Comments on: How to Make Sourdough Starter, and Making Sourdough Grandmother Bread http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/01/09/how-to-make-sourdough-starter-and-making-sourdough-grandmother-bread/ Life in Ordinary Splendor Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:12:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Big Bear Baker http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/01/09/how-to-make-sourdough-starter-and-making-sourdough-grandmother-bread/#comment-60114 Big Bear Baker Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:50:00 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=5475#comment-60114 For the woman asking for sites about the actual yeast... this one has pictures of varied yeast cells. http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=Gyl&q=saccharomyces+cerevisiae+yeast&revid=306827801&resnum=0&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=Xs5SS-flBofllQf-oIDGDg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CB0QsAQwAw Using the word saccharomyces in your search engine will eventually link you with a website that shows the microscopic activity. For the woman asking for sites about the actual yeast… this one has pictures of varied yeast cells.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=Gyl&q=saccharomyces+cerevisiae+yeast&revid=306827801&resnum=0&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=Xs5SS-flBofllQf-oIDGDg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CB0QsAQwAw

Using the word saccharomyces in your search engine will eventually link you with a website that shows the microscopic activity.

]]> By: Dianna http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/01/09/how-to-make-sourdough-starter-and-making-sourdough-grandmother-bread/#comment-57089 Dianna Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:57:58 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=5475#comment-57089 I don't own a cheese cloth, is there anything else I can cover it up with? I don’t own a cheese cloth, is there anything else I can cover it up with?

]]> By: Suzanne McMinn http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/01/09/how-to-make-sourdough-starter-and-making-sourdough-grandmother-bread/#comment-56163 Suzanne McMinn Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:46:11 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=5475#comment-56163 Try taking out the amount you'd use for a recipe and replenishing it. That might get it going again. If that doesn't work, then start over. You can always make more! Try taking out the amount you’d use for a recipe and replenishing it. That might get it going again. If that doesn’t work, then start over. You can always make more!

]]> By: carla http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/01/09/how-to-make-sourdough-starter-and-making-sourdough-grandmother-bread/#comment-56161 carla Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:31:58 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=5475#comment-56161 I made the starter a few days ago. This first night it escaped the jar and I transferred to a larger one. I am still stirring but it's not growing anymore. Is it dead? I made the starter a few days ago. This first night it escaped the jar and I transferred to a larger one. I am still stirring but it’s not growing anymore. Is it dead?

]]> By: Suzanne http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/01/09/how-to-make-sourdough-starter-and-making-sourdough-grandmother-bread/#comment-52355 Suzanne Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:46:46 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=5475#comment-52355 Hi! I wish I knew of a site to help you, but I don't. Good luck to your granddaughter on her project! Hi! I wish I knew of a site to help you, but I don’t. Good luck to your granddaughter on her project!

]]> By: Nana Gill http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/01/09/how-to-make-sourdough-starter-and-making-sourdough-grandmother-bread/#comment-52353 Nana Gill Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:23:14 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=5475#comment-52353 Hi from Honduras, Central America, My granddaughter is working on a science project. It is about what causes the action in the starter. Do you know of a sight where I can find information on the chemical action that is taking place? This is beyond me. Hi from Honduras, Central America,

My granddaughter is working on a science project. It is about what causes the action in the starter. Do you know of a sight where I can find information on the chemical action that is taking place? This is beyond me.

]]> By: maryann http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/01/09/how-to-make-sourdough-starter-and-making-sourdough-grandmother-bread/#comment-51908 maryann Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:25:13 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=5475#comment-51908 I wonder what would happen if you replaced the water and yeast with beer? I wonder what would happen if you replaced the water and yeast with beer?

]]> By: stella http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/01/09/how-to-make-sourdough-starter-and-making-sourdough-grandmother-bread/#comment-51181 stella Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:34:49 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=5475#comment-51181 :woof: Grandmother Bread with Sourdough Starter is the best bread I have ever made. I did not use the sourdough starter receipe from this web site tho, I tried to make it, but it didnt work. I made a Sourdough Starter capturing my own yeast, it had grapes and rye flour. The starter turned out! I substituted the grape and rye starter in the Grandmother Bread recipe, OMG, soooo good! :woof:
Grandmother Bread with Sourdough Starter is the best bread
I have ever made. I did not use the sourdough starter receipe from this web site tho, I tried to make it, but it didnt work. I made a
Sourdough Starter capturing my own yeast, it had grapes and rye flour. The starter turned out! I substituted the grape and rye starter in the Grandmother Bread recipe, OMG, soooo good!

]]> By: TXLady http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/01/09/how-to-make-sourdough-starter-and-making-sourdough-grandmother-bread/#comment-50263 TXLady Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:43:16 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=5475#comment-50263 Starter is so easy to make and it isn't really a big issue to keep it going. I keep mine on the counter because I use it often. I feed mine regularly. I have two different starters...my own and a 150 year old started that I got from Friends of Carl Griffin's. Just google the name and you can get some of his starter, if you would like it...What I do is keep mine in quart jars in my cabinet...I replinish it every couple of days...I remove a cup from each jar to use and replinish with more flour and water for each jar...usually 1/2 cup of each...unless I know I have a big baking session coming up and I might do a whole cup in each. My own starter is every bit as good as Carl's but I love the idea of having a starter that is 150 years old. The starter that I remove is what I use to make bread. I make my bread at night or later afternoon and I let it rise all night long...It works beautifully that way...The second rise doesn't take as long so I have bread easy by the early afternoon. Starter is so easy to make and it isn’t really a big issue to keep it going. I keep mine on the counter because I use it often. I feed mine regularly. I have two different starters…my own and a 150 year old started that I got from Friends of Carl Griffin’s. Just google the name and you can get some of his starter, if you would like it…What I do is keep mine in quart jars in my cabinet…I replinish it every couple of days…I remove a cup from each jar to use and replinish with more flour and water for each jar…usually 1/2 cup of each…unless I know I have a big baking session coming up and I might do a whole cup in each. My own starter is every bit as good as Carl’s but I love the idea of having a starter that is 150 years old. The starter that I remove is what I use to make bread. I make my bread at night or later afternoon and I let it rise all night long…It works beautifully that way…The second rise doesn’t take as long so I have bread easy by the early afternoon.

]]> By: Denise http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/01/09/how-to-make-sourdough-starter-and-making-sourdough-grandmother-bread/#comment-49015 Denise Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:34:49 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=5475#comment-49015 You are making me miss the sourdough pancakes I grew up on. My dad had a jar of starter in the fridge and every Saturday night he'd mix up a batch of pancake batter, so it'd be ready for making pancakes or waffles for breakfast on Sunday morning. My husband doesn't like sourdough, which makes me cry because I'd love to get my own sourdough starter going. Not much point when it'd just be me eating it. You are making me miss the sourdough pancakes I grew up on. My dad had a jar of starter in the fridge and every Saturday night he’d mix up a batch of pancake batter, so it’d be ready for making pancakes or waffles for breakfast on Sunday morning. My husband doesn’t like sourdough, which makes me cry because I’d love to get my own sourdough starter going. Not much point when it’d just be me eating it.

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