,885 Group: Members Member #101 Joined: April 20, 2005	What is your job, Brenda? C'mon, inquiring minds and all that.
	As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good?


brenda	Feb 7 2016, 02:07 PM Post #31
.............. Posts: 37,054 Group: Members Member #721 Joined: August 28, 2008	Horace Feb 7 2016, 01:59 PM What is your job, Brenda? C'mon, inquiring minds and all that. I'll pm you. I prefer not to talk about it on the forum for several reasons.
	“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” ~A.A. Milne


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