Topic
baking
2 questions tagged baking — spanning every one of the seven Ws.
why
Why does bread go stale?
Bread goes stale mainly because its starch recrystallises (retrogradation), squeezing water out of the gel structure — not simply because it dries out.
food sciencechemistrybaking
what
What is a sourdough starter?
A sourdough starter is a fermented mix of flour and water containing wild yeasts and lactic acid bacteria, used to make bread rise without commercial yeast.
foodbakingmicrobiology