Never heard of Herman, but turns out it is a sour dough. This cookbook has a recipe to make a Herman sour dough starter. Also has several recipes that use the Herman.
by cnew111
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eilonwyhasemu
During my mother’s bread-baking phase circa 1978, she always referred to the sourdough starter as “Herman.” I’d assumed it was just a quirky name — hadn’t realized it was something other people did.
wrongseeds
It’s a sour dough starter. Had to look it up.
lubeelubsodds
I had never heard of sweet sourdough starter before, thank you for sharing! I’ve made sourdough bread twice a week for decades 🙂
“Herman has been forgotten about and left neglected in the fridge for weeks” How could you do Herman like that?! Also that would definitely be me. Maybe I should start naming my sourdoughs so I remember to feed them…
Ganado1
Was this someone’s sour dough starter? And there name was Herman? I’ve never heard of this. I make mine from scratch. Its a bit fiddely but worth the time and effort.
zedicar
Always heard sourdough starter called Herman the 70 and 80’s
Jscrappyfit
I love learning new (old) things about cooking and baking.
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During my mother’s bread-baking phase circa 1978, she always referred to the sourdough starter as “Herman.” I’d assumed it was just a quirky name — hadn’t realized it was something other people did.
It’s a sour dough starter. Had to look it up.
I had never heard of sweet sourdough starter before, thank you for sharing! I’ve made sourdough bread twice a week for decades 🙂
This was an interesting read:
[https://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/2927/converting-traditional-starter-obtain-mild-sweet-bread](https://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/2927/converting-traditional-starter-obtain-mild-sweet-bread)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_cake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_cake)
Ooooo applesauce donut sound so good!
“Herman has been forgotten about and left neglected in the fridge for weeks”
How could you do Herman like that?!
Also that would definitely be me. Maybe I should start naming my sourdoughs so I remember to feed them…
Was this someone’s sour dough starter? And there name was Herman? I’ve never heard of this. I make mine from scratch. Its a bit fiddely but worth the time and effort.
Always heard sourdough starter called Herman the 70 and 80’s
I love learning new (old) things about cooking and baking.