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How To Make Your Own Sourdough Starter — Cooking Lessons from The Kitchn. (Image credit: Emma Christensen) Not all of us are so lucky to have a sourdough starter passed down to us from our bread-baking forefathers and foremothers.

How To Make Your Own Sourdough Starter — Cooking Lessons from The Kitchn

Thankfully, making a fresh batch of starter is as easy as stirring together some flour and water and letting it sit. That's right! No expensive heirloom starters, mashed up grapes, or mysterious rituals required — just flour, water, and a little bit of patience. Equal parts flour and water to make a sourdough starter What Is Wild Yeast? Before you get started, let's talk about wild yeast, which is the key to a sourdough starter.

Before we had active-dry yeast or instant yeast, we had wild yeast. By contrast, wild yeast can be fussy and finicky. So why bother? What Is a Sourdough Starter? A sourdough starter is how we cultivate the wild yeast in a form that we can use for baking. After a day or two, bubbles will start to form in the starter, indicating that the wild yeast is starting to become active and multiply. Makes 4 cups Instructions. Lamiaceae Mint Family. How to can your own homemade peaches (complete directions with photos) How to can your own homemade peaches (complete directions with photos) This month's notes: August 2014: Blueberries, blackberries, raspberries tomatoes, corn and most vegetables are being picked in most places; strawberries are finishing or done; Peaches are in and early apples will start in late July.

How to can your own homemade peaches (complete directions with photos)

Find a local blueberry festival and blueberry picking tips here. See how easy it is to make strawberry jam or strawberry-rhubarb jam! Make your own homemade strawberry ice cream including low fat, low sugar and other flavors)) Have fun, eat healthier and better tasting, and save money by picking your own locally grown fruit and vegetables, and then using our easy canning and freezing directions! Organic farms are identified in green! Subscribe to our: Email alerts; Follow us on Twitter Add this page to your favorites! Click here for a PDF print version You think making and canning your own peaches, pears, plums, cherries or nectarines is difficult or expensive? Ingredients Equipment Tips!

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