A bit of flour

         What’s your take on friendship bread? Ever been given a starter for one?

 

Once upon a time, I was given a starter along with its care instructions. It was my first time getting one and I was excited.

 

I hurried home and followed the directions. After a week, which included my feeding it and mixing it and pouring off the hooch, I had my first loaf. It was good.

 

I did it again the next week and the next and the next, for 5 weeks. Then I got tired of taking care of my starter and tired of eating my friendship bread.

 

Something had to change. As I saw it, I had two choices. I could dump it or I could prolong the inevitable and freeze it.

 

I decided to freeze it. I transferred one cup to a Ziploc bag. Got out as much air as I could. Laid it flat on a cookie sheet and put it in the freezer. Once it was frozen flat, I removed the cookie sheet and left the starter alone in its new home.

 

And there it sat until it developed an awful case of freezer burn and I was forced to dispose of it.

 

Yeah, I had a starter once. How ‘bout you?

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