The Complete Sourdough Cookbook | Don Holm | Most Other Reviewers Seem To Be Missing The Point Of...

The Complete Sourdough Cookbook | Don Holm | The Complete Sourdough Cookbook

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The Complete Sourd...

	The Complete Sourdough Cookbook Don Holm Caxton Press, 1972 - 136 pages average customer review:based on 9 reviews view larger image
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From the right "starter" to delicious sourdough goodies, this book offers one of the most significant collections of sourdough recipes ever to be tested. Many recipes have been adapted for the hunter and camper and can be cooked in the camp stove, over the campfire, or in the most modern of kitchens.

Most Other Reviewers Seem To Be Missing The Point Of This Book

So what if this book has a starter recipe that calls for commercial yeast? So what if Don does a lot of Storytelling in the book? It seems to me this book was written with the home cooking enthusiast in mind, with recipes made for modern kitchens... the small amount of yeast added to the starter is meant to jump start it for cooks who can't wait to experiment with the myriad of delectable recipes contained in this book... I have tried several and they are all superb... I even add a little of the starter to the bread I make in my bread machine... delicious... Plus there are about a half dozen additional starter methods in this book that don't require yeast... As for the Storytelling, Don's stories provide a glimpse into an era I'll never be able to experience firsthand... I love Don's Writing Style... So, if you are thinking about buying this book, take it from me... ignore the negative reviews and low ratings that some customers have given this book, and buy it... you will be glad you did :)

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The Complete Sourdough Cookbook

Awesome book. Besides the history that is noted in the book, the recipes are totally AWESOME!

Great book!

I really enjoy this book. It is a fun, fascinating glimpse into the world of the trappers and folks who actually used the sourdough, back in the Day. It is completely untrue that all of the recipes use commercial yeast!! Some of them do, but not many. The author presents a good cross-section of the difficult, demanding recipes that Sourdough can often turn out to be, and also, in some recipes, tries to make things a little simpler for the average home baker. Overall the book is VERY authentic, and a very refreshing book to read, after all the elite Sourdough Snobs there are.

This book turned me against the snobbish world of Sourdough Purists- I don't use a thermometer, I don't use a timer. I just throw in a handful of flour and some warm water in the morning, afternoon, and evening, and stir. (It's a new starter, I'll get to the refrigerator part later- if I need to.) I take out some starter if it seems like it's getting to be too much. I enjoy the process, and enjoy what I'm doing, and my starter is coming along nicely, thank you very much!

The only thing I do wish is that the book was more clear on the various stages that Starters go through, but an internet search resolves that pretty quickly. I highly recommend this book!

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Good stories, not so good recipes

If you want an interesting book about the lore of sourdough - and the experiences of Don and Myrtle Holm, this is a great book.

If you want authentic, useable, sourdough recipes this is not your best choice. All the recipes use baker's yeast in them. Baker's yeast wasn't available to the sourdoughs who made sourdough famous, and it doesn't belong in sourdough.

Don and Myrtle admit you can make sourdough without adding baker's yeast, but they get vague on the details. I'd rather stick to a purist approach to sourdough and just use sourdough to raise and flavor my bread, and for that goal, this book was disappointing.

Instead, look at the books by Ed Wood, Peter Reinhart, or Allan Scott and Dan Wing.

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Great basic recipes

I have several sour dough recipe books, this is one I use most often. My husband loves the banana nut bread, chocolate cake and pancakes from this book.

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