Soudough Starter Dates Back To Alaskann Gold Rush

Soudough Starter Dates Back To Alaskann Gold Rush FARM HOME Food 18-1-19 "I was surprised recently to read in your magazine about a woman who said that, in her experience, upper limit of longevity for sourdough starter (for making sour-dough bread) is 15 years," says Howard Abts, Findlay, Ohio. "I've had my sourdough starter since 1972. If you're willing to take the word of the fellow I got it from, it's half a century old. And if you believe his source and his source's grandfather, the starter actually dates from the Alaskan gold rush in the late 1800's. Legend has it that it was the finest starter in the Klondike. "I'm offering to share my starter with fellow readers. The stuff can be dried, mailed, and then reconstituted. Just send $5 and a self-addressed stamped envelope and I'll send a sample along with some of my family's favorite recipes for breads, waffles, etc." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Howard Abts, 136 Ely Ave., Findlay, Ohio 45840 (ph 419 422-1649). Reprinted from BACKHOME Magazine, P.O. Box 370, Mountain Home, N.C. 28758.

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