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To: William H Huebl who wrote (47307)9/21/2012 4:01:14 AM
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Sourdough

Most interesting, thank you. I am sure the bread is very good. I think its a very worthwhile exercise to make your own food from basic ingredients. I am an avid supporter.

I am trying a variant.

The organic supply of Rye flour I am using recommends making your own sourdough starter. Its simply equal amounts of Rye flour and water added as a cupful per day over three days. Of course, being me, I had to dinker with it just to see what happens. Too much water causes moulds to form, and too little doesnt work. Those starters were dumped. Following the instructions exactly works fine. The mixture of water and flour is almost like a gel.

No salt is used or recommended on the starter recipe. My understanding is salt inhibits the action of yeast.

My sourdough starter does have a 50:50 mixture of of Spelt and Rye flour. It bubbles like crazy at each new addition of flour and smells and looks really clean with a distinct whiff of alcohol. I am keen to start using it.

Being on the heavy side of my ideal weight, I have recently banned all commercial wheat products from my diet. Advancing age does have some downsides -g-. I have been reading lindybills health thread on and off for a year or two. Restricting carbohydrate intake does likely seem to be a key enabler in curbing appetite and body weight gain. I notice that some dieticians derate carbohydrate intake if balanced with the normal roughage material. I am fairly sure that is a good idea and it seems to be working.

If necessary I will restrict my diet even further, but I dont believe in overdoing it, especially at the start. Appropriate gradual and constant change works in my experience.

A loaf of homemade organic bread makes a good barrier from being tempted into eating the usual commercial wheat derived products. I going to have to cut down on the bread rolls I make though, they are just too good and easy to get at. -g-
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