Weekend Wrap-up: Sour Dough

By Leon Stevens on September 14, 2024

I was given sourdough starter a few years ago. Remember a few years ago when everyone was doing what the 49s did to keep themselves fed?

So, every week or two, I would take it out of my fridge and feed the beast, then leave it out overnight to give it a little holiday before splitting it up to make a tasty loaf and putting the rest back into the fridge.

I finally neglected it for over two weeks—I blame the sauerkraut for shielding it from my view—so when I took it out, I poured off the layer of pinkish liquid an did the mandatory sniff to determine it was still, in fact, sour.

Not planning on making a loaf, I fed it and placed it back into the fridge. Later that evening I heard a clunk from somewhere in the apartment, but could not figure out the source.

The next morning when I opened the fridge, several items rolled out onto the floor and I noticed blobs of dough hanging off the now opened-lid container and shelves.

I guess it didn't like being ignored. Sorry, doughy. I'll do better.

-Leon

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Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, and a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words.

My new book page: http://books.linesbyleon.com/