04/05/12, 02:50 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: central idaho republic
Posts: 1,843
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mom got a dry start from a fella in south idaho way back in the mid- late 1970's that we used for years, and that came from an 1885 start.... and she still has some of that starter dried though she quite making sourdough nearly 20 years ago.... never could figger that out... but i tried a couple times to get it to go and except that my wife dont like the sourtaste and my kids were not big enough to make em eat my cookin.... i would still be using that starter.... my wife tossed out one batch from the fridge cause she thought it went bad? oh well....
Anyhow mom never used whole wheat flour, but did use both bleached and unbleached and never had a problem with either.... we had a HUGE crock bowl that she would start the night before making bread [usually she done it on saturday or sunday for the week] and we et our fillin of sourdough flapjacks afore she got to making bread.....
mom added potato flakes to make the bread a little more dense and she hardly ever did not use a tin of some sort to make a loaf..... the best ones of old were the old "criso" tins [back then they were actually metal] and were perfect sized for the bologna and other "round" meats we made or bought [depending upon the time of year] and i took to school [somehow i remember being able to trade my sandwiches for things that were not as good but looked nicer many times though i got ribbed for my round bread by some kids who were probably jist jealous] the big 3 pound coffee cans were the hardest to get finished without burning though... and the rectangular loaf pans were tricky too.... maybe mom just had a knack for the round tins.... and she made the most AWESOME dinner rolls but did those in a glass cake pan [bout the only thing we had that was big enough i spect] and once inawhile she would try hamburger buns but very seldom.... she said it was a waste of good sourdough and the sliced bread was good enough for us.... ok now i see it was more work to make the buns and rolls and such....
I should be able to lay my hands on the old recipe booklet that was "copied' and and given to mom at the 4-H event that she acquired the first starter at, i can remember it got used weekly, had oil spilled on it, starter dough dripped over it, and yet it seemed to stay around so we could have our sourdough.....
but it sometimes was a family affair at making certain things... particularly the rolls and buns.... even dad would sit there and make the rolls with us after morning chores depending on the day...... ok i guess my kids may be old enough for me to get the crock out and start a batch once agin.....
William
Idaho
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