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_refugee_  ·  3815 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "Recipe" for sour dough bread

Fun fact! It is a common misconception that wild yeast comes from the air. But actually, it's in the flour. As a result, your location should not influence (directly) the taste of the sourdough - although your humidity and elevation will (indirectly) affect your final product.

Someone please tell me if I'm using the wrong effect/affect.





JakobVirgil  ·  3815 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The link is great and parallels my experience.

humanodon  ·  3815 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Maybe, but wild yeasts aren't the only microbes involved in sourdough. The locale might not affect taste, but the microbes present in whatever the starter is stored in, or present in the water/the implements used to mix it certainly might affect the taste or smell. After all, it only takes a little bacteria to give people halitosis . . .

JakobVirgil  ·  3815 days ago  ·  link  ·  

right on the nose the sour in sour-dough is made by Lactobacillus which come in various strains

The best thing to do is just try it it does not take a lot of effort.