Friday, October 29, 2004


potato sourdough starter

i know many of the fire freaks (this term refers to people who are maniacal about their backyard brick bread ovens) are also sourdough addicts. naturally i own a ton of bread books -- just ask mr. right about my overflowing bookcase -- and they all have complex recipes for various sourdough or natural-leaven starters.

so today i was very interested to see a simple recipe for a potato-based sourdough starter with easy instructions that would clearly appeal to those who might like to try sourdough home baking but have been intimidated by the the 30-step procedures you'll find in some books.

long-time readers know i don't bake this way, being more of a european-artisan type baker. but again, i realize many others love that "traditional american" old-timey type sourdough thing.

and this potato-based starter will probably get 'em there. . .

finally, maybe because the weather here in new york for quite a few days has been --with only a couple of breaks -- uniformly gray, i find myself turning back more and more to interpol's second album, which didn't impress me much on the first listen. but it's growing on me.

basically, i'm just marking time for the new low and sleater-kinney. . .

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