Travelling with Wild Yeast
airplane travelling with a starter
April 2007 attempt at capturing wild yeast . July 2007 bread failure . July 2007 2nd attempt to capture wild yeast . July 2007 bread success! . July 2007 another success! . August 2007 sourdough rye . January 2008 malted wildbread . travelling with sourdough starter . hand-kneading slack dough
Because regulations require that the starter go into the hold of the airplane where air pressure and temperature fluctuations will occur, the starter must be double bagged.

This is what the inner bag looked like after we flew from Victoria to Toronto in August 2007.

Starter after being in hold of airplane from Victoria to Toronto, followed by an hour's bus ride from the Toronto international airport in August 2007.

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April 2007 attempt at capturing wild yeast . July 2007 bread failure . July 2007 2nd attempt to capture wild yeast . July 2007 bread success! . July 2007 another success!