[Sca-cooks] Sourdough Starter Question

Avraham haRofeh goldberg at bestweb.net
Wed May 15 16:58:49 PDT 2002


> Buying their sourdough would work to get you started, but no matter what
> you do, over time that starter will change from what they sell you to
> whatever your local organisms are. (Maybe you could keep it with the
> original by constantly refreshing it, but there will still be some drift
> over time).

Well, their assertion, at least with the San Francisco, is that the
particular pairing of Candida humilis and Lactobacillus sanfrancisco works
to create an environment not conducive to introduction of other species. I
dunno if it's true, but that's what they assert.

Avraham

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