So does anyone have a good story behind their starter? Mine was given to me by an Italian chef, who was handed it by another Italian chef and they've traced it back 200 years to a village in the mountains outside of Rome!
out of the King Arthur catalog. I've had it for about 12 years, but the one thing I remember was that KA claimed they were selling a culture that has been bubbling away in New England for about 250 years. By my reckoning, that makes it pre-Revolutionary war, or possibly earlier. I thought that was pretty cool. In any case, it's an awesome culture - I've never had a day's trouble with it.
I also have created an apple yeast water that's doing great using advice I got right here from Dabrownman and TrailRunner.
of two people from here at TFL and one I created myself. ?
out of the King Arthur catalog. I've had it for about 12 years, but the one thing I remember was that KA claimed they were selling a culture that has been bubbling away in New England for about 250 years. By my reckoning, that makes it pre-Revolutionary war, or possibly earlier. I thought that was pretty cool. In any case, it's an awesome culture - I've never had a day's trouble with it.
I also have created an apple yeast water that's doing great using advice I got right here from Dabrownman and TrailRunner.
--Mike