Sourdough, The Legend Begins

Upon a reflection of my recent posting, which have been myriad and varied, I noticed one might get the impression that my sole interests are 1) bitching about my religion, 2) watching weird youtube videos. While those two things do take up a good deal of my intellectual time, I would say that it does not reflect my time best spent, and most enjoyably spent. So in order to give a more complete picture of the kove behind the blog, as well as to "blog about the things you (I) love," I want to expand this blog to my other interests as well.


Of late, I have taken up baking bread. Last night, I made my first sourdough culture.


Here is the recipe:
1.5 cups of bread flour
1/8 tsp active dry yeast
1 cup of warm (but not hot) water

Mix them together in a bowl, and let them sit for 1-3 days (depending on how warm your kitchen is). I am waiting for the culture to take on a smelly, sourdoughey malodour. I checked it this morning, at t=12h, and noticed distinctive bubbling, a rather pleasant yeast-smell. More to come as things develop.

Sourdough Culture at 0 hours

Sourdough Culture at 12 hours

Closeup of Sourdough Culture at 12 hours