Sourdough flop!

Well, it isn’t as easy as “they” say it is to make your own sourdough starter~it is just flour and water, after all ~ How difficult could it possibly be?

It did really well all week, I fed it, talked to it, smelled it! It was all bubbly and pretty, but when it came to make the actual bread, it never rose! Lovely picture below isn’t it? About as flat as a pancake after a million hours of rising. I won’t give up, though, as we would really love to have some authentic San Francisco style sourdough bread. I found a great website that truly shed some light in why it can be difficult. Try www.sourdoughhome.com and go to “sourdough fast track”. Great information. I went ahead and ordered some 250 year old starter from King Arthur Flour. www.kingarthurflour.com. Honestly, I wanted to do this in the first place because the idea that they have continued this one starter for 250 years was greatly appealing to me ~I do love old stuff!~ but I thought I would try making my own first.

Hopefully it will come in the mail tomorrow and I can start feeding him. :-) I’ll let ya know how it goes and maybe you can come over and try some~

Have a great week y’all!