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That elderly neighbor who taught me her sourdough trick in 2017
Back when I first started baking, I had this older lady next door named Ruth who noticed I kept tossing my failed loaves. One day she knocked with a jar of her starter and said "your problem is you're fighting the dough, not listening to it." She showed me how she lets it rise near the radiator, not in the warm oven like I was doing. I still think about that whenever my bread comes out flat. Has anyone else had a random neighbor or stranger give them a tip that actually stuck for years?
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lily2301mo ago
Wait, did she also teach you the secret handshake that comes with the radiator trick? Because I feel like I need the full initiation before my bread can rise properly. My neighbor once told me to slap my dough until it "gave up," which sounds aggressive but honestly worked better than any thermometer I ever bought. The weird thing is that advice still pops into my head every time I'm in the kitchen, like a tiny bread guru living rent free in my brain. Do you ever wonder if Ruth was secretly a retired bread ninja or just a really patient lady with a lot of time on her hands?
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