Sourdough

My husband makes the best sourdough biscuits in the world! For a while, we had sourdough biscuits for breakfast every weekend. Sometimes he would make some gravy, but usually we just topped them with butter and jam. The best biscuits were when he would coat them in leftover bacon grease. Yum!

Unfortunately, this all came to a halt last Fall. We went out of the country for 2 months, and had to leave our starter behind with family. When we returned, the starter had been sitting for a few weeks without being fed, and it smelled really sour. Dustin thought it might be possible to revive it, but wasn't sure. We ended up tossing it. Luckily, Dustin's aunt gave us some of her starter. (She had given us our original starter as well.) However, the 2 month break from sourdough proved to be long enough to disrupt the routine Dustin had for caring for the starter. It sat, forgotten, until we wanted to have biscuits and realized the starter was no longer good. Once again Dustin's aunt gave us some of her starter. This time it was properly cared for, but within a few days we noticed that it was all speckled! Evidently something had contaminated it. The same thing happened to Dustin's aunt's starter. So there we were, craving sourdough biscuits but having no sourdough.

I decided to do some research, and found that a person could actually make their own sourdough starter. It was at this point that I decided to take on "The Responsibility of the Sourdough." I found some instructions on this website, and got started. My first batch seemed to be doing well, but then stopped growing before it became stable. It also had a horrible odor. I am currently on day 4 of my second batch, It looks like this one might turn out!

On its way to doubling

Looking alive!