Friday Petblogging

I’ve been told that some people like to look at pictures of other people’s pets. Okay…I’m nothing if not accommodating.

So here’s Slurm, our pet sourdough starter:
Slurm
Isn’t it the cutest thing? It’s five or six years old (I lose track of time), which is middle-aged in sourdough starter years.

Slurm can do all kinds of tricks no kitten can do. Do you know any kittens that can leaven bread? I didn’t think so. Can you make pancakes with kittens? Okay, maybe you can. Still.

If it looks sluggish, that’s because it’s fresh off a long nap in the fridge. It usually takes it a while to wake up. Once it does, though, Jody and Slurm will bake some bread together. Yum.

7 comments

  1. paula says:

    That’s the most adorable starter I’ve seen in a long time. My friendship cake has a hell of a personality, but not much in the way looks….;)

  2. Petblogging…

    Like a lot of bloggers (e.g. Bruce Schneier, who does Friday Squid Blogging), my step-sister Deborah blogs about the animals in her life with “Friday Kitten Blogging.” Except for this week when she’s traveling and has left her blog in……

  3. TehipiteTom says:

    Friendship cake…wow, that brings back memories. My mom had one of those going when I was a teenager, and I had completely forgotten about it. I don’t think I grasped at the time what a cool thing it was.

  4. deborah oak says:

    I was given a sourdough starter a few years ago and loved it dearly. Unfortunately, during a rough patch I neglected it and it died. I felt terrible and would love to have another, one I’ll take care of more attentively. How to get one….any ideas? Can they be made from scratch?

  5. TehipiteTom says:

    They can–Jody made this one from scratch. The recipe was in one of her baking books, I think (maybe the La Brea bread book; Nancy Silverton uses sourdough starter in everything). I’ll try to track it down and post it.

  6. TehipiteTom says:

    Good kitty…

    You know, sometimes when Jody forgets to feed Slurm, I swear I can hear it hissing at me when I walk by…
    😉