Comments on: Sourdough Pancakes Part One

By: julibelle

julibelle — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:24:38 +0000

Joy, love your site, I too have been bitten by the natural yeasties! I started mine w flour/water & wild local grapes (obsessive, who me?) I feel as if I had read everything about SD but it was very discouraging until I finally accepted that one must be brutal and rigorous in the first 10 days or so. Discarding & feeding this little world as it grows in strength. I’ve been making a loaf a week and every week it gets better and better. Probably time to freeze some starter.
http://www.breadtopia has a great video on youTube and a link to an awesome (if obsessive) site faq
all my best

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By: Mia

Mia — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:28:32 +0000

Wow – spontaneous bubbling! Sounds exciting. I’m curious about sticking your batter in a warm spot, since I’ve heard that sourdoughs like cooler temps. than regular bread doughs. Maybe that could be a reason for its hyperactivity?

By: Theresa

Theresa — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:17:24 +0000

Joy, my 2nd starter is good after all. Woo Hoo! I’m so happy, I’ll be making pancakes in the morning!!

By: Frank Shaw

Frank Shaw — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:43:16 +0000

I’ve had my starter for 18 years now…I killed it once, but had frozen some so was able to get it started again. It bubbles all the time. That’s a great sign, it means that everything is going well.
I think I break all the rules, I use a metal spoon, I’m less than scientific about when/how much I feed, it suffers from benign neglect. But I’ve been making either pancakes or waffles every week for years and years, and my family REFUSES to eat pancakes when we go out for breakfast, which means I think i’m doing something right.

By: Holly

Holly — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:41:50 +0000

So funny! It’s ALIVE! Can’t wait to see the final product.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:17:52 +0000

Wow, I’ve never had my starter do that! I will obsessively check it (like every 15 minutes) after pulling it out of the fridge and feeding it. For some reason, I feel that it should be more lively than it is given how much time and effort I put into it. So maybe yours is just trying to impress you? I’m thinking it’s a good thing.

By: Jill in Atlanta

Jill in Atlanta — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:00:54 +0000

reminder: do not use metal pans or spoons

I use a mixture of white, wheat and oatmeal (5 min cook type). The oatmeal is dissolved by morning. If you make pancakes a lot you can mix all the dry ingredients in a sealed container and scoop it out in the sleepy morning. (Mine has dry milk making it even easier.)

I can’t wait to experiment with this recipe. Brown sugar is a good idea. Keep the sourdough recipes coming!

By: Holly

Holly — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:47:39 +0000

My starter was doing fine for the first 4 days or so, but after that it just refused to do anything. I even kept feeding it for 3 or 4 more days, just in case … but it’s completely dead.

I’ll be starting over this weekend, and if I’m lucky, I’ll have these pancakes for breakfast the following weekend!