Thanks Dave,
If you have a kilner jar you might want to grow it in that, and then you can take piccies from the side. Does look pretty brown!
Is this because you love sourdough or is it sadly like me - just the challenge of producing the first loaf?
I find I much prefer the taste of poolish/biga based breads and they are so much less demanding .... but this as everything is all personal taste! I like the idea of thinking a day or two ahead and seeing something and tasting less intense than sour but more flavour than one- day bread.
Looking forward to seeing your first loaves.
I am not sure what a killner jar is - perhaps a Mason jar? In any event, I don't have one.
I'm doing it for the novelty, mainly - just because I haven't done it before and want to try. I don't cook/bake nearly as much as I'd like. It's tough in New York - and virtually the same price to just order delivery. The last thing I want to do when I get home from work is spend time cooking, though I enjoy cooking.
I love sourdough bread. What's the difference between poolish/biga and sourdough? I thought they were different names for the same thing, or at least referred to differing amounts of sourdough starter used in the bread.