Let there be yeast!
Over the past year, I've been experimenting with baking bread on and off. I love it - it's fun to do, it's cheaper to make fancy bread than buy it, and fresh bread is one of the best things in the whole wide world. For weeks I've been promising myself that once the thesis was written, I'd start up a sourdough starter so I can make sourdough bread. Because sourdough rules, and how awesome will it be to have a pet bacteria culture?
Today I've started the process! I'm following a 7-day sourdough starter recipe which uses just flour and pineapple juice to create a lovely paradise for billions of happy little yeasties. If all goes well, I'll be able to start baking next Tuesday or Wednesday!
Here's what it looks like now - isn't he an appetising little goo puddle? As he starts bubbling away over the week, he'll grow even more handsome, I'm sure.
Over the week of gestation, I will try to come up with a name for him. Any suggestions are appreciated. If one of you comes up with the name I finally pick, you'll win a loaf of bread (if you live in Brisbane or if you live in Canberra and this works by the time I go there and I can take bread on the plane)!
Today I've started the process! I'm following a 7-day sourdough starter recipe which uses just flour and pineapple juice to create a lovely paradise for billions of happy little yeasties. If all goes well, I'll be able to start baking next Tuesday or Wednesday!
Here's what it looks like now - isn't he an appetising little goo puddle? As he starts bubbling away over the week, he'll grow even more handsome, I'm sure.
Over the week of gestation, I will try to come up with a name for him. Any suggestions are appreciated. If one of you comes up with the name I finally pick, you'll win a loaf of bread (if you live in Brisbane or if you live in Canberra and this works by the time I go there and I can take bread on the plane)!