https://www.isegoria.net/2017/06/sourdough-is-just-white-bread/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:00:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2017/06/sourdough-is-just-white-bread/comment-page-1/#comment-2558039 Abelard Lindsey Mon, 12 Jun 2017 04:54:18 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41975#comment-2558039 There is sourdough bread and then there is San Francisco sourdough bread.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2017/06/sourdough-is-just-white-bread/comment-page-1/#comment-2557899 Steve MqCueen Sun, 11 Jun 2017 19:02:17 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41975#comment-2557899 Sourdough is to bread as lambic is to beer. Both rely on wild yeast and bacteria to ferment the sugars in the dough or wort, rather than on cultivated yeast strains. The sourness in both is due to the presence of lactic acid, which is produced by the bacteria present.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2017/06/sourdough-is-just-white-bread/comment-page-1/#comment-2557581 Andrew McGuinness Fri, 09 Jun 2017 18:40:17 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41975#comment-2557581 I thought sourdough was just the American term for white bread. (What Americans call white bread seems to be some kind of inferior cake).

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