Basic Sourdough Starter
I made sourdough starter a few months ago with nothing but equal parts of whole wheat flour and water mixed together in a mason jar ... topped off with a paper coffee filter and a rubber band. Left to capture natural air born yeast spores from my kitchen. It worked and a week later ... a bubbly fermented starter was born. If you are a bread baker .. then you can bet your kitchen has plenty of yeast spores to make your own starter ... or you could try the following: Mix one cup of water mixed with 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 cup flour, and 4 tablespoons commercial or home cultured buttermilk. Mix all of this together and place in a glass 1 quart mason jar. Top with a paper coffee filter and a rubber band. Allow to stand in a warm place for a few days .. or until it begins to ferment and smell wonderfully sour (somewhat like beer). My method above (without the sugar and buttermilk) took seven days to ferment. Every few days I add a few table...