| Sourdough bread is a pungent sour flavored bread | | | | cellar while in Philadelphia the pioneers called it yeast |
| that is rich in flavor as well as history. | | | | dough and could buy a cup of sourdough starter for |
| History and Legends | | | | a penny. In Kentucky sourdough is known by the |
| Sourdough bread dates back to biblical times. It is | | | | name of spook yeast and used to bake up spook |
| often believed to be a better choice of breads | | | | bread. |
| because of the healthful nature of the fermentation | | | | Sourdough Storage |
| process which makes it sour. | | | | Because metal will cause a chemical reaction and ruin |
| Some legends have it that sourdough bread which | | | | your sourdough the starter can never be stored in a |
| does not contain baking powder as an ingredient | | | | metal container. Traditionally sourdough starter was |
| gained in popularity due to a belief that baking | | | | kept in a wooden pot in a warm draft free location in |
| powder was an anti-aphrodisiac. Men who did not | | | | the kitchen. Glass can be used but wood was the |
| want to chance there virility on eating baking powder | | | | preference because it held a more consistent |
| biscuits choose instead sourdough bread. | | | | temperature than glass and did not break as easily |
| Sourdough was a main staple on one of the first | | | | during travel. |
| expeditions to the top of Mount Mc Kinley. | | | | Sourdoughs Many Uses |
| Sourdough by any Other Name | | | | Sourdough starter can be used in a variety of foods |
| Sourdough has come to be known by many names | | | | such as bread, hotcakes, cookies, cakes and waffles. |
| across America. In California pioneers called it | | | | Sourdough has even been used in less familiar ways |
| sourdough while in cattle country it was known as | | | | such as in tanning hides, as a plaster to cure an |
| chuck wagon bread. Pioneers called sourdough cellar | | | | aching back, as a glue for a sealing a letter and as |
| biscuits or cellar bread because it was kept in the | | | | paste to paper a cabin. |