I'm having a go at bread making. I've never tried to bake bread before so I'm going to teach myself. I did a search or two, read a few recipes and decided on this one. Trouble is, like all of them, the instructions assume your using a modern electric or gas oven, not and old woodstove like me. Its just a simple sourdough. I've had a yeast culture going for about a week now. Interestingly I didn't need to buy any yeast, but rather I just combined flour and warm water, sat it in a warm place (sunny window sill during the day, and on the bricks surrounding the woodstove at night), and a culture begin out of thin air. Couldn't be that difficult, people have been doing this for centuries before you could buy yeast at a supermarket.
I made the dough this morning and now its sitting beside the fire rising. At least I hope its rising. They say it can take one hour or several hours depending of the culture. I can't help checking it every 20 minutes.
If all goes well I'll have a nice loaf of fresh sourdough (and the smell throughout the house) this afternoon sometime. I think half the trick will be getting the woodstove at the right temperature at the right time. I'll keep you posted...
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It worked out ok. Smelt great cooking and tasted pretty good too.
12:00:50 PM 
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