How to capture wild yeast for bread (and WHY it works)

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Instructions for making a sourdough starter from the Rob Dunn Lab at North Carolina State University: robdunnlab.com/projects/wildso...
The above site also contains instructions for gathering data about your starter and sending it to researchers at NC State. If you send them your data, you can also email it to me with "sourdough project" in the subject line and I will thank you by name in a followup video later this year. Use my address that appears on-screen at 12:43 (I'm trying to foil the spambots).
Study analyzing the origins of microbes in sourdough: msphere.asm.org/content/msph/...
Study looking at the relative concentration of microbes (including yeast) on the inside and outside of people's homes: royalsocietypublishing.org/do...

[@aragusea]

Q: What if I don't like sourdough? Can I use a method like this to make dough that isn't sour? A: Not really, no. That's why yeast harvested from breweries (and later dried commercial yeast) was such a big advancement for baking. It allowed the development of yeast-risen "sweet" breads - sweet meaning not sour, in this context. (You can actually make fantastic desserts with sourdough.) If you're having trouble finding commercial yeast but you want to make yeast bread that isn't sourdough, there are some other options. I've heard it's possible to grow some yeast from an unfiltered beer. Never tried that, but sounds interesting! You can also get a small amount of commercial dried yeast reproducing in a little wet dough (or other mixture of carbs and water) and keep it going in the fridge for some duration of time. I've heard of people doing that, but I imagine that it would eventually become a sourdough starter, since bacteria are gonna get going in there eventually. That last part is a guess. Q: Can I cook with the starter I discard every day? A: Absolutely, there are lots of "discard" recipes on the internet. It's popular to make pancakes with it. However, be aware that in that first 1-2 weeks when you're getting your starter going, your discard might taste and smell terrible, and it might not have much rising power. In a mature starter, the acid-producing bacteria have "defeated" all the other bacteria and undesirable fungi. (Yeast are acid tolerant, that's why they work so well with these bacteria.) If I had cooked that nasty pink 3-day-old starter I showed you in the vid, it probably would have tasted like foot rot, because it was filled with undesirable microbes. Q: Does it really have to be unchlorinated water? Does it have to be unbleached flour? Does it have to be X, Y, Z? A: As I said in the vid, we don't really know. People have successfully made starters with just about anything, but we don't know what works best, or even what you might define as "best." The folks at NC State recommend unchlorinated simply because it's so easy to obtain, but it might not even be necessary. (Be aware that some cities use chloramine to sterilize their water, and that won't just go "poof" if you leave your water out for a day, like chlorine will.) Regarding bleached flour, people have absolutely made good starters with bleached flour. Maybe the bleaching process kills some of the beneficial microbes in the flour that help get your starter going? This is one of the question the folks at the Dunn Lab are trying to answer with their current citizen science project. Remember, if you gather some data for them, I'll thank you in a vid: robdunnlab.com/projects/wildsourdough/ Q: Didn't you say in this old video that you think sourdough starters are too much work? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWWkc4KBma14i9U A: Yes. You can make a sourdough-like product by simply making a dough with commercial yeast and letting it sit in the fridge for a week. I'm a fan of that. And it may literally be sourdough. I'm not sure, but the folks at the Dunn Lab have some ideas about how we might use science to determine exactly what's going on in my old fridge dough. Stay tuned. But yes, a sourdough starter is too much work for me. As I said in the vid, the only reason I'm interested it now is because of the COVID yeast shortage. Also I try to make videos about things that might be interesting to you, even if they're not terribly interesting to me.

[@teaartist6455]

Unchlorinated water you say? *laughs in German*

[@stluanne]

" If I had cooked that nasty pink 3-day-old starter I showed you in the vid, it probably would have tasted like foot rot, because..." Um... asking for a friend ... how do you know what foot rot tastes like?

[@merricc5218]

Will you be able to do an asian style dish like pho or udon?

[@Piktogrammdd1234]

Not liking sour dough bread? That's nonsense.

[@BenJamin-en3jb]

@@matthewlawton9241 Just speaking from personal experience, failed sourdough starters are typically super gross. Good starter can be reasonably gross if it's been sitting unfed in the fridge for a longer time. But after feeding and letting it rise, it should have a nice cream or light brown colour, depending on the used flour. The smell is usually yeast, yoghurt, and maybe a hint of vinegar and alcohol. If your starter rises nicely and smells pleasant and yields a tasty, soft bread, it's pretty certain that the good microbes have won.

[@trusarmor4957]

my Dad and i used to rise before the Spring Sun and Hunt the Wild Yeast across the warm rain swept Plains of Brooklyn.

[@jonathanhinga4132]

Bruh

[@rockaway0beach]

That's what pepperidge farm remembers

[@sauravbasu8805]

Meh. I take yeasts from my armpits, whenever I need some. Domestic yeasts are far better.

[@emsk9567]

@@sauravbasu8805 ode to a lump of green putty I found in my armpit one midsummer morning

[@JenovaGirzz]

@@emsk9567 DansGame

[@omegamatsu]

From the yeast's POV theres a Thanos snap every 24hrs

[@TheRguru1]

A small price to pay for sourdough.

[@Ananamitron]

I used the starter to kill the starter.

[@kyletorfin]

You don't know that! I'm the only one who knows that

[@miketacos9034]

5:45 Thanos Confirmed

[@luiss428]

"all that for a drop of *h o o c h* ?"

[@TaylorIserman]

These researchers are crazy good on camera. Most researchers I’ve met would probably not be as good at KZbin videos.

[@marjoriejohnson6535]

50+ years ago I started my starter in several places on my property..and yes with same water ( rain water) ,same flour ( organic from healthfood store...the first one in my area) and hanging it in several places...the starter hanging in the woods from a pine tree tasted different from the one started in the orchard near a very large hay field that was full of wild flowers..

[@jafafafa9206]

Definitely giving this a shot out of curiosity

[@marjoriejohnson6535]

@@jafafafa9206 add very small amount of sugar and cover bowl with cheese cloth.

[@jafafafa9206]

@@marjoriejohnson6535 thanks

[@revimfadli4666]

@@jafafafa9206 palm sugar might work better than white sugar, perhaps due to nutrients and such. Only use less than 2% of flour weight if you don't want too much alcohol in the starter

[@jafafafa9206]

@@revimfadli4666 I'll be sure to try it

[@christosbelibasakis2296]

Why I capture wild yeast and not domesticated yeast

[@jadonlee821]

LOL

[@sajb6041]

i season my yeast not the bread

[@greenfun50monkyarby35]

dead meme

[@rajikkumastah452]

I'm gonna be here before it blows up

[@dhirensingh8989]

*GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL*

[@chris7372]

Lets get this bread: No Lets MAKE this bread: YES

[@DumpeNordlie]

A fellow Norwegian?

[@daddysuburban1029]

two fellow norwegians?

[@createrz8433]

Bo

[@MagicznaPanda]

3 Norwegians makes a gruppe

[@elwoje]

four fellow Norwegians?

[@krovek]

When you "discard" have your starter it doesn't have to go in the trash! it can be useful for adding to other types of baked goods simply to add some flavor. King Arthur has a great recipe for sourdough crackers. You can also just drop it right in a fry pan with some herbs or whatever you want to make a savory pancake.

[@niranjhannair606]

not in first week tho its not edible till the first week is complete it will contain 'bad' microbes

[@krovek]

@@niranjhannair606 For sure. I didn't do that when I was forming my starting. It's also not great with starter that has developed hooch. I tend to only do it with stater that's 24-48 hours old. I leave my starter in the fridge and feed it once a week when not in use, and I start feeding it daily 1-2 days before I plan to use it. So I end up with some edible starter that would otherwise go in the bin.

[@penguin_reader_yt9510]

I will try this thanks for the tip

[@belmin3905]

I made my starter waaay back before all this stuff. So I'll just tell you a few things from my experience: - It's probably best to use rye flour, it's easiest to sustain - You can make it without discarding any, just start with small amount, and before using it calculate desired weight and feed it like that - If you calculated it good, you'll be left just with scraps in your jar, but don't worry, just keep those scraps in fridge, and when you want to use it again, just feed it 2-3 times to desirable weight - Don't keep it longer then 10 days in fridge - It's gonna be sticky oh boy - It's easiest to use grams when feeding, sou you feed it in 1:1 ratio (exp. 10 grams of water:10 grams of flour) I'll edit if I remeber of something new.

[@1998tkhri]

Can you elaborate on how to make it without discarding any? Like, just start with 25g flour and water or something like that, and continually add that amount every day?

[@belmin3905]

@@1998tkhri Yeah, I started I think with 20 grams of water and 20 grams of flour and just did that for 5-6 days and it was ready. I left scraps and just feed it again. You can also store it in fridge for a few days without feeding

[@1998tkhri]

@@belmin3905 So, you started with 20g flour, 20g water. Then on day 2, you discarded it, and added new flour/water, or you added the new flout and water without discarding anything?

[@belmin3905]

@@1998tkhri just kept on adding 20 grams of both every next day, no discarding

[@bioemiliano]

just use ml of water, 1ml and 1 gram of water is the same but using grams for water looks weird

[@corsun5351]

1:23 "researchers are actively recruiting HOME BAKERS like YOU and ME" me: :’D

[@iododendron3416]

THEY: :(

[@aragusea]

I don’t get it?

[@DatSuKid]

@@aragusea As a millennial, it's ok. I don't get it either :/

[@achat77]

Adam Ragusea They feel honored to be grouped in with you.

[@hak9786]

@@DatSuKid I don't think it's got to do anything with being a millennial

[@squelchedotter]

Once you have a starter going, you can actually fry the discarded starter in a pan! It tastes pretty good.

[@Neimonster]

I'm a fried starter, twisted fried starter

[@cmisis14]

I always make a scallion pancake with my discard. Just add some toasted sesame oil to a cast iron pan, heat it up, pour on your discard. Then I sprinkle on some salt, pepper, sesame seeds, and sliced scallions. After flipping, the scallions and sesame seeds get deliciously toasty. It's great dipped in some soy sauce and black vinegar 👍

[@OldManJenkins69]

@@cmisis14 Pro Home Cooks does a similar thing! Cool, looks like that's what'll do with mine

[@strider_hiryu850]

So many great recipes

[@ExDefecit]

@@Neimonster LMAO

[@billjoyce]

Using a starter that has been in my wife's family for decades. One relative tried using whole wheat flour with it and it eventually got weaker. I have two sets, one using unbleached all purpose flour and one using whole wheat flour to feed it and after about 2 years, both are running strong.

[@apollyon5792]

I love your journalistic approach to cooking. Its refreshing. Unlike anything I've seen before. Just like a good journalist, you're just trying to inform people of raw facts using scientific data.

[@churchgest]

These scientist look like they are having a bunch of fun

[@jonathanhinga4132]

Yeah thats nice

[@user-lk9dk7nz4p]

They look like they breathing some good grass iykwim hehe

[@injeborg]

Yeah, they really seem like they love what they do and it's great to see!

[@tdiaz5555]

From experience, I can tell you that most scientists (at a university) do what they do out of interest. If you want money, industry is better.

[@rohan1_]

Can you imagine researching YEAST for a living and someone contacts you asking for an interview about your work? I'd be ecstatic too.

[@Shinigami13133]

fun fact: the symbol on the right at 1:01 is called the Rod of Caduseus and is associated with the god Hermes. It is often misconstrued as a symbol for medicine but the correct symbol for that would be what is called the Rod of Asclepius which only features one snake.

[@rossanderson4156]

Interesting, thanks

[@Tinky1rs]

Yep, the US (hospitals) often use the Rod of Caduseus for some reason.

[@sashas3362]

@@Tinky1rs They use the staff of hermes because it is a symbol for the hermetic arts, alchemy, which is the origin of pharmaceuticals (medicines). Some say that the staff of hermes is associated with scam artists and thieves though, because most alchemists were con artists, and that one should beware any practitioner which uses the staff of hermes.

[@douchebag235]

holy shit I am learning a lot today

[@ricksanchez8259]

The -Rod of- Caduceus has been used as a symbol for medicine in the United States for over a hundred years. It is perfectly acceptable to use in a medical context. Edit: Corrected "Rod of Caduceus" to just "Caduceus" as Ryan B pointed out.

[@user-jh8kf8dn1z]

I grew up in North Carolina and my high school statistics teacher had us make sourdough starters and take data on how our starter developed every day, which we then submitted to that lab at State. I didn’t appreciate it at the time, but that was such a great lesson. Let us learn about statistics and help advance research in the food sciences.

[@bbstucki]

I've had a starter for about 3 years now. I made it myself with wheat flour, and orange juice which was swapped out for water after week one. Once it was established (week 2) I began experimenting. I have fed it with fresh ground whole wheat flour, bleached AP flour, 100% rye flour, unbleached AP flour, bread flour and a mixture of many of those. I'm sure I have cycled through several bacteria and yeast strains to get to the point it is now. It has gone through a range of smells from sweaty socks, to fruity vinegar in the first year, but I never abandoned it. I've put it in the fridge for 4-6 weeks and left it to come back to a greyish top with a 1/4" of hooch on top, you just stir it up, discard some and feed it. I've made some amazing bread and pizza in the last 3 years. I now use a mix of bread flour with 20% whole wheat and 10% rye for feeding. It seems pretty consistent now. These microbial biomes are pretty resilient.

[@michaelsanchez972]

A fun starter I’ve been experimenting with recently is using onion juice instead of water once or twice a week. The smell is very funky and mildly sweet. The bread has a very very mild onion taste in the background. I wouldn’t recommend this on an established starter as the acid in the onion may harm your yeast.

[@nicholasjones4726]

"I'm calling my starter Gary."

[@deadfr0g]

Can’t tell if this about Spongebob or Pokemon.

[@lughildana]

@@deadfr0g yes

[@funkygawy]

I'm super glad to be able to help you make bread. I'm quite sour.

[@MegaPossesed]

I have Fallout 3 memories so I dislike the name entirely.

[@nicholasjones4726]

@@MegaPossesed Gaaaaaaaaary?

[@diablominero]

I started my starter with wild elderflower yeast that settled to the bottom of some elderflower champagne, unfiltered apple cider vinegar, and yogurt whey. It's still going great a year later.

[@calebstorm9285]

Can I get some step-by-step instructions

[@xhivo97]

Dude, wrong timeline!

[@diablominero]

@@xhivo97 Why? What's wrong with me saying this here?

[@diablominero]

@@calebstorm9285 I had saved and dried the yeast already. I dissolved enough sugar to taste a bit sweet into some water (probably a few tablespoons of water, but the amount isn't that important). Then I dissolved in a piece of my yeast (probably about equivalent to an eighth or a quarter teaspoon of commercial yeast) into the sugar-water. I added a bit (maybe a half teaspoon) of unfiltered vinegar, and a quarter teaspoon of the whey that rose to the top of some yogurt (I made sure to use one that had live and active cultures). I stirred in enough flour to reach the right consistency, and left it overnight. Then I started feeding it like a starter. It started bubbling enthusiastically within a day, but it took a few days for the sourness to get going and the sugar to get diluted away.

[@xhivo97]

@@diablominero Such a trippy comment that it made me think you have to be from an alternate timeline.

[@michaelkpp7285]

"Why I feed my starters not my children" _please come home_

[@kinesslop651]

Haha i once heard about a story like that so.... I can guess yours will end the same too. The father never come back.

[@taustyz5875]

Why I fed my children to the starter

[@infernaldaedra]

Another reason to use pure water is because it prevents dangerous bacteria or molds from culturing in the starter. It's just much safer and cleaner so you should definitely do that. another interesting thing is that people have successfully captured ancient or specific yeast strains by making starters around old breweries or bakeries. :D

[@JM-yz6zb]

ooooo that is interesting!

[@guacre2675]

How would purified water reduce the risk of bad bacteria or mold infection?

[@wuxxy]

@@guacre2675 purified means clean. clean water means less bad bacteria

[@Mallchad]

​@@guacre2675Tap water is usually treated with chlorine-containing chemicals to steralize it of microorganiusms that could make you ill but its not really complete. Chlorine isn't magic and some (many) species of bacteria will survive. More still will accumulate in your pipes and kitchen utensils and evade damage. Filtered water will help remove most of the microorganisms but again, its limited by how clean your kitchen utensils and containers are. Spring water and generic bottled water realistically is about the same as filtered water. Realistically you're not going to get rid of bad microorganisms, the goal is really to encourage non-harmful microorganisms like yeast to outcompete (kill) the ones you don't want.

[@michaelsanchez972]

It would have to be a significant amount of bad bacteria or mold hiding in that water to colonize. Otherwise your yeast culture can and will overpower bacteria/mold if it’s already established and well fed.

[@zacharyg623]

Literally this morning just started my first starter. Quit spying on me Adam

[@TheAndersDanilet]

Started mine last night. I’m fine if Adam, Babish, Chef John, Kenji Lope or Josh Weissman spy on me and then teach me how to cook. But Zuckerberg better stay away.

[@HussiAli123]

And im about to make one

[@epicepidemic7131]

You do realize it's Google doing the spying through your phone's mic. I tested it by talking out loud about buying toys for my dog...and got dog-toy ads a few hours later. I don't have a dog.

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

@@epicepidemic7131 Yep it does spy, same thing happened to me when I talked about wanting Round Table pizza, then I got the ad soon after lol.

[@carolinablue6987]

How did it go?

[@sankalpsrivatsa179]

Adam I was LITERALLY like 2 secs ago searching for how to make bread. You're reading my mind bro

[@Feniantimmy]

We made our starter by leaving the bowl of flour and water out for a day. At the Quartz Creek campground on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. It has been fed and used now for about 3 years. If not used every 5 days, I feed it as per a usual feeding. I now bake a boule with it every 5 days using this recipe: 1k dough bowl: flour, filtered water, salt, 100 g starter. I cold ferment for 5 days, stretch and pull once every day. I've been doing this for 3 years. I use King Arthur rye flour for the starter exclusively. I keep it in the fridge. I made the dough using cold starter (it's going to get cold anyway).

[@shaquilleoneal117]

I though that capturing wild yeast was digging in my backyard and grinding a rock into a powder or something.

[@harryw.174]

Hey shaq :D

[@thereisonlyone6357]

Salaam Alekum Shaquille!😁

[@armaansamirizvi3354]

Holy smokes, I literally was using the premade pizza bases and they tasted like crap, but i couldn't help it, because there was no yeast available anywhere.. This video is exactly what I needed man, thanks Adam

[@BloodSprite-tan]

yeah it's really easy too, sourdough starter makes great pizza dough! i have been having a lot of fun with my sourdough starter, already on my 4 product.

[@jessicali8594]

The easiest pizza base dough is made with plain yogurt and flour; delicious too, once cooked as pizza.

[@rexnihilum7822]

10:54 "so you see a rapid rise *chuckle* in the rye flour"

[@summerp7811]

I am 51 years old, I have starter from my great grandmother, it is really a family thing, now 5th generation sour dough starter. Best bread ever!

[@ellsappelle9929]

9:40 this is why I love your channel Adam! Demystifying and taking the myth out of the kitchen, and your willingness to mix the ‘art’ of cooking with the science of what is actually going on is very refreshing! You’re a legend

[@MarschelArts]

I've started baking with my own sour dough a few years ago out of couriosity and try it on and off since then. Was pretty handy once the yeast wasn't available anymore. I experiment with different flours and felt the best result was with a mix of rye and whole wheat flour. Starting with rye, then mix rye and wheat 50 50 or alternating. Never tried destilled water, though I get why it might help. Tap water has a lot of stuff in it, depending where you live. Mine seems to work fine. As to what to do with the surplus Starter: I started to mix that into a bit of extra water and flour, some salt and sometimes Olive oil or melted butter, knead it up into a small batch of doughlet it sit a bit and make a flat pan bread out of that for breakfast. Usually I get two good pieces out of that. It's sometimes like pita, sometimes it resembles naan a bit more. Better than just throwing it away.

[@chezmoi42]

Good idea. I know I've come along late, but for variety, you can also make an English muffin - just roll it into a ball, flatten it to about 1+ cm (1/2"), and let it rise to double height, then fry it on a griddle for about 5 min on each side. Separate by piercing around its waist with a fork, to make a nice rough texture that will hold the butter, honey, jam, whatever.

[@JoniWan77]

@@chezmoi42 You speaking about a scone?

[@chezmoi42]

@@JoniWan77 No, a scone dough is made with baking powder and baked in the oven. Perhaps English muffins are not common where you live or you've not noticed them. They are more closely related to a crumpet, which is made with a batter. They are both made on a griddle and used in similar ways. Here's a visual explanation - do try them if you like to make bread. tastessence.com/what-is-difference-between-crumpets-english-muffins

[@JoniWan77]

@@chezmoi42 Ah, okay, thanks. The description on how they were made just sounded similar to a scone.

[@chezmoi42]

@@JoniWan77 I can see that; my English friends make little round scones. I'm American, and I tend to form mine into a big round, then cut it into wedges. My recipe is also less rich than theirs.

[@cnhoffman]

Adam, A long time ago I had a sourdough starter that I got particularly lazy with feeding. Eventually some of the breads that I made from it would mold extremely quickly. I suspect that I was cultivating some nasty molds because of my lazy schedule. (These were all rye breads in my starter is fed with rye flour only). Oftentimes the internal temperature of a bread doesn't get over 200 degrees Fahrenheit.

[@2adamast]

Bread is normally fully pasteurised for milk at 200°F the time needed is 0.1sec

[@colossusjak2]

U didn’t die tho

[@colossusjak2]

U didn’t die tho

[@bryanharrison3889]

Its also good to note that once your starter is alive and healthy you can use your discarded starter to make pancakes or fritters every morning. So you cut your starter in half, feed it, take the half you took out, put it in a warm pan with a little butter, and make a pancake with it. If you already have enough starter that your discard is enough to make more than one pancake, then that's awesome, especially if you have a large family. This way you're not WASTING anything and your starter is always getting fed and is alive and well and at room temperature. And the best part is, the discard is perfect as it is to go STRAIGHT INTO THE PAN. you can add stuff if you want, but if you stir it up or mess with it too much you kill some of the bubbles and it doesn't make as fluffy of a pancake. THESE are my favorite pancakes, just regular unbleached flour starter discard fried in butter, straight out of the starter jar. ZERO WASTE. I live by myself and have a relatively small starter, so my discard every morning is enough to make 2 pancakes that are big enough to use to make a sausage patty pancake sandwich with. Let me tell you, you can't BUY that kind of breakfast sandwich, its incredible.

[@rikkowastaken]

I made a starter a year ago, haven't feed it in 9 months and still in the fridge. Must be an ecosystem there right now.

[@aihwhejskskkksjdjfjncbs]

Or ya know, it could be dead

[@skip123davis]

if it's still alive check your visa bill. it may have achieved sentience, and ordering things online.

[@smievil]

@@skip123davis hate it when that happens

[@13Luk6iul]

You don‘t have to throw away anything. Once you have a mature starter, take out half and set aside! Feed the starter, and use the „discard“ to bake your bread.

[@footstomppodcast4]

for real though it says on the website to throw away or compost. I am curious how much you use or need for a loaf im guessing this just takes the place of dry yeast in the recipe?

[@13Luk6iul]

@@footstomppodcast4 i usually add 10-20% of starter relative to the weight of the flour

[@dillpickle5973]

The fact that you involve the food science in explanations of your already delicious recipes is what sets you apart from other youtubers. I’ve been subscribed for a hot minute. Today I made your roast chicken recipe, but I stuffed the chicken with orange, sage, and garlic, instead of the lemon, rosemary, and shallot. absolutely delicious. I simmered the sage and garlic in the gravy, and I squeezed a bit of that roasted orange into it as well. Thanks for the inspiration for my own recipe dude, and thanks for always putting out quality content!!

[@lindavolker3692]

Thank you so much for posting a video on this topic! I went to the website to learn more about the project and followed the link to sign up for the "Fermentology mini-seminar series". I've already learned some pretty fascinating facts about fermentation posted from the previous seminars and now I have TWO things to look forward to on Thursdays: Adam's new vid and the weekly Fermentation Seminar.

[@ninjaeris131]

No one has ever explained what a sourdough starter is, in all the videos I've watch... THANK YOU SO FREAKING MUCH!!!!

[@user-wq4jh7df3m]

1:51 Adam flexing his yeast packets at us, good god we get it you got yeast ok

[@Solbashio]

Stores near me don't even have dry yeast

[@sazji]

Solbashio I haven’t seen yeast in the stores for ages but decent flour has reappeared. No sign of rye flour anywhere tho!

[@suncopper1841]

Here in Chile we have a lot

[@aviationchannel6204]

I have 3 packets of active dry yeast that's going to last me about a few months, and the supermarket is still selling yeast.

[@ZsOtherBrother]

This is the best and most complete video on sourdough yeast that I've seen so far, thank you.

[@ogreunderbridge5204]

Man, this channel covers a lot of things I several times have tried and failed looking into. I´m binge watching! Thanks a lot :)

[@wernerlindorfer3693]

I love how she giggles when she says pooping and farting.

[@bruceU]

Scientists are people too and usually dorky people

[@acab9120]

Seamus ah yes gate keeping giggling over something

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

@Seamus Aside from the stuck up ones who act like it's a horrible thing to do and pretend they don't do it themselves lol.

[@nahrafe]

@@bruceU don't forget they're certified nerds

[@fglend73]

My starter is over 2 years old now and from my experience you don’t have to be very particular with it. It’s surprisingly resilient. I feed it with whatever flour I have on hand. I’ve ignored it for up to 2 months while it sits in the fridge, and it revives pretty quickly with a couple of feedings.

[@guynakash]

I started baking sourdough bread about a year ago, and I used regular all purpose flour for the starter, for the bread itself I use strong bread flour with high protein content but for the actual starter plain white all purpose flour worked just fine. Great video, as usual.

[@Thingsyourollup]

Fascinating!!!! I had watched another video on making sourdough starters, and also kombucha starters and the whole process had me curious. You did a great job answering all my questions as they came up.

[@usmaniqbal9207]

White Whine Report: There have been no mention of White Wine. Thank you for watching

[@callumsuttie3911]

Usman Iqbal lol

[@PLANDerLinde99]

I don't care. I'll substitute my water for white wine when mixing with the flour

[@UrbanPanic]

Well, if you did this with more water and changed a couple steps this could be considered a wheat wine. In german, wheat (weizen) and white (weiss) sound kinda similar. So, Weizenwein (wheat wine) and Weisswein (white wine) sound similar enough to a non-german speaker that I'll call them the same thing. So, no mention of white wine because he MADE white wine. Just not very good white wine. Which is fine, because you want to use your good wine for drinking, not for cooking.

[@watercressfabrique3333]

I mean, he did mention Hooch!

[@shu830]

Hooch tho

[@spirits4616]

Thanks Adam! Your videos really help me and my family. I love showing them to my parents so I can help them cook your recipies! Thanks for the recipies that me and my family enjoy.

[@HyperactiveNeuron]

2022 and I think you convinced me to give this a shot. My mother is an long time avid sour dough baker. She has only gone without a continuous starter for a couple of months due to a power outage from an ice storm years ago. That starter was her original one and was told enough to buy it's own alcohol even though it made it. Her current starter which is actually more or less a clone for one is her best friends starter that my mom actually gave her is now approximately 16 years old but it came from a starter that was about 20 years old so I guess it's actually 36. She's refined her process and has practically done it in her sleep and I've even seen her in the last couple of years get up at 5 am, turn on the coffee maker, the stove light and get a couple of loaves started rising and going back to bed. When I was in highschool it was so good a couple of our friends bribed my brother and I to let them know when she was baking. For years she's brided her youngest brother to do things like fix stuff with her bread LOL! It really is that good.

[@GogiRegion]

I actually recently learned of a different style of sourdough like product that is very different and way less sour. Instead of using wild yeast and bacteria, the starter begins with still fermenting rice wine. It has way less lactic acid bacteria, and also has Rhizopus oryzae (a mold that breaks down protein into amino acids and starch into sugar). As a result, the starch and the gluten is broken down at a much faster rate than yeast can do, so it creates sweet and fluffy cake-like bread that is great for buns and small baked goods.

[@rayhankhan903]

This is what I'm going to do since all the pet adoption centers around me are closed.

[@KyrieFortune]

Don't shop for yeast, adopt from your local yeast shelter

[@kamo7293]

Sourdough starter really is like a pet

[@ndzd9941]

@@kamo7293 Yeah like cats, they sit around all day wasting materials and also like cats they sourdough starter catches bacteria just like cats catch mice. Conclusion: Sourdough starter is a better cat

[@jvallas]

Or a tamagotchi

[@bl6973]

KyrieFortune Don’t support your local PETY shelter. Support an actually no-kill yeast shelter. (PETY stands for people’s ethical treatment of yeast)

[@geraldhommemusic]

Literally just baked my first sourdough bread, than sat down and saw this. Making a few adjustments to my starter set up thanks to this!

[@jaspervanheycop9722]

11:56 "When's the last time you heard about a major food outbreak from sourdough?" Ergot poisoning. (Also why if you're going to start doing sourdough on the regular DO NOT start with rye)

[@xyzsame4081]

Ergot would also be dangerous when it is not fermented at all. If anything fermentation might break it down (?). And I think these days wheat isn't a source of ergot as it used to be back in the day (depending on weather and growing conditions). but I heard of _organic_ millet having problems (from a certain region because they do not use herbizides, fungicides and the growing conditions were good for ergot). They had to call them back.

[@nycbearff]

I remember reading that the ergot mold didn't grow on flour, but on the grain in the fields, and the ergot was just ground along with the grain. So - you may have no problem at all with using rye flour.

[@GoldStoneGamingHub]

"Without the rise, bread wouldn't have the bubbles or taste as good" *Me: [cackles in Matzo]*

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Incredible video as always; Recommendation: You should make carbonara, one of the best italian dishes ever, i would love to see your take on it.

[@jonathansetzer6456]

I just made a starter! :)

[@lifebeginstoday1365]

i started off looking for an easy oatmeal cookie recipe and ended up here. I am so glad I did. I don't know if the sourdough project is still taking samples in the 3rd quarter of 2022. But I am going to review their website and try my hand at making my own starter. Mine will be using flour that is available in The Gambia where I am currently located. Then I will try again when I return home to Michigan next year. It will be interesting to see how different the starter will be using this African Atlantic Ocean water and the Michigan Great Lakes water and the different brands of flour available.

[@TinaGaspard]

This is so fascinating to me for some reason. I've watched it like 4 times already.

[@JAEVideogroup]

This is cool! I've always been nervous about making my own starter, but this video and the website have convinced me to give it a shot!

[@gagne6928]

Wimp

[@sazji]

SpookyKabuki Do It! I’d baked for years but always thought maintaining sourdough seemed too much hassle. Then lockdown came and I figured “I have the time, so why not?” And was surprised by how much trouble it’s not. Making the bread is a bit more involved but once you do it a couple times and aren’t willing to screw up (though it’s pretty forgiving) it becomes second nature.

[@Dj992Music]

How did it turn out??

[@robinsuj]

This video made me remember to feed my starter (that I started last week, the first one :D)

[@camerenisonfire]

Great to see more love for NC State in your videos. Think and Do.

[@HolyMess420]

I love these informative videos you do so much. This was far more in depth than any tutorial I've seen for sourdough starter and it instilled some much needed confidence and direction in me for when I start undertaking it. 🙂 I've seen a few videos with recipes for things to do with the sourdough discard, so if you're actually throwing it away - please don't! I would feel very guilty and offput by the waste of food and money if it were me. 😬 Thanks! 💜💚

[@willykanos1044]

I have used sourdough starter for years. I lived in Alaska for a long time. I have also lived in Mexico so I am curious about using corn flour. It's available in several ways. Masa is corn flour that is milled much finer than corn meal. There is also an even finer grind of corn. I have some of both and would like to try them.

[@BoBoCooking]

i couldnt keep my attention in class for more than 5 minutes.... but I finished watchng your video :D Absolutely love it & great education

[@gagne6928]

Nope! I hate you now

[@riseofthethorax]

I like watching Adams videos, Im not a cook, it just answers some questions I've had like what yeast do, where they come from, etc

[@corteltube]

I have been making sour dough...I have a great starter...but your video has answered some nagging questions and misconceptions from other videos...thank you. 😌 One thing for sure, once you start making real sour dough goodies, you won’t go back to any other bread. It is labor intensive at first, but gets easier with every loaf.

[@shyasaturtle]

I'm also gonna be naming my starters too.

[@gagne6928]

Can I be your next one my name is Ben Dover

[@callioscope]

I created a starter in September. With it, I bake: sourdough bread, banana bread (my favorite because it’s not cloyingly sweet), my husband’s super delicious chocolate birthday cake earlier this month, waffles, pancakes, crepes, crackers and coffee cake. I loved creating it, finding just the right ratio of flour and water to feed it, and caring for it. I can’t cook worth a damn and started anxiety baking with the presidential election. If I can do this, anyone can.

[@jasperchristie133]

Erin was one of my professors at Governor’s School! This was a really cool video and now I’m inspired to make a sourdough starter again for science!

[@alexj6936]

I think this is an awesome project! I really like the scientific aproach to this, as every book about sour dough tells you slightly different things! Keep up the good work, I really enjoy your videos!

[@roberthoople]

I am now calling bread: "Structured Microbe Fart Loaf"

[@eliz5950]

Why do I season my yeast, not my bread.

[@manishchavan]

Why do I put a gulg of wine on my tomato plants!

[@user-gv8lf4bl8n]

אל תחפור

[@eliz5950]

@@user-gv8lf4bl8n לא חופר

[@prateekkarn9277]

@@eliz5950 what language is that

[@eliz5950]

@@prateekkarn9277 hebrew

[@whitemane380]

My grandma used to sour the dough with watered yogurt.Yogurt includes these bacterias also.And you can wait the wet flour outside just like this dude.Its not that complicated actually.And once you sour it you can use it all the way.Just take some,and add some flour and so on.You can make beer,mead,wine or any drink includes alcohol by using wild yeasts too.But be carefull it can be end up being vinegar.It is really good to see a video like this by the way.Thank you!

[@CopenhagenDreaming]

A friend of mine is a teacher, and one of the topics she taught when doing remote learning classes for her students during lockdown was... Sourdough! They combined home ec, biology and maths lessons, and her class was each making their own sourdough starter at home and reporting on the progress with charts and measurements of actual and projected growth, as well as their families' reviews of the bread they made. (Some results were apparently... Not great? But the quality of the bread obviously had no influence on their grade.) Teachers really did a heck of a job in Lockdown, trying to find ways to teach in an engaging way via webcam. Kudos to all of them!

[@kfgfkhg]

"pooping out, wait no farting out" I don't think that's a technicality that anyone cared about

[@taejaskudva2543]

I dunno - I think this is the phrasing that makes kids and dads think baking is awesome...

[@robinsss]

@Seamus there's just no pretty way to explain it

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

I found it humorous though lol XD reminds me of when Dr. Mike talked about certain bacterias "farting" lol.

[@benbrooker]

Hi Adam... just started my sourdough culture... gonna join in the study... located in the countryside of Bristol in the United Kingdom... UK gang say hi!!!

[@dustinhodges9987]

Thanks so much for all the good content and scientifically backed explanations. So few people give these kinds of explanations on this topic

[@susetta92]

Thank you for this video! I have wanted to make sourdough for a long time, but I never had enough motivation to actually do it. Doing it for science could be the way to go :) happy to have found your channel.

[@bilkins9638]

This video is incredibly comprehensive and well developed (or prooved?). Thanks for taking the time to understand all aspects of culinary topics and present unbiased information regarding preferences, techniques, and outcomes. After watching hours of videos on different sourdough starters, this one really helps you understand the underlying mechanics of the starter. It should allow home bakers to nurture a starter more effectively.

[@f3wbs]

I’ve used wild yeast for soda and it is quite interesting.

[@jadonlee821]

Nice, what happened tho? Did it explode or....

[@bas3547]

Have used it too, for univeristy

[@freddiebvw113]

It's not soda bread then. It's just sourdough bread

[@f3wbs]

It did about a week in but the bottle was fine.

[@f3wbs]

I mean for actual soda pop. There was wild yeast on my grapes so I just used that.

[@calebrinderer148]

Very relevant video and as a NC State student I am so excited to see this! Can't wait to try this and help out with the data collection!

[@roberts_matlagning]

I've just fowarded my sourdough project to you. Enjoy, and keep doing what you are doing! I specifically enjoy the sceintific references in your videos.//Robert, Sweden

[@ToddHowardWithAGun]

This is a pretty neat project. I was literally just wondering about this myself and what the best way to grow sourdough was.

[@MagicznaPanda]

Definitely don't call it "Gary", he's a total asshole.

[@feryth]

"Now let's make some bread with bugs!" Next video: exploring insect flour for bread

[@isidoreaerys8745]

This is SO fascinating. Things I never realized I always wanted to know!

[@nicopinchak9970]

Best sourdough video on KZbin by miles. Thanks!

[@samdragonborn5864]

I didn’t start dumping out bits of my starter until I realized I needed to control the population 😬 Edit: I started with a small amount, so I never needed to really do it. Cheryl’s fine

[@joemiller9522]

Adam: It's easy to make the starter, first you get some flour then stir in some water, then Me: Please don't add white wine

[@gloccwizard]

your production quality has increased so much over the last year it's insane

[@PriyasKonguNaatuSamayal]

Excellent. I used bread itself instead of yeast when no yeast was available in quarantine. It worked.

[@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz9102]

Idk why but I just thought of bear Grylls when I saw "wild" and "capture"

[@martbf71195]

10:55. Made me burst out laughing.

[@spacial2]

Gonna sign up for this project. I make all my own bread and would love to get into this method. Never have I been more happy to be a non-American. I live on S Coast England in a house built 130 years ago and has hosted at least 10 different familys in that time. Anyway, love your channel, not least because it gets me thinking. Which is you think about it, is thinking my way to good health. I think..

[@esper6119]

i like how selection was my immediate thought with the discarding evolution is neat

[@RonnieBoadi]

"the yeast... It's.... It's coming from.. INSIDE THE HOUSE

[@samsunnahar6722]

So the "Aroma" of those fancy breads are actually the Farts of the bacteria there? WTF?!

[@junkiejackflash]

Same with Swiss cheese

[@damienthonk1506]

@Seamus That is literally the most disturbing and gross way you could've possibly put that.

[@maxsmith8196]

Seamus not much sex going on with single celled organisms :(

[@robinsss]

@@damienthonk1506 there is no pretty explanation

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

Yep lol XD at least they smell good yeah?

[@jnsnj1]

I had a starter last year that I inoculated with kombucha and fed a mix of whole wheat and milled oatmeal. It started off a little funky but over time had a smell like apple cider, malt, and oatmeal(duh). It was fantastic, especially for making pancakes.

[@gettem6341]

your videos are always well researched

[@riceel9068]

10:55 "you see a rapid ryse *chuckles to her own pun*"

[@jasonsharmamusic2925]

White wine report: I haven't completed watching the video yet. Will update after few minutes

[@EliasReda]

My grandmother used to do this, and the first time I heard about it as a kid was mindblowing.

[@vizprave6721]

Townsends made a video on this. He talked about the common types of yeast used during the 18th century which are lager yeast, ale yeast and wild yeast and when there was a shortage of ale yeast, the people used to make sourdough bread with wild yeast