Sometimes it smells like fingernail polish,sometimes like vinegar,sometimes it is so sharp it burns your nose when you sniff it. Join me for a sourdough starter update and a little composting. My starter smells like stinky feet, overcooked cabbage, or insert foulsmelling thing here. The yeast leavens the bread, and the bacteria give it a pleasant, sour flavour hence the name. This childrens book is a hilarious tongueincheek retelling of noted fairy tales.
The color varies from the golden, fried zhejiangstyle to the black, typical of hunanstyle stinky tofu from a distance, the odor of stinky. I am putting it out in the garage to keep the peace. Do not refresh your starter again unless it smells like stinky feet or cheese. Id just refresh the starter again and watch it more closely, looking for some sign of bubbles and a healthy yeasty, champagne like smell. When she opened the oven to see if he was done, the smell knocked her back. Wild yeast and bacteria show up from somewhere, and eventually form a stable culture which is used to make bread. Starter can smell anything from yeastybeery to sweet,overripe fruit to almost a dirty sock smell but not cheesythat is a different bacteria infesting the starter. To make sourdough bread, you first need a sourdough starter, made from a. There might be some bubbles in your starter, and it might smell like stinky cheese.
To make sourdough bread, you first need a sourdough starter, made from a mixture of flour and water. Mine smells like blue cheese after a couple of days. Its a taleggiostyle cheese thats sweeter and more mild. Classic american saltrising bread king arthur flour. I combined equal parts water and flour about one week ago at the minimum, and the starter has not moved past smelling funky. The stinky cheese man deconstructs not only the tradition of the fairy tale but. But it should never smell like rotten cheese or moldy meat. If not, leave it for another day or two until you see bubbles and smell stinkiness. Everyones having a bad day in this book, from chicken. It can be pungent and strong, it can burn your nose, and it can stink. On thursday night i opened my starter to find it smelled of sweet cheese and the starter all. Novice and experienced bakers alike worry about the viability of their starters and call us for sourdough starter troubleshooting advice. Ive been baking with my starter for the last three years. If at any time your starter begins to smell strongly alcoholic, or like acetone.
At this point, pour the batter into a quart jar with a lid and ring on it. The stinky cheese man and other fairly stupid tales james. That lahey recently came out with a second book is no small thing. This recipe comes to us courtesy of the late bernard clayton, a fine gentleman and author whose books weve long admired. The beloved pioneer bread that smells like feet and breaks food safety rules. Stinky starter reviving sourdough starter homestead. Discard all but 20g of starter, and mix with 40g water and 40g flour. Normal smells range anywhere from alcohol, vinegar, dirty socks, overripe fruit, beer, and sometimes even nail polish if it needs fed. I noticed this morning, day 4, that it had a cheesyvomit smell to it. Sourdough starter troubleshooting king arthur flour. The beloved pioneer bread that smells like feet and breaks. Stinky tofu can be eaten cold, steamed, stewed, or, most commonly, deepfried, and it is often accompanied by chili sauce or soy sauce. The smell of my ripe white flour starter about 8 to 12 hours after feeding is a very pleasant fruity smell with a mixture of ripe but not overipe banana and apple.