Whats the best way to make (and maintain) sourdough starter?
One is to grate a raw potato, add enough water to cover and enough flour to make a thin batter of about a cup and a half in volume. Another method is to use water that you’ve boiled potatoes in instead of the grated potato and water combination. You can also use flour, sugar and water. Use one cup of flour, a tablespoon of sugar and enough water to make a pancake consistency batter. Yet another is to simply mix together equal amounts of water and flour (whole wheat is best for this) Make your choice based on what you have handy and just because that’s what you’d like to try. Don’t worry about whether or not one set of ingredients will work better than another, because the chances are that they will all be equally efficient in attracting wild (sour) yeast. There is no exact recipe because there are so many other variables in each house that will invite or dissuade wild yeasts from entering the mixture. The most important thing is the method. When you have decided on the ingredients you
