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It’s sourfaux not sourdough!

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Sago Sun 25-Jan-26 13:30:17

I only eat wholemeal or sourdough bread ( preferably homemade).

This morning in a lovely cafe I ordered poached eggs on sourdough.
I checked with staff that it was sourdough and they confirmed it was.

When it arrived it was clearly not sourdough so I only ate the eggs.

I was asked if everything was ok when staff saw the untouched toast.

I spoke out so the rather disgruntled chef came out to defend the toast!

He was adamant it was sourdough and then proudly reeled off the list of ingredients; flour, semolina, yeast, stabilisers etc then finally sourdough starter.

He really had no idea as to what SD should contain and seemed incredulous when I told him it was simply flour, water and salt.

The manufacturers should not be allowed to call it SD and the chef should know better.

AIBU?

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Norah Wed 28-Jan-26 15:51:30

Unleavened bread is referenced in the Bible, or perhaps only the Catholic Bible. I'm not certain what other Bibles teach.

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Allira Wed 28-Jan-26 16:02:27

Norah

Unleavened bread is referenced in the Bible, or perhaps only the Catholic Bible. I'm not certain what other Bibles teach.

Yes, it is mentioned frequently throughout, The Last Supper being the most symbolic and why we receive bread at Holy Communion.

The five barley loaves were probably not leavened.

Leavened bread was not eaten during Passover either.

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SueDonim Wed 28-Jan-26 18:04:32

Allira

I've looked at how to make the starter, it seems to use a lot of flour - then you throw most away!

I think I said earlier, I keep my sourdough baby in the fridge and feed it when I remember. It still loves me, no matter the neglect I inflict on it! I haven’t fed it since Xmas, I think I’ll get it out this evening and wake it up to feed.

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