I was getting up at 6am to meet the demands of a yeast culture I could never bend to my will. It was a relief to finally give up trying
The very first sourdough starter I brought to life was a tremendous success, except when it came to making bread with it. The resulting loaf was heavy and flat, like a paving stone. It sort of tasted like a paving stone.
“We don’t do these things because they’re easy,” I told my family. “We do them because they’re hard. Hard like this bread.”
