sourdough recipe

[Chris]

I am looking for sourdough recipe and any one can tell me what is the roll
does potato plays in sourdough?

[graham]

"Chris" <sat_ch...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I am looking for sourdough recipe and any one can tell me what is the roll
> does potato plays in sourdough?
>

Go to rec.food.sourdough where you will find the following links in a
Welcome Message:
http://www.nyx.net/~dgreenw/sourdoughfaqs.html

http://www.nyx.net/~dgreenw/newcomertips.html

http://www.pipeline.com/~rosskat/wizzi.html

HTH
Graham

[Dusty]

Hello Chris;

"Chris" <sat_ch...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I am looking for sourdough recipe and any one can tell me what is the roll
> does potato plays in sourdough?

None!

For starters (pardon the pun), you might want to peruse the
"rec.food.sourdough" newsgroup for a bit. With some care, you can learn a
lot there. Here are a few links to helpful pages:
http://www.nyx.net/~dgreenw/newcomertips.html (a good place to start)
ttp://www.nyx.net/~dgreenw/sourdoughfaqs.html (one of the best links for
info)
http://www.innerlodge.com/Recipes/Bread/Sourdough/index.htm
http://www.pipeline.com/~rosskat/wizzi.html

I had intended to list another page in order to give you a broader
perspective and wider view of the talents involved. But a quick visit to it
showed that the idiot owner thought that he had to make a political
statement thereon, so I've scratched it. Too bad. It used to be such a
useful site...

Next: beg, borrow, steal, or buy yourself some actual sourdough culture.
Most SD enthusiasts will happily send you a bit of theirs. Some charge for
this, some don't. The cultures are as diverse and different as a market
full of shoppers. Although I personally haven't used it, I know many that
have gotten good results using:
http://home.att.net/~CarlsFriends/source.html. Each has features, benefits,
or some other trait that the user wants. Others aren't fit to fill a trash
bin. But, to each his (or her) own. Start from here, and you won't be
disappointed...

Although baking with sourdough is not a difficult process, there's much to
learn and experience. Much of what you'll hear and read on this matter is
biased, opinionated, and very much an article of faith clung to like gospel
by the writer. You should note, however, that this doesn't make the
information wrong or useless. It just means that the reader is tasked with
the job of carefully sifting the wheat from the chaff--sometimes hard to do
when one is unskilled in the craft in question.

For too many folks sourdough baking is more an art steeped in incantations
and witchcraft than baking skills. For others it's a skill rich in gadgets,
devices, incredibly precise measurements, and a large vocabulary of arcane
terminology. Nothing could be further from the truth. Although ancient;
sourdough is simple, easy, and a good way to get back in touch with basic
baking skills. And, with a mere modicum of care, pretty well foolproof.

Yes, you can grow your own from scratch--just like you can grow your own
grapes and make your own wine. But the depth of that task is about on par
with planting a few radishes and calling that a vegetable garden. It would
probably take a little time and "education" before your grapes would make a
wine on the order of a Heitz Cellars cab, the same is true with growing
"wild" sourdough.

The pursuit of the wild yeast is a task many SD aficionados live for. But
no matter what folks tell you, you can not grow a proper SD culture from
potatoes, potato water, grapes, milk, yoghurt, sour cream or any of the
other hair-brained schemes you might read about. And should you succeed in
growing something (which is nearly inevitable), you wouldn't know for sure
what you've got, how to treat it, or what to do with it. So as your FIRST
adventure, start out with some real, purpose grown starter from a source you
trust. There's plenty of time later, when you know a little about
sourdough, to grow your own...

Dusty
San Jose, Ca.
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[Dusty]

Ooops! That should have been:
http://www.nyx.net/~dgreenw/sourdoughfaqs.html

(one of the best links for info)

Dusty

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"Dusty" <bake...@innerSTORElodge.com> wrote in message
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> Hello Chris;
>
> "Chris" <sat_ch...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:cqpfkr$1h4g$1...@news.securenet.net...
>>I am looking for sourdough recipe and any one can tell me what is the roll
>> does potato plays in sourdough?
>
> None!
>
> For starters (pardon the pun), you might want to peruse the
> "rec.food.sourdough" newsgroup for a bit. With some care, you can learn a
> lot there. Here are a few links to helpful pages:
> http://www.nyx.net/~dgreenw/newcomertips.html (a good place to start)
> ttp://www.nyx.net/~dgreenw/sourdoughfaqs.html (one of the best links for
> info)
> http://www.innerlodge.com/Recipes/Bread/Sourdough/index.htm
> http://www.pipeline.com/~rosskat/wizzi.html

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