Sourdough Quotes

“If you really want to make a friend, go round someone's house with a freshly baked loaf of sourdough bread!”
― Chris Geiger

“It's never too late to have a happy childhood.”
― Iris Blume, Sourdough: A Beginner's Guide For Vegans

“The baker’s skill in managing fermentation, not the type of oven used, is what makes good bread.”
― Chad Robertson, Tartine Bread

“There comes a point in your life when you need to stop eating other people's bread and make your own!”
― Chris Geiger

“Sourdough causes certain endocrine glands to secrete hormones that affect your feelings and behavior by making you happy. Therefore, it counteracts depression, in turn reducing the stress of depression. Your stress-free life helps you maintain a youthful disposition, both physically and mentally. So, eat lots of sourdough bread! - I'll be honest, I stole a quote about chocolate, but I'm sure it still counts!”
― Chris Geiger

“Sourdough isn't only for bread. Any grain-based baked good- from crackers to waffles, from muffins to pasta, can be made with a wild yeast starter. Why would the home baker want to incorporate sourdough into their regular baking? First, it's an excellent way to use the starter you remove during feedings. Instead of throwing the excess in the trash, add it to your pancake batter or chocolate chip cookies. Second, a sourdough starter is an ecosystem of wild yeasts and beneficial bacteria that work together to add B-vitamins to grains, to break down gluten for better digestion, and to neutralize phytic acid and enzyme inhibitors. In other words, it's good for you. And finally, because sourdough eventually becomes a way of life. Experimenting with different ways of using it is one of the most satisfying aspects of using wild yeast in your kitchen.”
― Christa Parrish, Stones For Bread

“Scoping myself out in my standup mirror, I turned and gently twerked.”
― Robin Sloan, Sourdough

“Sourdough is basically an edible Tamagotchi.”
― Meik Wiking, The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well

“Can I bring you some of my sourdough starter. Would you like that?" Hattie raised an eyebrow at me. "I don't know," I said. "It is quite a commitment. I had some before and I didn't look after it. It died and I felt terrible".”
― Sally Andrew, The Milk Tart Murders

“If you really want to make a friend, go round someone's house with a freshly baked loaf of sourdough bread! - Chris Geiger”
― Chris Geiger, The Cancer Survivors Club

“It was while here that I got my first lessons in baking bread in the ground. The method was this: A shallow hole was dug in the sand and a fire lighted in it and allowed to burn out, thoroughly heating the ground all around it. While the ground was being heated, bread was made of sour dough, put between two gold-pans, and allowed to rise. Then the hot ashes and dirt were scooped out of the hole and the gold pans put in and covered with ashes and hot sand. The bread was allowed to stay in about an hour: if left in too long it wouldn’t burn, but the crust would get thicker. The loaf came out a rich golden brown and very delicious. This of course was only done when conditions were favorable.”
― Arthur T Walden, A Dog

“For every day I have known her, she has eaten the same breakfast: sourdough toast with butter and whipped honey. She slices the golden brown toasted bread into four small squares and places them on a paper towel she has folded in half. A generous smear of softened butter goes on each piece, as thick as frosting on a cupcake, and each is then topped by a good-size dollop of whipped honey. As a child, I watched her do this hundreds of times, and now, when I'm sick, sourdough toast with butter and honey is like medicine.”
― Sarah Jio, The Violets of March