I love you. I'm making bread.

Not just bread. But sourdough bread.
(I also made a compost heap, but whats the fun in writing about that)

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Today. I started my journey into bread-making, initiating day one of the sourdough starter.
It takes 7-10 days to cultivate a starter to begin baking bread. And I am just at day one.
Why do I take the trouble?  Well apart from the fact that I enjoy the pain, it is indeed the most basic thing I should learn to do, to make my food. Making and Baking bread the way it was made to be eaten 5000 years ago catches my fancy. Certainly makes it to my bucket list.
Food and beverage making is actually a simple naturally occurring activity. 
Beer, moonshine, soy sauce and wine are also made like this thousands of years ago when mankind discovered food naturally breaks down over time and they ferment naturally. The food we ingest also breaks down in our digestive tract and ferments with the aid of enzymes and bacteria residing in our body. It's a fact that we have more bacteria than cells in our body. All the more to remind us that we are dying by the minute and second. Remember Memento Mori.

Photo by Vicky Ng on Unsplash

Sourdough as the name suggest smells sour because the starter comprises just flour and water left to ferment with natural occurring bacteria aka lactobacili & yeast over a period of time at room temperature. Unhurried. Here's bread made without any chemicals, preservatives or additives. Since the invention of bread, it still tastes the same over thousands of years. 

It's no wonder I took a liking to this type of bread some time ago. It doesn't just taste good but it has a very firm form for biting and chewing. A good thick slice with anything would keep you well fed till lunch. Plus it's so healthy. Freshly baked with nothing but flour and water. This is the type of bread everybody should eat to fully appreciate bread. And how it should taste. Good.

This is also the bread Jesus used to break with his disciples at the last supper. Amen.

I hope to have better luck than Jesus. May you have as many suppers with me breaking sourdough bread as long as you live.

Stay tuned. Literally.