We Don't Have a Cat, But...

...we do have a sourdough bread starter. Actually, I made it from scratch. On top of keeping up with the household and the children, partly because I thought it would be fun (read: "THOUGHT") and partly because my wife loves sourdough bread, I get to keep up with a sourdough bread starter, which is a bit like having a cat, but not really.

See, if you have a cat, you have to feed it every day. You have to feed a sourdough starter every day too. If you want your cat to do something, it seems not to do that. That's how sourdough starters seem to work. Sometimes your cat stinks. Sourdough starter usually stinks. If you feed your cat every day, then your cat poops every day. Sourdough starter is a little different. Sourdough starter just gets bigger every time you feed it. In order for a sourdough starter to "poop," you either have to throw half of it out (want not, waste not; want not, waste not;...) or you have to bake with it. Otherwise, much like what would happen if you didn't let your cat poop for several days, you'd have a massive problem on your hands. For me, right now, I have to use the sourdough starter at least every other day to keep up with it. I know, I know, unlike a kitty, I can put the starter in the fridge and have it on "time-out," but it's not a very mature starter yet, and so I want it to develop first. The problem with that is making loaves of bread every other day (which takes a while).

Tonight, my wife is out doing some promotional stuff for her business and then hitting the store to resupply us (again) with some groceries, hopefully scoring some deals while she's gone. She indicated to me while I was kneading yet another loaf of sourdough that when she gets home she's going to be "starving." Having hummus and sourdough flatbread ready would apparently be a great thing to do. I even put the high-fiber stuff she loves in the bread for her and everything. I just don't know if it will be ready when she gets home.... Time will tell. I'm going to go get in a little me time in the form of a workout while the dough rises and develops that nice sourdough flavor!