Reviving Prudence!

Do you remember Prudence, the sourdough starter I made from scratch last year and yes, I named her.  Last fall, I put her to rest by drying her and then grinding her up into a powder.  She has been in this state until the last few days when I removed a small amount and started the process of reviving a portion of her.  (She's been sitting on a pantry shelf at room temperature in her ground up state since last fall. She has not spent even one night in the refrigerator!)

We don't eat much bread, baked goods or pastry type concoctions so baking bread on a regular basis is not needed.  However, I do not want Prudence to die or become ineffective so every once in a while I revive her, bake a few loaves for various purposes and then put her back to sleep.

I'm in the process of doing that now!  I plan to make some bread crumbs and vacuum seal them in jars for future use.  Also, now that it's summer the twins will be visiting more often so our need for bread will increase.  I'll bake a few loaves, slice them, package them and freeze them individually, I'll take slices out of the freezer on an as needed basis, thaw and use as needed.

Prudence has woken up really well … Here are the instructions I used for 'waking' her up.

It's almost time to make and bake bread!!!

patsi

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