On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:03:44 +0000, Dick Adams wrote:

"Felix Karpfen" wrote in message ...

... drawing repeated attention to an FAQ that fails to recognize the
experiences of the past ten years seemed an odd way to encourage new
arrivals to sourdough baking.

Who is doing that (drawing repeated attention to some FAQ)?
Which FAQ do you have in mind?
http://www.nyx.net/~dgreenw/sourdoughfaqs.html
http://www.nyx.net/~dgreenw/sourdoughqa.html
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-gro.../recipes/part2
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-gro.../recipes/part2
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-gro...dough/starters
or some other?

Until recently, some FAQ's, or links to FAQ's, were posted here periodically.
I think the person who posted them is still out there. If there is any continuing
interest, I think he would be glad to know it.

And maybe my suggestion should have been posted to directly to the sender.

I did not wish to comment on the value of the above FAQs.
My sourdough baking experience is too limited and I continue to derive
help from the information that the FAQs contain.

But, a guided tour through the search features of Google Groups would help
some new arrivals to find additional information in the archives of
rec.food.sourdough.

I also cited some recent postings from Ron on "65 C Bread" that had
helpful links and were news to me. So there still are some posters who do
not just want to see their name in print.

Felix Karpfen

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