I had some apple juice that we didn't like, so I threw it in my sour dough pot and, just now, made a loaf of bread. A few days ago, I had made Jim a pan of sweet potatoes. I had a bit of the brown sugar syrup left in the pan, so I added this to my sour dough, too.
Ya know, with a sour dough starter, it is so quick to make bread. I use like about a cup and a half of starter to make a loaf of bread. (Well, I do it different each time, but today, that's how I did it.) I just put the starter in my bowl, and then I add some cooking oil and the flour. I mix it up, knead it, make it into a ball, and let it rise on the stove in a covered crock bowl. Very simple. And it's the best bread I have ever made. It's so light and fluffy!
I think I will make a cinnamon loaf out of the dough I have rising. Sour dough bread isn't usually light, but mine is. It's supposed to be more chewy, but it just depends on the housewife and the yeast spores in her home.
I smell my sour dough starter often. It should smell like beer. Now, if it gets to smellin' like sweaty feet, then throw it out. It should smell yeasty and be a light color. Mine has a stout yeasty smell. I smelled it after I had made it into a ball to rise, and it smells sweet and plain.
Also, for supper, I am fixin' Papa a pan of fried potatoes with hot dogs. I just fry the hot dogs and take them out of the skillet, and then fry the potatoes, and then put the hot dogs on the top and cook 'em in a bit. Maybe add some onion. I will have the coffee on, too.
Ya know, sour dough is an everlasting yeast. You can use it for biscuits or any of your baking. It's something you can pass on to your daughters if you keep it going. It's good housewife wisdom to learn and will always keep you in yeast. As long as you have flour and a sour dough pot in your kitchen, your family will never go without bread.
