It certainly is not very clear. I would say it was downright deceptive if I
didn't think it was probably written by some copywriter with no knowledge of
what he was writing about. Your note about earlier catalog descriptions
convinces me still further. I'll probably have to chalk this one up as one
of life's little lessons. But I think I'll try to mix it with some homemade
starter to see if I can get the taste I'm looking for and have it survive
long term.
Thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen" >
Newsgroups: rec.food.sourdough
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 7:18 PM
Subject: Why are these Bakers Catalog starters not self perpetuating?
> findel wrote:
>
>> I ordered from the Bakers Catalog the LA-2 Pain de Campagne and LA-4
>> French
>> Sourdough Starters.
>
> The description of them is not very clear in the current catalog --
> http://shop.bakerscatalogue.com/items/item1040.html. Earlier catalogs
> made it clear that this was a flavoring to give your loaves a
> sourdough taste without actually using a starter. They do have a very
> good real starter --
> http://shop.bakerscatalogue.com/land...f=pub1&id=1522
> -- that I have been using for a year now with excellent results (note
> to Dick A. -- my family and friends love it <g>).
>
> Karen R.
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> findel wrote:
>
>> I ordered from the Bakers Catalog the LA-2 Pain de Campagne and LA-4
>> French
>> Sourdough Starters.
>
> The description of them is not very clear in the current catalog --
> http://shop.bakerscatalogue.com/items/item1040.html. Earlier catalogs
> made it clear that this was a flavoring to give your loaves a
> sourdough taste without actually using a starter. They do have a very
> good real starter --
> http://shop.bakerscatalogue.com/land...f=pub1&id=1522
> -- that I have been using for a year now with excellent results (note
> to Dick A. -- my family and friends love it <g>).
>
> Karen R.
> Instructions for de-spam-trapping my address are contained in the address