Thread: Sourdough starter and bread making tutorial

Originally Posted by Projects

Been a nice read this topic. It really makes me want to try a bread starter. I made some awesone ham, cheese & onion scones today. I've been baking cakes with the kids daily. But i found this rewana bread recipe online. Thought someone might like this to try. Its a potato bug/starter.
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Interesting,that recipe is from back in the days before commercial bread yeast became available although the temps have been changed from Fahrenheit. All the bakers used to make their own 'potatoe yeast in a drum just like in the recipe and keep it going. They would just ladle out liquid from the drum into the dough.

That's interesting to know. For me growing up visiting my nan's whanau there would always be a fresh rewana bread and i remember a container in the hot water cupboard and kitchen that had a 'potato bug in it'. As a little kid a bug living in a container was an odd thought. But i later understood it was a bread starter.