{"id":1566,"date":"2013-11-07T16:19:34","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T22:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/?p=1566"},"modified":"2013-11-07T16:19:34","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T22:19:34","slug":"trails-and-sourdough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/?p=1566","title":{"rendered":"Trails and Sourdough"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Continental Divide: Devil’s Thumb and Jasper Mountain (click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n

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I got out for a hike today.\u00a0 After the whining in my last post, I decided to dig my heels in and take some time off this week.<\/p>\n

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Alien spaceship wave clouds<\/p><\/div>\n

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Another cool thing happened today.\u00a0 I received some sourdough cultures I ordered.<\/p>\n

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San Francisco Sourdough Starter<\/p><\/div>\n

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Regular readers may recall I made a lot sourdough bread during last year’s holiday season. \u00a0 Last year I got the starter from Whole Foods.\u00a0 But lately their sourdough bread has really gone down in quality, so I didn’t want to use their starter (although I think the quality issues are more related to their procedures).<\/p>\n

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South African Sourdough Starter<\/p><\/div>\n

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Searching around the internet, I came across Sourdoughs International which has a variety of cultures for sale.\u00a0 So I decided to try a couple.\u00a0\u00a0 With my work load, it might be too much for me to use and maintain more than one culture, so I’ll have to choose one to start off with.<\/p>\n

Although I use my oven and a candle to proof dough, I think I’m going to build a proofing box with a small electric heat source and a thermostat.\u00a0 This will allow for longer, unattended proofs, as well as a place to keep my starter when it’s not dormant in the refrigerator.<\/p>\n

The cultures are shipped dried.\u00a0 It will take several days to get it revived. I’ll probably start off with the South African culture because it is based in a whole wheat flour, and that piques my curiosity.<\/p>\n

One of these years, I will try and start my own Mountain High Sourdough culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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