pulled some sourdough out of the oven just now

[RedMacGregor]

my wife doesn't touch the starter... wish i could keep her away from the cast iron pans....

[Slydel]

We were able to get a 50lb bag of stone ground whole wheat flour for about $17. It is now in our freezer. Plan on having a lot of good bread before the summer starts!

Not too many places you can buy bags that big though. We live in Amish country, which helps promote bulk buying. Cheap living where I reside. If you make $50,000 a year you are doing quite well.

[RedMacGregor]

i pay about that for high gluten white flour at sam's club..

[Slydel]

Do they have stone-ground whole wheat? Might make it worthwhile for me to get a membership along with their cheap price for Feta cheese.

[RedMacGregor]

I'm impressed that you have the diligence to maintain your mother dough.

i use it for everything, the dough conditioning given by the lower pH on the dough is awesome, i don't knead anymore... 3 stretch & fold sessions separated by a 45-minute autolyse phase does the trick, i've done 75 pounds of dough at a time and cooked it on a weber grill for a BBQ competition.

sweet rolls, sandwich loaves, hearth loaves, no hint of sour unless i want it to develop..

it's great