<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium;">Sourdoughs are one of the older kinds of breads still around. Instead of instant yeast, they rely on a yeast colony called a starter or a 'mother'. This is a container of a liquid flour mixture that already has its own yeast within it, captured from the air months or years before. This starter has been fermenting for a long time, so it gives sourdough breads a distinctive slightly sour taste which is really yummy. It also makes for great crusts and moist insides. You often run across sourdough buns in good restaurants. Now here's your chance to make this time-honoured bread at home.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium;">This recipe requires a starter, so if you don't have one,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.takebackthebread.com/starter.html" style="color: black; font-size: 1em; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;">click here</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium;">and I'll show you how to make one.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium;">Today's video podcast shows you how to &nbsp;makes one loaf, and like all sourdoughs, it takes a while. I've timed it so you can start it before you go to work, and finish it when you come home. Your time is quite minimal - just a few minutes. The yeast does most of the work.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium;"><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: 300; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Click here to watch the podcast:<a href="http://www.takebackthebread.com/podcasts/sourdough.m4v">http://www.takebackthebread.com/podcasts/sourdough.m4v</a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: 300; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /> </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: 300; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;">Ingredients:</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: 300; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">2 cups of starter<br /> 2 tsp of salt<br /> 2 tsp sugar<br /> 4-5 cups of white flour<br /> 2 tbsps of vegetable oil</div><div style="font-family: Times; font-weight: normal;"></div><br /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: 300;"><br /> </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: 300;"></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: 300; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /> </div>