Remember many moons ago when I spent an entire vacation attempting to make Salt Rising Bread? It was a failure - 'cuz it's near impossible to find a place where a nice 95 degree temp is consistently maintained. Salt Rising Bread has no yeast. It relies on natural fermentation to get a 'slight rise'. It is dense and delicious and one of the most amazing breads for toast you will ever eat.
It is incredibly hard to make and it is becoming a lost art. It's the fermentation of the starter that makes it such a challenge. So I'm trying something new.
Behold -
This is a bread proof box. It is electric and will maintain a constant temp.
I have a batch of Starter # 1 in their now that will hopefully be a bubbly, fermenting mess in 8-12 hours thanks to this new gadget.
If all goes well, we'll be noshing on a loaf of bread by tomorrow evening.
There are still a gazillion things that could go wrong - but at least with this constant temperature box, I stand a chance.
I'll keep you posted -
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