This is such a lovely article. I woke up this morning feeling depressed and wondering what hellacious news would be dropped on our psyche today. And then I read your article. My heart sang. Thank you for the virtual sourdough bread, Teri! ❤️🥪
I have two loaves ready to go in the oven today. I make two loaves every week, and give one away. I hope you can see who else is giving you virtual sourdough today. There are always givers and hopers around, you just have to see them.
I'm an aged Brit, retired here with my husband, and the subject of sourdough bread rose its head recently when we were complaining about the usual, boring, wrapped and cut bread offering at a local supermarket. Although we enjoy our tapas and many of the reasonably-priced and enjoyable Spanish dishes on offer , we have no good local bakery. My tastebuds awoke and I was suddenly transported to the bakery opposite my grandma's house in the UK, clutching the money to buy a loaf of 'Sourdough' bread to be smeared with 'best butter' and her home-made blackberry and apple jam! She also made sourdough bread, as did my dear mother, although, I must admit, I never did, more's the pity. Although I did a lot of cooking, with three, hungry lad's and a husband's stomachs to fill! At one stage of our long. married life (73 years. . .) we also ran a modest, small hotel, where we both 'cooked up a storm' or two and thoroughly enjoyed it ! Thanks, so much, for igniting so many culinary memories! All the best. Sincerely Joy Lennick
Ok, this broke me with the sourdough 😢. But it’s a good broke. It’s a good Lenten broke as this is my faith. The second and fourth Tuesdays, I go to my stitcher’s group where we sew kids sized quilts for domestic violence shelters. Hundreds and hundreds of multicolored cozy fabrics of love from many hands. Been doing this for many years, decades but today I feel a new resolve. It’s gift of love and caring and a part of the sourdough starter from afar. Thank you for the writing and inspiration. 💟☮️
Charla, this is absolutely beautiful...the quilting work you have done for decades. It is so easy to think of something we do regularly as mundane, but what you are doing is truly profound!
At two different times in my life I have kept sourdough starter doing it's thing as I fed it, cared for it, and used portions of it to bake bread. I love how you used parallels to sourdough in this essay.
Thank you for your posts! I’m hopeful a lot of communities around the country are paying attention to how Minnesotans are caring/surviving/thriving in the midst of cruel chaos.
This is such a lovely article. I woke up this morning feeling depressed and wondering what hellacious news would be dropped on our psyche today. And then I read your article. My heart sang. Thank you for the virtual sourdough bread, Teri! ❤️🥪
I have two loaves ready to go in the oven today. I make two loaves every week, and give one away. I hope you can see who else is giving you virtual sourdough today. There are always givers and hopers around, you just have to see them.
Yes, I see and cherish them. And you, Teri, are a balm for the soul. 💕
Great job. This was great.
Hola Teri,
Warm greetings from an unusually wet, Spain!
I'm an aged Brit, retired here with my husband, and the subject of sourdough bread rose its head recently when we were complaining about the usual, boring, wrapped and cut bread offering at a local supermarket. Although we enjoy our tapas and many of the reasonably-priced and enjoyable Spanish dishes on offer , we have no good local bakery. My tastebuds awoke and I was suddenly transported to the bakery opposite my grandma's house in the UK, clutching the money to buy a loaf of 'Sourdough' bread to be smeared with 'best butter' and her home-made blackberry and apple jam! She also made sourdough bread, as did my dear mother, although, I must admit, I never did, more's the pity. Although I did a lot of cooking, with three, hungry lad's and a husband's stomachs to fill! At one stage of our long. married life (73 years. . .) we also ran a modest, small hotel, where we both 'cooked up a storm' or two and thoroughly enjoyed it ! Thanks, so much, for igniting so many culinary memories! All the best. Sincerely Joy Lennick
food as nourishment for the soul is one of my favorite topics. thank you for sharing your venture through memories here.
Ok, this broke me with the sourdough 😢. But it’s a good broke. It’s a good Lenten broke as this is my faith. The second and fourth Tuesdays, I go to my stitcher’s group where we sew kids sized quilts for domestic violence shelters. Hundreds and hundreds of multicolored cozy fabrics of love from many hands. Been doing this for many years, decades but today I feel a new resolve. It’s gift of love and caring and a part of the sourdough starter from afar. Thank you for the writing and inspiration. 💟☮️
Charla, this is absolutely beautiful...the quilting work you have done for decades. It is so easy to think of something we do regularly as mundane, but what you are doing is truly profound!
I can't stop the tears when I read articles like this.
I'm working on my own starter this morning
Thank You TL & SS
science says that emotional tears carry stress hormones in them - so crying at articles like this are a good stress relief! I'm glad you enjoyed this.
Sourdough People... I love this.
I'm such a baby in the sourdough world. I just do my two little loaves and have no idea what I"m doing, but I love it.
At two different times in my life I have kept sourdough starter doing it's thing as I fed it, cared for it, and used portions of it to bake bread. I love how you used parallels to sourdough in this essay.
sourdough is such an amazing metaphor for so many things. I can't take full credit. Sean Snow gave me the idea.
💜 this ☺️
From across hemispheres, my sourdough says hello 🥰
A really good read.
Thank you for your posts! I’m hopeful a lot of communities around the country are paying attention to how Minnesotans are caring/surviving/thriving in the midst of cruel chaos.