Weekend Reading

[ironed_orchid]

What do you plan to read this weekend?

Everything counts! Whether it's a book, the Sunday paper, an article you opened in a new tab and promptly forgot about, or the labels on your washing.

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[weaverbird]

Sourdough is on my bucket list. Hope yours came out delicious! Do you plan to keep a starter growing permanently?

Found a copy online of the manual for the vintage yogurt maker I unearthed from the back of the closet. \o/ I shall start a batch this afternoon, so it can incubate overnight. I've made it before in the crock pot, and it was a success, but it's fussy to do. The yogurt maker is brainlessly easy - no need to monitor the temperature and so forth.

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[ironed_orchid]

Good icon!

It came out pretty good, but unlike the breads I've made using package yeast, I like it better as toast than fresh.

My starter is still good. I plan to try to make a loaf every week, so that will be a good routine for feeding the starter on a regular basis.

[weaverbird]

Thanks! For once I got a picture before cutting into the loaves.

That's interesting about toast vs. fresh; I wonder what it is about the sourdough that makes you feel that way? Me, unless a loaf is still warm and steamy from the oven, my default preference is for toast.

A weekly loaf of sourdough sounds lovely. Good plan. *g*

[ironed_orchid]

I default to toast, except for homemade bread, but most of the bread I buy is sourdough from a local bakery.

I think for me it's something to do with the balance between sponginess and crumbliness, and sourdoughs tend toward the spongy end of the spectrum, so toasting restores some crumbliness.

[weaverbird]

Yep, that makes sense! All this bread talk is making me hungry. *g* Need to bump sourdough up the to-do list.