[Sca-cooks] Is Sourdough Halal

[margaret]

The injunction in the Koran  is pointed primarily at the ingestion of 
intoxicants which alter the mind and induce vice.  Since the alcohol bakes 
out, you have a food rather than an intoxicant.  This, of course, does not 
preclude any particular school from ruling to contrary.

Bear


>
> Have a friend at work asking me to make bread.
> I wanted to make some sourdough breads for him.
> He is Muslim, and with the no alcohol, does the alcohol of well developed
> sourdough cause a problem?
>
> It is easy enough to make starters that have not soured nor produce 
> "hooch"
>
> I am learning this new "thing" and ask hoping there are more knowledgeable
> heads than I who could answer this for me!
>
> thank you,
>
> Simon Hondy