I've been doing a lot of experimenting since my last post about the sourdough attack.
I've created 2 sourdough pancakes that taste pretty dang good. Both recipes are nice and fluffy.
Whole Wheat Sourdough Pancakes (make approx 11 medium pancakes)
1c sourdough starter
2 Tbs oil
1 egg (large)
2 Tbs maple syrup (you can use white or brown sugar instead, but I prefer maple syrup)
3/4 c wheat flour
1/4 tsp salt
approx 1/2c milk (you may need more depending on how thick the batter is--it should have the constancy of a pancake batter)
1 tsp baking soda
Combine all ingredients except the baking soda---after stirring the batter and making sure it isn't too thick let it stand for 15 min. After 15 min gently stir in the baking soda. The baking soda will make the batter rise. Once all ingredients have been added and stirred than place on hot griddle. To make the pancakes crisp on the outsides use a small amount of oil in the pan before each pancake.
Quick and Easy Sourdough Pancakes (make approx 11 medium pancakes)
1c sourdough starter
2 Tb oil
1 egg
1 1/2c pancake mix (I used Aunt Jamima's Butter Milk Pancake Mix)
approx 1/2c milk (you may need more depending on how thick the batter is--it should have the constancy of a pancake batter)
Combine all ingredients and stir. Add milk if needed to get the right constancy. Let batter sit for about 15 min. After 15 min place on hot griddle. To make the pancakes crisp on the outsides use a small amount of oil in the pan before each pancake.To make the pancakes crisp on the outsides use a small amount of oil in the pan before each pancake.
You may wonder why the batter needs to sit for 15 min. The 15 min gives the sourdough time to work it's way through the recipe. If you don't let it sit for 15 min, it will not have the sourdough flavor that you're looking for.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Explosions
The explosion occurred approximately at 9pm. Damage assessment: guts all over the kitchen, what a mess.
The question: how did this all start?
I had been experimenting again in the kitchen when the accident occurred. About 2 weeks ago I captured a living organism in a large canning jar and had been feeding it since. Every day it needed to be fed and every day it got larger. Dan suggested to me that I shouldn't give it any more food because he said it was getting too big. It devoured every thing I fed it---it particularly liked sugar. Once I fed it it would ooze with satisfaction. I kept it in the bathroom due to it's desire to be in a dark, warm, moist area---I should have known that it was up to something in there, spending so much time in the dark.
Yesterday I went against what my husband suggested and fed it. It had tricked me into thinking that it was starving, due to it's confines in the refrigerator the other day. I knew I didn't have time to feed it Sunday and so I placed it in the fridge to stave off it's insatiable appetite. Monday when I looked at it, it had become small and sunken in giving the illusion of starvation. Feeling remorse that I had not fed it Sunday and seeing it's condition Monday I fed it. I fed it with more than 2 cups of food and water.
Within two hours I heard suspicious sounds coming from the bathroom. When I went in to investigate the sounds I noticed a small puddle underneath the bottle and that the bottle was filled to the top. I was worried that the organism was escaping, but was comforted to noticed that it was only liquid coming from the bottle. I found a bowl large enough to place the bottle in so that if the organism decided to try to escape it would only be able to go as far a the bowl--surely it wouldn't know how to climb the bowls edge.
Several hours later I noticed that the organism was in the bowl, but still not worried that it would escape.
After my husband came home and we were eating he asked me if I heard any odd sounds coming from the house. I didn't notice any sounds so we continued to eat. Dinner time was done and I went into the bathroom to check the laundry (our machine is in the bathroom) and there on the counter top where the bottle and bowl (containing the organism) was hissing loudly. The lid was bulging. The organism wanted to be set free.
The organism calmed my troubled heart by reassuring me that it didn't want to be set free but it just needed more fresh air. It felt like it was suffocating. It would calm down if I would just open the bottle just a little to get fresh air.
I took the bottle (and bowl) into the kitchen and preceded to open it. At first I couldn't open it due to the pressure on the lid. In desperation I took a towel around the lid to help me get a better grip on it. Finally I felt the lid give way. A force that I could not stop exploded out of the bottle and the organism was free---it exploded onto the wall, stove, cupboard, sink, mixer, can opener, clean dishes and all other surfaces in the area.
Thank goodness it was only sourdough and it was fairly easy to clean up.
If you want to capture your own sourdough here is a nice video that will show you how to do that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cusjbAtGzvg
If this way doesn't work for you try my cheating way, the same way that bread makers make it for Ciabatta Bread
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX_6l2bmvQI
This is what sourdough starter will look like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw8T-h0tcpI&feature=related
The different types of recipes that I have made with this starter are; pancakes, biscuits, muffins, and bread. If you Google sourdough recipes, you'll find tons of things to make with your starter
The question: how did this all start?
I had been experimenting again in the kitchen when the accident occurred. About 2 weeks ago I captured a living organism in a large canning jar and had been feeding it since. Every day it needed to be fed and every day it got larger. Dan suggested to me that I shouldn't give it any more food because he said it was getting too big. It devoured every thing I fed it---it particularly liked sugar. Once I fed it it would ooze with satisfaction. I kept it in the bathroom due to it's desire to be in a dark, warm, moist area---I should have known that it was up to something in there, spending so much time in the dark.
Yesterday I went against what my husband suggested and fed it. It had tricked me into thinking that it was starving, due to it's confines in the refrigerator the other day. I knew I didn't have time to feed it Sunday and so I placed it in the fridge to stave off it's insatiable appetite. Monday when I looked at it, it had become small and sunken in giving the illusion of starvation. Feeling remorse that I had not fed it Sunday and seeing it's condition Monday I fed it. I fed it with more than 2 cups of food and water.
Within two hours I heard suspicious sounds coming from the bathroom. When I went in to investigate the sounds I noticed a small puddle underneath the bottle and that the bottle was filled to the top. I was worried that the organism was escaping, but was comforted to noticed that it was only liquid coming from the bottle. I found a bowl large enough to place the bottle in so that if the organism decided to try to escape it would only be able to go as far a the bowl--surely it wouldn't know how to climb the bowls edge.
Several hours later I noticed that the organism was in the bowl, but still not worried that it would escape.
After my husband came home and we were eating he asked me if I heard any odd sounds coming from the house. I didn't notice any sounds so we continued to eat. Dinner time was done and I went into the bathroom to check the laundry (our machine is in the bathroom) and there on the counter top where the bottle and bowl (containing the organism) was hissing loudly. The lid was bulging. The organism wanted to be set free.
The organism calmed my troubled heart by reassuring me that it didn't want to be set free but it just needed more fresh air. It felt like it was suffocating. It would calm down if I would just open the bottle just a little to get fresh air.
I took the bottle (and bowl) into the kitchen and preceded to open it. At first I couldn't open it due to the pressure on the lid. In desperation I took a towel around the lid to help me get a better grip on it. Finally I felt the lid give way. A force that I could not stop exploded out of the bottle and the organism was free---it exploded onto the wall, stove, cupboard, sink, mixer, can opener, clean dishes and all other surfaces in the area.
Thank goodness it was only sourdough and it was fairly easy to clean up.
If you want to capture your own sourdough here is a nice video that will show you how to do that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cusjbAtGzvg
If this way doesn't work for you try my cheating way, the same way that bread makers make it for Ciabatta Bread
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX_6l2bmvQI
This is what sourdough starter will look like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw8T-h0tcpI&feature=related
The different types of recipes that I have made with this starter are; pancakes, biscuits, muffins, and bread. If you Google sourdough recipes, you'll find tons of things to make with your starter
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