[Sca-cooks] Seeking

[Stefan li Rous]

Ardenia asked:
> I know that there was a thread on it  a while ago... does anyone have a
> simple, quick recipe for a periodish sourdough starter?

Several folks have given you the way to capture natural yeasts. For 
some more commentary on working with these yeasts and other comments on 
making sourdough bread, you might be interested in these files in the 
FOOD-BREADS section of the Florilegium:
brd-mk-sour-msg  (60K) 10/31/04   Breadmaking -Period sourdough bread 
recipes.
yeasts-msg       (75K) 11/16/04   Medieval use of yeast. Using it in 
the CMA.

Stefan
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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
    Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas          
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