It has arrived!

My sourdough starter, that is. I've been reading up on sourdough bread, how does it differ from conventional bread, how to make it, etc, and inevitably I tried to create a starter. After about a week of feeding it, I gave up. It just wasn't working, I suppose. If you read webpages written by people who actually work with sourdough, they always at some point recommend that one gets hold of good known starter, rather than trying to make one's own. Once you start going down that route, it's hard to resist to the romantic idea of Carl's 1847 Oregon Trail Sourdough Starter. I sent them a self-addressed envelope a few weeks ago, and it arrived today with a few grams of dry starter inside. To be continued...