Lazarus Bread – SourDough Revival
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“Love doesn’t just sit there like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.” Ursula K. Le Guin
SourDough?
If you’re going to be sour about something, why not dough?
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No sweet, just sour
For many people dough is something they’re sour about, maybe they:
- haven’t got enough
- have too much
- can’t count it fast enough
- are envious of others, who flaunt it
- add your own …
That’s not the purpose of this piece.
Back to sourdough
Two days ago I pulled my sourdough (SD) starter out of the fridge.
Here in the East Neuk room temperature is changing in a downwards direction so it needed a day to rev-up. That means it ought to come back to life … today.
Lazarus means Lazarus
Our politicians say “Brexit means Brexit”. Even today a memo is going the rounds saying they don’t really know what Brexit is … yet. I think the PM is mightily cheesed-off.
For a person who wandered in to the kitchen and started a quick loaf (please Lord) mid-afternoon. I’m betting my SD starter survived even after a few weeks in the fridge. Fortunately for me SD is less emotional than Brexit-distress.
SD starter
I know what it is. I know what it can do. Therefore, if this fails, I have no need to hide my failure from the world. Maybe a little time off-sick will do.
Speaking of starters
Does anyone want to know about this? (Sourdough starters that is). If so, let me know and I’ll share a wee post on getting going. It isn’t complicated and the results can make one popular in a way that no position or posturing on the EU can.
Will Lazarus succeed?
Tomorrow is another day. My Lazarus-bread’s success or failure will be the subject of a news-flash from a beloved part of Scotland. Watch this space.
© Mac Logan