Samartha Deva > wrote in message >...
> With Wu Wei, holy grail, a picture of me, my bread and a bunch of
> recipes amongst other SD thingies besides the term "sourheads".
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> http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/food/...647521,00.html
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> Samartha

Wu wei bread?
Sounds exotic….
Samartha you are applying some Taoist principles on your wu wei
bread. It implies that in your case you are emphasizing spontaneity
in action; Not much of it or no in action either.
You go with the flow of events.. Not to oppose it but live with it.
You may make a mistake in your steps but doing it whether it come out
right of wrong does not matter as long as you are perfectly at peace
with your self sand you are not attached to the results which in the
end you expect to come out good anyway. As you are acting it with good
intentions and you are expectedly to reap good karma. Which result on
consistently good bread as what you found in your experience.
Further You just do everything it in a relaxed manner.And not think
of anything stressfull such as exact measurements and worrying about
the result.
Hmns that sounds like the principle of Tai chi and Pa Kua ( Bagua
)Chinese Soft martial art of taoist origin that embody related
principle as applied in combat.
An expert on such art , can deftly counter enemy force by deflecting
the enemy strike it with minimal force ( instead of meeting the force
head on as done by hard martial art like karate and boxing) and
immediately applying an effective form of counterattack usually
unexpected by the opponent.
You are not disturbing the flow of action but following it in cyclic
manner.
As you applied wu wei in your sourdough ( and how I understand it)it
does not care much about precision or even accuracy but just taking a
part of each ingredient needed and compensating any inevenness it by
adding more or less of the other material until you get the right
balance of ingredients in the resulting dough. Yin and Yang principles
in breadmaking huh?
It looks simple anyway as what you need in your dough is just flour,
starter,salt and water .And it does not need complicated science after
all to enable you to attain your goal. But by publicizing such
method you are looking for disciples of the right mental frame that
does not antagonize your style
And you are hoping that the devoted practitioner of the true
sourdough will become your follower.
It is likely that as your skill in such form of spontaneous baking
impoves you will learn to apply the precepts of The Art of War by
Sun Tzu. for best effect with your dough making<g>.
Roy