Bread-Bakers v106.n002.7

The messages I'm responding to are below.  I want to agree with Lobo 
and Jonathan.  I can not speak for all sourdough mothers, but my mama 
has taken some serious abuse.  I have gone months and months and... 
without feeding her.  Once I even-- ok you can't tell anyone 
okay?  Keep it a secret between you and me?  I went so long once 
without feeding her that mama was covered with mold and all kinds of 
funky colored nasties.  I scraped off the nasties fed her and 
kaplowi, she came right back to life.  I think I may have Jason, or 
Freddie or the Terminator or something like that for a sourdough 
mother.  Sounds like Lobo and Jonathan have had similar experience 
with tough mothers.  I am sure they don't abuse there moms like I do, 
but anywho sourdough baking is a blast.  If you have put off 
sourdough exploration for fear of offing mommy, don't put it off any 
more.  Get the virtual sourdough bible or borrow it from the 
library.  The bible for sourdough IMHO is Ed Wood's "World Sourdoughs 
 From Antiquity"  If you can't make some good sourdough after reading 
that, then-- well I don't know.  It's not rocket science.  Don't 
believe the elitist sourdough snobbery propaganda it isn't that 
hard.  Go for it!  Bake, bake like a mad man or woman for that 
matter.  Okay I'm scaring myself so I'm going to stop now.

Your Fellow Bread Baking Fiend,
Pedro

lobo <lobo119@bresnan.net> wrote:
>Subject: re: yeast substitute for sourdough
>Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 10:38:20 -0700
>
>Jonathan Kandell <jkandell@sysmatrix.net> wrote:
>>If you try let us know how it turns out. I don't see much benefit 
>>to=20 substituting yeast for sourdough as the main defect/benefit 
>>of=20 sourdough is still present: the very long time necessary from 
>>mix to=20 bake!  As for convenience, the skill to make and keep a 
>>natural=20 starter itself is much exaggerated.
>
>
>Thank you!  It is very much exaggerated ... the stuff is very hardy.
>
>As for the long time from mix to bake, you can put formed loaves in 
>the frig and bake them later.  When I made my last batch, I put them 
>in the oven when I got up in the morning and by the time I showered, 
>dressed, read the newspaper and ate breakfast, they were done.  I 
>threw a dishtowel over them and left for the day.