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After some measure of success with breeding Melvin from nothing but flour, water, and air, I’d gotten it into my head that not only is fermenting delicious, but also easy. I was introduced to nukazuke by a friend of mine who’d spent a lot of time in Japan. A bit of reading led me to [...]

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Way back when, just after having started the sourdough project and maybe even before I first heard of these nukazuke, my friend and then-neighbor Sarah mentioned to me that she’d found this great little store up the street that sold all kinds of flours and grains. I filed it away at the time and totally [...]

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A long time ago (well, 2008) I got it into my head that it would be a good idea to start my own sourdough culture. I had easy access to an oven (counter-top) in my own apartment, and I figured if the need arose I’d make use of my parents’ oven (a real one). So [...]

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I’m just collecting some quotes I’ve read recently on the differences between the two. from portrait of an LBX Speaking of laowai, that’s the other word that gets our goat. Laowai — along with dialectical equivalents: lowei, waigolo, gueilo, etc. — means “foreigner,” but it is the slang way of saying it compared with the [...]

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I’m finally beginning to feel recovered from the havok being unleashed upon my sleep schedule by the World Cup. Games at 2:30 AM are especially difficult for me to watch because I don’t like staying awake straight through to 4:30 in the morning, but I also can’t really bring myself to go to sleep early [...]

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