A Gem from Betty White

Butterflies are like women.  We may look pretty and delicate, but baby, we can fly through a hurricane!

Sourdough Mindset

Okay, let me start at the beginning.  Thirty years ago, I wanted to learn to make sourdough bread.  I researched everything about making the starter.  Just when I thought everything was going great, we had an ice storm and were without power for over a week.  Needless to say, the starter died.

I am otherwise an exceptional cook and baker.

Several other times over the years, I tried again.  Somehow the Sourdough Gods were against me.  My ego was crushed.

Now I've got the urge to try again and THIS TIME, come hell or high water, I will succeed!

I found a good sourdough support page on facebook and I've scoured YouTube videos.  I'm going to try to make my own starter from scratch.  I will give it two chances.  If neither works, I will swallow my pride and buy a dehydrated starter from King Arthur Flour.  I think one reason I may have failed, I've learned recently you should use filtered water and not tap water, since most of us have chlorine water in our towns.

I've always loved to cook and bake.  But it's more than that for me.  Have you seen the price of a quality loaf of bread in the grocery store?  And so often a loaf has already started to go stale by the time I open it up.  I yearn for that soft, fresh taste of bread right out of the oven.  And who doesn't just love the "tang" of sourdough?