2010 Father's Day Gift Guide: Sourdough Culture
Previous Gift Guide Posts Star Wars Cookie Cutters If you're still looking for a Father's Day gift for your husband/dad and he's a crafty-kind-of-guy, you've come to the right place. For $16.00, you can get him a gift that keeps on giving: a sourdough culture . The Italian one will make the pizza-maker happy. For those of you know are unfamiliar with a culture, it is the starter batch that you add water and flour to in order to get the necessary yeast-like properties you need to bake. If you continue to feed it flour and water - just about weekly - you'll have the starter batch to last you a lifetime. That one above is courtesy of Wikipedia. Here's their page on sourdough cultures . Often times, these cultures are living for years and years and take on unique characteristics that the local environment provides. A sourdough culture is sure to be a fun experiment for the baker husband/father in your life. I can't vouch for a culture, but I ha...