I have got some beautiful bread to show you
This is the best bread I have ever made. Why is it so good? Because:
* I made my own sourdough starter. At first, I followed the advice to make a starter using commercial yeast, but it just tasted yeasty. So, I put some flour and water in a cup, left it alone until it got smelly-in-a-good-way, and used that.
* I finally, after 20 years of making bread, bothered to learn how to knead properly. I think I was being too rough. I don’t know my own strength, tearing the poor gluten instead of stretching it. Now I gently caress the wheat protein into stringy goodness.
* I timed the risings properly instead of letting them go to too long/too short. This is the biggest challenge in making bread for me, having two kids and a freaky freelancer’s schedule.
* I put lots of good stuff in it: whole wheat flour, rye flour, honey, olive oil, and a bit of gluten flour I had lying around.
* Also, it just looks like really good bread. And it is!
