Sweden has a hotel for sourdough starters...
Sweden has a hotel for sourdough starters... Boarding bread is the new doggy day care.
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Getting a good sourdough started is a ton of work, and if you leave it unloved for too long all that work can go to waste. Now, Sweden’s sourdough hotels will care for travelers’ bread dough while they go traveling.
Sourdough bread has been around since ancient Egypt, but in recent years the tangy, crusty bread has had a bit of a comeback in bakeries and home kitchens around the world. What makes sourdough different from other varieties is the starter: essentially a mix of water, flour and wild yeast that ferments away in between batches of bread. But while sourdough starter is easy to make, bakers have to work to keep it alive by “feeding” it a little water and flour every day. The older the starter, the tangier the bread. That might not be so hard if you’re a professional baker, but if you’re going on vacation and don’t want to whip up a new starter, a “sourdough hotel” might be your best bet.
“...the thing with a sourdough is that you can’t leave it alone if you decide to travel,” Charlotta Söör, the owner of Stockholm bakery RC Chocolat tells Camila-Catalina Fernandez for Vice Munchies. Earlier this summer, Söör opened a 24/7 sourdough hotel at one of her storefronts in Stockholm’s Arlanda airport. “Without anyone taking care of [the sourdough starter], it will die, Söör tells Fernandez. “It needs to be fed and taken care of on a regular basis. So we’re the perfect solution if you want to keep your sourdough alive and travel at the same time!”
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart...ble-180956562/
https://lab.janus.dk/sourdough-hotels-are-in-business/
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