Cass’ sourdough starter was finally ready after 2 weeks. Cass who has never baked anything before in her life, followed an online recipe and prepped the sourdough bread dough. But she made several blunders, which resulted in the sourdough being binned. What an unexpected sad ending 🥴
Blunder #1 – Cass left the dough to proof at the balcony in the afternoon and only remembered to bring it in at about 11 p.m. She over-proofed the dough.
Blunder #2 – When she brought the dough back at night, she dropped the bowl on the floor and it was a huge porcelain bowl! Dang it, it was 11-ish p.m. and I was dead sleepy and half dozed off on my work chair but the sound of the bowl breaking into a zillion pieces jolted me up and I was fuming.
I left Cass to clean up the mess herself. We usually clean up her messes together but I realized that if I continued helping her, she will become very reliant on me. And it’s only going to make her less careful and less responsible in future.
Blunder #3 – After cleaning up the broken glasses on the floor, Cass salvaged the dough and told me that she would still bake the bread just to see if it turned out well, but the bread would not be for consumption. It would only be for photography purpose for her Biology project. The dough had pieces of glass all over and she kept the dough in the fridge.
Blunder #4 – The next day, Cass forgot to bake the bread. By night time, she finally remembered about the dough and wanted to bake it. This child of mine!! Sherilyn warned Cass that the bread was surely going to fail. Anyone could tell that the bread would not turn out well.
I stopped Cass in her tracks and convinced my strong-willed child to discard the dough. It’s going to be a waste of money and time baking the bread that could not be consumed.
Since there’s still a little sourdough starter left, Cass has to continue feeding the baby so that it will thrive and grow into healthy, bubbly and active starter again. She says Knox is now gone and she will give her baby another name 🤣
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