My New Pet

I didn't start out with the idea of getting a new pet. It all started a month ago with the first foray to the grocery store. No paper products. Well, I had enough to get through the week. No bread. No big deal. I'd just bake bread. So I baked bread for a couple of weeks and was running low on yeast. Another grocery run. Scored toilet paper and paper towels 👏, but no yeast and no flour. I still had flour available, but how could I bake a leaven bread without yeast? How did bakers bake leaven bread before commercial yeast was available?

They fermented flour and water to make sourdough. And that's how I got a new pet. His name is Blundo. Named after the baker where my grandma sent me to buy her bread. Blundo needs to be fed periodically, and he makes a delicious loaf of bread, biscuits, waffles, and other goodies.

So, the yeast problem was solved, but now flour isn't always on the shelf. Anyone know how long it takes to plant and grow Hard Red Winter Wheat?

This post was written two weeks ago. Since then, I've used up Blundo to make biscuits and waffles which I froze. I couldn't seem to get the timing down for feeding and baking. Either I wasn't feeding Blundo enough or waited too long and missed the peak when it would have been perfect for bread. It just became too frustrating for me so Blundo is no more. Sourdough bread baking just isn't my fort. I'll stick to baking with commercial yeast when I can find it.