Will wrote:
> And what if you didn't have a "fridge" . The medieval bakers managed
> somehow...
>
Bakers, by the nature of their business, tend to bake every day. Since
bread was the staff of life in those days, a bake everyday was the order
of the day.

In some areas, housewives tended to bake for their families once a week
- when they could use the communities oven. So, with the right to use
the oven, the town's starter was passed from person to person.

My experience is that starters are happier when they are used, as
opposed to being refrigerated. Sadly, that doesn't really fit into most
people's schedules

Mike


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