(from the blog article titled "Sourdough Baking The Basics, by S. John Ross)
Sourdough bread is bread made without added yeast. By making a "starter" in which wild yeast can grow, the sourdough baker can raise bread naturally, as mankind did for thousands and thousands of years before a packet of yeast was an available convenience at the local market. Not all sourdough is sour-tasting; Amish Friendship Bread and other types of live-yeast breads are also sourdough.
via http://www.io.com/~sjohn/sour.htm
Since we are about to be in full swing of the moving process and will be boxing everything under the sun, the least I can do is get my sourdough starter "started". That way, it will be raring to go as soon as we get to the house in the next couple of weeks. I wanted to share this blog because it's about the best on that I've ever seen in regard to breaking out and explaining the sourdough and the sourdough starter process.
Break bakers....UNITE!
Let me know how your starter turns out!
