SOURDOUGH

Sourdough

Sourdough is a bread product made by a long fermentation of dough using naturally occurring lactobacilli and yeasts. In comparison with breads made quickly with cultivated yeast, it usually has a mildly sour taste because of the lactic acid produced by the lactobacilli.

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sourdough

Noun

  1. Dough, leavened with yeast and lactobacteria that produce acids giving a sour taste.
  2. An old-timer, especially in Alaska. From the distinctive pouches of bread starter worn on a belt or around the neck by experienced prospectors during the . 1 2
  3. A permanent resident of the territory. Someone who has lived in the Yukon during all four seasons.

Adjective

  1. Made from dough that was leavened with yeast and lactobacteria that produce acids giving a sour taste.


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