God Im fed up of hearing about 'sourdough bread'.

[soupyspoon]

Particularly when followed by

'home made, not from the supermarket'

Get over your sour selves, sick of hearing about this

*disclaimer - I dont eat bread. I have no yeast in this game.

I just like the taste of it.

I raise you ‘micro/ herbs’ my friend …

Yes that is quite a mouthful I agree!

I’ve heard she’s ever so cool but ‘sour’ with a hard exterior that Alice ..

Yes I think I need to leave LT- wordy-B !

I love this thread OP!

90% plus of the population eats commercially produced shop sliced bread at least most of the time (I do buy sourdough but only occasionally!) it just isn’t post worthy

It is too crusty for my taste, it hurts my gums.

Before the commercial production of yeasts people got yeasts from brewers.
In the UK there was a long history of beer and ale brewing being absolutely ubiquitous, first domestically and then on a larger scale after hops were introduced which made it keep longer.
It’s not entirely clear to what extent people kept their own culture going as with sourdough or how often they would take the froth off the fermenting ale (‘ale barm’).
In great houses the brew house was typically next to the bakehouse as the warmth from the oven would help the ale to ferment.
I did it with a medieval ale I brewed in January but the bacteria had got into the ale so the bread I made was actually like sourdough, but it worked. A friend of mine did it more successfully at a Tudor reenactment we were at over Easter and the bread was more traditional English bread tasting.

Ok, somebody on this thread mentioned crumpets with butter and now that's all I can think about!😊

I genuinely don’t get it. I don’t want my bread to taste sour ! I don’t know how it’s so popular !

It was me. I love them.

No it’s not. Sourdough and Chorleywood are not the only two bread making methods. Before Chorleywood most bread was made the way you make non-sourdough bread at home with fresh yeast.

The sour taste isn’t for everyone.

I'm obsessed with it with poached egg, avacado and prosciutto ham!! I eat it every day for breakfast on work days and if I'm feeling extra healthy I'll put asparagus and spinach with it. I also have shop bought flatbreads in the bread bin because I failed miserably when I tried to make them and for dinner I had a tuna mayonnaise and cucumber sandwich on sliced white because I couldn't be arsed to make the seabass like I had planned. It really wouldn't have been the same on sourdough, it's too chewy to have as a sandwich.

It's not something I tell people unless they ask me what I had for breakfast in the same way if I had a wrap I would say I had a wrap or a ciabatta I would say I had a ciabatta.

Yabu. Reported your goady thread.

😁

What did you say to report a thread about sourdough?

V interesting @TheCountessofFitzdotterel, thanks for that! I love sourdough, it’s the only bread I eat (mostly!).

The list of ingredients on the back of supermarket processed bread is as long as your arm. Basically it’s not good, it’s a chemical concoction made to look like something we once recognised as food. On the other hand my local sourdough has 3 ingredients. Flour, water, salt. It doesn’t bloat me or make me feel ill. Try it you might become a convert!

Not sure how shes going to cope with the Kimchi/Kombucha/Kraft Ale post, Im
currently drafting!

@suah yes you are correct! In fact sourdough is such a varied process that it was not until yeast became readily available from brewers that bakeries selling bread became a thing. Before that the result was just too unpredictable. Which is entirely my experience of making sourdough.

Toasted to oblivion or lightly and slightly claggy?

cheese like slice of salty butter or a moderate scrape?

It’s hard to see how it’s a hate thread or anything…

MN has sent me the report. She said it was just a crumby little thread, written by a right sour puss, full of holes and half baked.

I was so angry I just furiously typed random words. Lower glycemic index!! Digestibility!!! Then I just typed where's the protein 12 times.