tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062615889003930092.post5258225553223467432..comments2023-10-09T17:16:56.724+01:00Comments on Blue Island Almanack: Wild breadDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509853932305428602noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062615889003930092.post-74176497350913872962008-04-08T14:17:00.000+01:002008-04-08T14:17:00.000+01:00PJ,I'm not sure I've mastered the science of food....PJ,<BR/>I'm not sure I've mastered the science of food. In fact, I'm quite certain that I haven't.<BR/>Since you ask, the response is generally favorable. Although, I'm almost never entirely happy with the outcome.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14509853932305428602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062615889003930092.post-77948431439407870522008-04-04T16:39:00.000+01:002008-04-04T16:39:00.000+01:00erd you may have mastered the biology of food, but...erd you may have mastered the biology of food, but the final test is how it tastes..... and the response to your creations?Pat Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18142174423986806144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062615889003930092.post-90007753639322071682008-04-03T18:30:00.000+01:002008-04-03T18:30:00.000+01:00Sue,The increasing obsession over cleanliness is a...Sue,<BR/>The increasing obsession over cleanliness is a good point. I've been concerned for several years about what I perceive to be a fairly widely-believed myth that humans are closed systems. I think this myth negatively affects our ability to build sustainable lifestyles and negatively impacts our health.<BR/>As for the geography of food, if I'd followed a different academic path, I feel fairly certain that I'd be researching and writing on this. There's a good bit written on the (bio)geography of wine/beer/spirits, but I can't say that I've ever seen anything on bread (though I've only ever scratched the surface on that). I'm interested in spatial variation and patterns of movement, there. Alas, I'll have to content myself with cooking and traveling for "research purposes".Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14509853932305428602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062615889003930092.post-75378993908157311442008-04-02T22:02:00.000+01:002008-04-02T22:02:00.000+01:00Ah, sourdough. I remember learning about the impa...Ah, sourdough. I remember learning about the impact of environment on sourdough at a young age, growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area. True "San Francisco sourdough" can only be made within the boundaries of the city itself. All attempts to produce the bread any where else (including just a few mile south in San Mateo where I grew up)produces a pleasant, but distinctly different type of sourdough bread. The unique cool fogginess of SF itself was essential to producing the sour chewy/crusty true San Francisco bread. <BR/><BR/>A related thought: some medical professionals are concerned that our obsession with cleanliness, is actually making our children more rather than likely to have asthma and allergies as adults.sgreerpitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764262558160301061noreply@blogger.com