In honor of the occasion, I have baked sourdough bread 3 days last week, and given loaves to friends. Each batch takes me about two days, depending on the starter I use. Friday I baked my last batch for the week. I froze one loaf as soon as it cooled. I just put the loaf in a plastic vegetable bag, twisted and tied it shut, and shove it in the freezer. I left one loaf, bagged, out, waiting for Maria's arrival home from a little adventure to Orlando to see the family. She loves my bread.
I made these loaves from dough I made with South African starter, a culture someone gave me from South Africa. It rises much faster than San Francisco starter dough. The loaves looked like this when I took them out of the oven. I removed them from the pans quite easily. Then I set the loaves on a wire rack and set the rack on the empty hot bread pans. This keeps the loaves from sweating on the bottom as they cool.
When I gave some loaves to my buddy Vinnie, he said he could smell the bread baking all the way down the passageway to the elevator. The bread tastes delicious.
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