Topic: Looking for a Sourdough Starter

[Claw]

Looking to try some sort of home made sourdough loaf, similar to the sorts of sourdough found at the Keg..  My mom was given a Monster Dough starter which she kept in the fridge and you'd feed it flour to get it growing, but she doesn't know where it came from nor where to find a good recipe.

Does anyone have some such thing or a tried and true recipe to share?

[RedndWhite]

Alton Brown is always an excellent candidate for simple instructions and resounding success. 

[The Goat]

I had mild success with these instructions for the starter

and use it to make this loaf

2 weeks of work and left for vacation a week later gave the starter to my sister with instructions. Needless to say it died haven't got around to trying again. One tip that I found was don't use a jar unless its very wide mouth its hard to get the starter out.

[Jessica]

Looking to try some sort of home made sourdough loaf, similar to the sorts of sourdough found at the Keg..  My mom was given a Monster Dough starter which she kept in the fridge and you'd feed it flour to get it growing, but she doesn't know where it came from nor where to find a good recipe.

Does anyone have some such thing or a tried and true recipe to share?

I might have some in my freezer. Keeping starter alive has more to do with feeding it regularly than where it came from.

http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/233/wild-yeast-sourdough-starter
I had great success with that when I used to bake sourdough.

http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2007/07/08/my-new-favorite-sourdough/
That one was my favourite recipe to bake.