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Post by cherryt38 on Sept 23, 2020 1:07:44 GMT
This round runs from August 27 to October 8. It’s not too late to join us. Just add your board name, first name and your goal for this round to this thread. All are welcome!
Challengers:
bmazzo/Beverly - Keep a positive attitude
cathygeha/Cathy - OP every day in every way
cherryt38/Cherry - Exercise 5 days week
hollygail/Holly - Maintain lifetime at goal status
jalibmu/Jan - Limit after dinner snacking
jasimons/Judy - Focus on Good Health Guidelines
pamthomas46/Pam - Aim for blue & post daily menu
Hosts:
August 27 - Sept 2 Pam
Sept 3 - Sept 9 Cathy
Sept 10 - Sept 16 Jan
Sept 17 - Sept 23 Cherry
Sept 24 - Sept 30 Judy
Oct 1 - Oct 8 Beverly
5. Start eating sourdough bread
Sourdough is one of the best breads you can eat.
The bread you’ll find in the supermarket is a far cry from traditional bread, which is made with bacteria that “digest” the starch and gluten while helping the bread rise. This is the process that creates acid, which gives sourdough its flavor. The resulting bread is not only lower in gluten, but also helps lower the glycemic load of meals. This means that, as with other low GI food, sourdough bread will cause a gradual increase in blood sugar levels rather than a spike, making it a much healthier bread option.
Do you like sourdough bread?
Have you ever had sourdough starter or made it yourself?
If so, what have you made with it?
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Post by Holly Gail on Sept 23, 2020 4:49:38 GMT
Oh my...
First, I make every effort to avoid white flour. So liking something and eating it are frequently miles apart... Do I like sourdough bread? YES. Do I eat it? no
Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, I was living in Amsterdam. I was given yogurt starter (I know, today's question is about sourdough starter). I was leaving to return to the US. When we got to Los Angeles, we spent a few days with old friends and stashed the starter in their fridge. We went out to see other friends one day and when we got back, our hosts told us they threw away the starter because it smelled so bad...
I think I tried making sourdough starter once, but gave up on it...
I'd like to say something that has nothing to do with today's topic. I realized reading yesterday's (and also another previous day's) thread that when the topic has to do with meatless or vegetarian or vegan things, some people say they sometimes eat beef and pork. I noticed no one mentioned eating lamb. Personally, I stopped eating the meat of all four-legged animals in the middle 1970s, but growing up, broiled lamb chops were delicious. Is it true that no one on this board eats lamb? and if so, why is that? (Seriously, I'm curious about this phenomenon.)
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Post by cathygeha on Sept 23, 2020 7:20:38 GMT
Do you like sourdough bread?
Yes
Have you ever had sourdough starter or made it yourself? If so, what have you made with it?
I think I used it to make bread when living in Jordan. I also made an overnight pancake but it used yeast. Sourdough starter is something that has to be fed. I read a book about it and the shop owner who wrote the cookbook used it in everything from breads to cakes to...everything she baked.
Holly Gail, When the children were living with us we would sometimes cook goat and sheep...more goat than sheep. Lamb is usually, by definition, baby sheep so I was kind of against eating them. I remember that goat riblets were used to put at the bottom of stuffed grape leaves and could be tender. Sheep/mutton always had a funny taste to me. I kind of limited my meat eating to ground beef, swiss steak and london broil as a child. I used to like a tender rib eye or filet mignon BUT not any more...also liked corned beef. There are a lot of sheep in Lebanon and also goats...more of them seen on the roadsides and in fields than cows.
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Post by jasimons on Sept 23, 2020 12:26:11 GMT
I've eaten sourdough bread from the bakery or grocery store, but I haven't baked it myself. I recall a type of started that was popular in the past (friendship bread or Amish friendship bread), you'd pass on the starter to others. I think that was usually used to make quick bread type items. Yeast was hard to find when the pandemic stay-at-home orders started (which led to baking at home). I've noticed yeast is in the stores now, but...here's lots of info about creating sourdough started from scratch (using a smaller amount of flour than typical), maintaining and using www.cooksillustrated.com/articles/2268-make-your-own-mini-sourdough-starter-with-the-quarantinystarter-project Holly Gail, Lamb - I don't think I have ever had lamb. I grew up on a farm and it seemed like you ate what you or your extended family raised. We had hogs, my uncle nearby had cows, my grandma had some chickens (we did sometimes buy some chickens from a neighbor as well). And apparently I didn't have any occasion to eat it later in life. I'm happy to try pretty much anything in the realm of fruits, vegetables, grains, but as far as animal protein, chicken and turkey is about it. (I've become more restrictive with age in that area). Thanks Cherry, for hosting this week. I'll be ready to post the next week. |
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Post by bmazzo on Sept 23, 2020 13:44:07 GMT
I never met a piece of bread that I didn't like!! Once upon a time, I had the sourdough starter, but at the time. I had a young family & a very demanding job, working long hours. Needless to say, the dough went unattended & got thrown out. Nowadays I try to limit white bread, I do make cornbread quite often.
When the pandemic first started, I was in the local Amish store, I saw the large jars of yeast, with the limit of one per customer. I just had to buy one, I haven't done anything with it, I have it in my freezer.
Being a country girl, I have eaten just about any kind of meat that you could think of, we ate our own pork, Dad hunted for squirrel & rabbit, we had our own chickens, Dad caught fish from the stream, also he would bring home frog & turtles. I never ate the frog legs or turtle, but anything else was fair game! When a neighbor would slaughter a goat or a lamb we would all share in the meat. Now, I wouldn't eat any of that stuff! DH grew up in the city & lamb & veal were favorite meats of his. Just thinking about this, makes me want to become a vegetarian!
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Post by cherryt38 on Sept 23, 2020 15:08:46 GMT
I like sourdough bread although I don't eat it often. At one point I did make a sourdough starter but never did much with it. I have thought about trying it again. Holly Gail, there is whole wheat sourdough bread although I don't know how available it is in stores. There are recipes for making it. I have eaten lamb, but it isn't seen much in the grocery stores around here, anyway. I think it can be found sometimes around Easter. I liked the lamb ok, but do not care for mutton or goat. Any fat clings to your mouth. This is true with venison too, but with venison the leaner cuts of meat don't have much fat. Like bmazzo,I have eaten a variety of meats too, including turtle, rabbit, and "Rocky Mountain oysters". I have not eaten frog legs. All the frogs around here are too small. No one raised sheep or goats around here where I grew up so we did not have access to any of that. |
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Post by jan on Sept 23, 2020 15:09:04 GMT
I love sourdough bread. In fact, I have a loaf of rustic sourdough bread in my fridge right now. I think the rustic part means it is a more oval loaf that the traditional bread shape. I also think I made sourdough from scratch years ago but not recently. Growing up, mu mom baked all our bread- 4 loaves at a time and maybe 1 or 2 times a week. My sisters and I all helped out so I have made lots of bread in my day. I also got a bread machine 20 years ago when they were all the rage.
I don't eat lamb because I don't care for the taste of it. At a food bank conference they were sampling ground lamb in tacos to see what we thought and if they should purchase a large amount of it for distribution. I took 1 taste and voted NO ! When we do get lamb in our meat order, I think there are only 1 or 2 families that will take it. I think you either love it or don't like it.
Cherry, thanks for your hard work this week. Good topic.
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Post by pamthomas46 on Sept 24, 2020 5:19:19 GMT
Checking in late but wanted to thank everyone for a great week especially Cherry for leading us. I see that Judy’s already posted a thread for tomorrow.
Sourdough is a popular bread. We ate a lot more of it when we were in the San Francisco area. I never made it myself.
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