I was reading that gold miners when traveling from San Francisco to Alaska
in 1849 strapped pouches of sourdough starter to their stomach so as to
maintain the proper heat. Hence the term sourbellies. If I get the urge to
tape a jar of sourdough starter to my stomach and start walking north, I'll
know that it's 1849 sourdough starter and not Carl's 1847 Oregon Trail
starter. I never knew that making sourdough bread was so complicated.

"ZerkonX" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:54:57 -0700, Frank103 wrote:
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>> Just one question: How will I know that Carl's 1847 Oregon Trail
>> Sourdough Starter is really 1847 and not 1849 or maybe even 1852 Oregon
>> Trail Sourdough Starter. Don't you just hate it when people do things
>> like that.
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> Yes you must pay attention to these types of details or else you will just
> be taken advantage of.
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> As I understand, it the more accurately term for this starter is "The July
> 27th, 1847, around twoish starter". NOTE:Rounding this off to just the
> year was started by fake-sters in the late 4PM period and continues to
> this day.
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> To tell if you have the a genuine "Carl's TWOish" you should experience
> any one or all of the following characteristics after making a bread from
> this starter:
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> - A strong affinity towards mules
> - Begin regarding family members and/or neighbors as a food source
> - Yelling, "Are we there yet?!" every so often to everyone's
> embarrassment.
> - A state of extra-ordinary confusion at the sight of any indoor plumbing
> fixture
> - A strong urge to pow-wow.
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> Be aware that this is an incomplete list.
> Good Luck.
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