Comments on: Dances with Sourdough http://magical-eating.com/2009/02/25/dances-with-sourdough/ Sustaining ourselves, sustaining our communities Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:50:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Sarah http://magical-eating.com/2009/02/25/dances-with-sourdough/#comment-11 Sarah Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:54:38 +0000 http://magical-eating.com/?p=8#comment-11 I call my sourdough starter a pet for exactly the reasons you mention, and love the idea of making magical loaves :) I often cook with intention but hadn't specifically thought about bread in this way. As a total technical aside, sourdough that's dense can sometimes use a longer rise to incorporate more air: mine takes 8-12 hours on *each* rise! I call my sourdough starter a pet for exactly the reasons you mention, and love the idea of making magical loaves :) I often cook with intention but hadn’t specifically thought about bread in this way.

As a total technical aside, sourdough that’s dense can sometimes use a longer rise to incorporate more air: mine takes 8-12 hours on *each* rise!

]]> By: Teri Parsley Starnes http://magical-eating.com/2009/02/25/dances-with-sourdough/#comment-10 Teri Parsley Starnes Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:09:31 +0000 http://magical-eating.com/?p=8#comment-10 I didn't get to take the Hearth Path at camp. I am so grateful that you have started this wonderful blog, elfin. I very much appreciate your magical connection to natural yeast, the properties of different flours, and the practice of making those things into bread. Thank you for sharing that wisdom! I didn’t get to take the Hearth Path at camp. I am so grateful that you have started this wonderful blog, elfin. I very much appreciate your magical connection to natural yeast, the properties of different flours, and the practice of making those things into bread. Thank you for sharing that wisdom!

]]> By: elfin http://magical-eating.com/2009/02/25/dances-with-sourdough/#comment-9 elfin Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:16:22 +0000 http://magical-eating.com/?p=8#comment-9 The starter is a new one made on the west coast right before Brigid. The starter is a new one made on the west coast right before Brigid.

]]> By: Sarah W. http://magical-eating.com/2009/02/25/dances-with-sourdough/#comment-8 Sarah W. Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:08:34 +0000 http://magical-eating.com/?p=8#comment-8 Yum. I wonder whether your sourdough starter is related to the magical sourdough starter my coven brother brought home from Vermont Camp this past fall. Yum. I wonder whether your sourdough starter is related to the magical sourdough starter my coven brother brought home from Vermont Camp this past fall.

]]> By: Lillitu http://magical-eating.com/2009/02/25/dances-with-sourdough/#comment-7 Lillitu Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:06:08 +0000 http://magical-eating.com/?p=8#comment-7 ooh! i am jealous of such a wonderful community project. we are starting too create recipes (some edible, some not) for our magical workings here at Casa Vesperus. tonite for the Dark Moon,we are creating an oat molasses bread that is round and dark. last full moon we made cookies like crescents with honey and pomegranates. i also have made ritual bath recipes, and damiana cordial. so much fun! i would love to have company in these endeavors though... ooh! i am jealous of such a wonderful community project. we are starting too create recipes (some edible, some not) for our magical workings here at Casa Vesperus.

tonite for the Dark Moon,we are creating an oat molasses bread that is round and dark. last full moon we made cookies like crescents with honey and pomegranates.

i also have made ritual bath recipes, and damiana cordial. so much fun! i would love to have company in these endeavors though…

]]> By: Jennifer Byers http://magical-eating.com/2009/02/25/dances-with-sourdough/#comment-6 Jennifer Byers Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:10:56 +0000 http://magical-eating.com/?p=8#comment-6 Thank you so much for sharing your sour dough experience Elfin. I did feel a little sad when my first loaf came out dense and "turdy". Still, as you said, the flavor is amazing and I so enjoyed singing chants to Brigid (and the dough) as I worked with the bread - carving runes in its top to charge it with my intention. It is exciting to have this bubbly, magical being sharing my kitchen magic and blessing my home. I am excited to see how she and I change and expand over time. Thank you so much for sharing your sour dough experience Elfin. I did feel a little sad when my first loaf came out dense and “turdy”. Still, as you said, the flavor is amazing and I so enjoyed singing chants to Brigid (and the dough) as I worked with the bread – carving runes in its top to charge it with my intention. It is exciting to have this bubbly, magical being sharing my kitchen magic and blessing my home. I am excited to see how she and I change and expand over time.

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