I started some Gluten Free Sourdough Starter. I am looking up recipes to try with the discard part of the starter. It is all an experiment. Maddie had a flop with her regular sourdough starter...she may have used it too soon. Who really knows for sure?
Far Guy and I are making chicken in its own gravy on a bed of rice that is if the automatic rice cooker works... I can alway cook the rice the old fashioned way. (The old fashioned way worked...the rice cooker did not)
I did the grocery shopping on Monday and found a larger container for the starter...the pickle jar I was using was not conducive to a good stir.
It has warmed up considerably the high yesterday was 36F or 3C that is 50 to 60 degrees warmer than last week!
I have tried several times to get sourdough starter going but failed...And I'm glad things have warmed up for you!
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Donna
I have yet to jump on the sourdough wagon. My husband is diabetic, so bread is very limited in our diet. I am still on the fence, so I'll be watching your posts about your own sourdough for now. I need to get my home repairs list knocked down a bit to have more time in the kitchen.
ReplyDeleteThat’s the only egg beater we had growing up. Sometimes Momma used a fork. She must have had a powerful wrist.
ReplyDeleteOur regular glutenated sour dough starter is nearing its second birthday. Once you get them going, they are hard to kill.
ReplyDeleteWe learned long ago, there is no substitute for a Japanese brand rice cooker. We went through half a dozen American made ones in a couple years and then spent the money to buy a Japanese model and it lasted for over 13 years. It still worked but the lid was no longer sealing tight enough so we just replaced it last fall with a new Japanese model.
Good morning. The wind has started to howl. Going to be in the low 40s! January thaw.
ReplyDeleteI am making a sourdough starter today too. Just a regular one. Should be interesting.
I got a beater from my sister and I use it to scramble eggs. Love the collection.
ReplyDeleteChicken and rice sure sounds good. I sure love your picture of all of the OLD little mixers. Thats what I call them...I think I have a couple of them that I picked up while antique shopping. Best of luck with that starter...hope the new container works well.
ReplyDeleteI like hearing about your cooking experiments. My new bread machine works well but sometimes when the Canyon Hawaiian GF bread is on sale, I will get it. GF bread can be delicious - - but doesn't stay fresh as long. However I pop it in the microwave before eating and that helps. Those hand-held mixers are pretty. Were they at the store where you bought your new container?
ReplyDeleteNo I took that photo years ago in a diner:)
DeleteI used to make sourdough starter and bread. Then I figured life is too short and quit! I had on of those hand mixers. I have no memory of what happened to it.
ReplyDeleteI have been debating starting some starter... I've got that cool clay baker and I think it would be fun to give it a try!
ReplyDeleteStarters can be picky, picky. Chicken in it's own gravy sounds yummy. When we had the Japanese students living with us we had a rice cooker because they ate rice virtually every meal. Not long after the last student moved back home, the cooker gave up the ghost. Honestly, I didn't care if I ever saw rice again after years of cooking it every day! Ha!
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Betsy
good luck...my mother never had much luck with starting a sourdough...i am not a fan of sourdough so never tried any of it
ReplyDeleteLet us know how the starter goes. I'm very interested.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure glad my rice cooker works. I use it all the time.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your starter. I managed regular starter a very long time ago and used it for quite a while, but don't remember how long it took to get it going.
Every kitchen used to have those hand beaters! What fun to see them! :)
Quite some years ago we had a sourdough starter that we kept going for eight or ten years, but then we became empty nesters and we just didn't need that much bread stuffs.
ReplyDeleteEgg beaters were a common tool in my early days'
I didn't know that sourdough could be made with gluten free flour. Huh! Hope it turns out!
ReplyDeleteI have no idea what a sourdough starter is, what I do know is that I don't like sourdough
ReplyDeleteA friend of mine offered to give me some starter dough like that and as she then went on to explain how to handle it, my eyes glazed over and my ears shut down.
ReplyDeleteLucky for me, she made a loaf for us!
Phew!
I love the photo of the hand beaters! My daughter and I are planning to try to make sourdough starter when I get back. Good luck with yours.
ReplyDeleteYour chicken dinner sounds delish!
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