Just out of idle couriosity. Sort of. I was wondering
what is the difference (if any) between Sourdough and
Amish frendship bread.

"Gordon" wrote in message ...
Just out of idle couriosity. Sort of. I was wondering
what is the difference (if any) between Sourdough and
Amish frendship bread.

Apparently many sourdough strains can survive the schedule
of mistreatments attributed to the Amish.

The Amish way keeps people off the streets, and solves the
sourdough-starter-waste problem which tripped up writer-
restaurateur Nancy Silverton*.

The Amish-Friendship routine has the potential to inundate the
planet in a sickenly-sweet muck of grain- and dairy products.
Providentially, that has not so far occurred.

On 1 May 2009 05:35:10 +0100, Gordon
wrote:

Just out of idle couriosity. Sort of. I was wondering
what is the difference (if any) between Sourdough and
Amish frendship bread.

Howdy,

There is a very wide variety of sourdough breads, and Amish
Friendship Bread is one of 'em.

All the best,
--
Kenneth

If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS."

"Dick Adams" wrote in
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"Gordon" wrote in message
...
Just out of idle couriosity. Sort of. I was wondering
what is the difference (if any) between Sourdough and
Amish frendship bread.

Apparently many sourdough strains can survive the schedule
of mistreatments attributed to the Amish.

The Amish way keeps people off the streets, and solves the
sourdough-starter-waste problem which tripped up writer-
restaurateur Nancy Silverton*.

The Amish-Friendship routine has the potential to inundate the
planet in a sickenly-sweet muck of grain- and dairy products.
Providentially, that has not so far occurred.




Actually it freezes up quite well. Instead of passing along
the extra, I freeze it. When I have 10 small batches in the
freezer, I bake off the current active batch. By this time
I'm sick of the stuff anyway. Later, I can take out one of
the small batches and bake two loaves of bread. When the
small batches start running low, I can use one to start a
mother batch and start the cycle all over.

See? All self contained. No need to pester your friends
with the stuff.

I sometimes wonder if it wasn't first called Amway Friendship
Bread.

On Apr 30, 11:35 pm, Gordon wrote:
Just out of idle couriosity. Sort of. I was wondering
what is the difference (if any) between Sourdough and
Amish frendship bread.

I suppose you could consider Amish Friendship bread a specific variant
of a levain bread, but the info that I read when I googled it was not
very appealing. The idea of dragging a sponge-starter along for days
and days and then adding a bunch of "stuff" (butter, sugar, fruit,
baking soda, gelatin???) to it before baking... had a Duncan Hines (or
maybe Stephen King) feel. What is the gluten is like after the flour's
been wet for a week?

If you're looking for butter & fruit... check out Alsatian kugelhof
(or a variant thereof). It's a toned down molded brioche with fruit
and nuts. And it is considerably less involved... 2 days start to
finish with levain starter.

Gordon wrote:

I sometimes wonder if it wasn't first called Amway Friendship
Bread.

Now *that's* funny!

B/

Will wrote in news:3c072259-346f-4253-9038-
:

I suppose you could consider Amish Friendship bread a specific variant
of a levain bread, but the info that I read when I googled it was not
very appealing. The idea of dragging a sponge-starter along for days
and days and then adding a bunch of "stuff" (butter, sugar, fruit,
baking soda, gelatin???) to it before baking... had a Duncan Hines (or
maybe Stephen King) feel. What is the gluten is like after the flour's
been wet for a week?

I'm not sure what the gluten is like. The batter that gets made
up is more of a pour batter, not a dough. The bread is actualy
a quick bread, More like muffins or pound cake.
I've not seen a recipie that calls for gelatin. I just stick
with the basics: Flour, Suger, Baking soda and powder, oil
milk, and eggs. The fruit and nuts are optional and can be
varied. I once made a loaf with mini chocolate chips and nuts.
THe kids loved it. I did too.